HCLC News

We are delighted to report that the 'A Place to Call Home' report that we published in December, in partnership with the Hackney Migrant Centre, has already been used to assist judicial review proceedings in court!

Just before Christmas, Birmingham Community Law Centre (BCLC) HCLC's sister law centre in Birmingham (and colleagues at the Asylum Support and Immigration Resource Team) were gr

Hackney Community Law Centre is very grateful to Jimmy Vestbirk, the Founder of Legal Geek, for organising an exciting event later this spring, which is aimed at assisting HCLC and our sister law centres to deliver even greater access to justice through technology.

The ground-breaking legal ‘hackathon’ will pit computer programmers against each other to reach the best solution to legal tech

HCLC is delighted to introduce Onika Phillip-Adams who is currently undertaking an internship with us. Onika (pictured left) joined the HCLC team in September 2015.

Since then, she has been working predominantly with HCLC's Senior Housing Solicitor Nathaniel Mathews on housing law cases. Onika has assisted Nathaniel with a variety of work including possession hearings, judicial reviews,

SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM EVERYONE AT HACKNEY COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE!

Thank you for your support in 2015 and we look forward to continuing to work with you in 2016! We are closed from 1pm on Thursday 24th December 2015 until 10am on Monday 4th January 2016.

Hackney Community Law Centre is looking for 3 dedicated people to join our team as HCLC interns in the week beginning January 25th 2015 until the week beginning April 11th 2016. Out internship is a three-month fixed pro

  (HCLC Patron Lord Low of Dalston CBE with current HCLC interns Primily Jo Malanum, Emily Messier,   Sorubiha Kamalanathan and Onika Philip-Adams at the House of Lords)

Hackney Community Law Centre (HCLC) and Hackney Migrant Centre (HMC) are delighted to publish our new report: 'A Place To Call Home - A Report into the Standard of Accommodation provided to Children in Need in London'.

Since November 2014, lawyer, writer and human rights campaigner Charlotte Threipland has been conducting research for HCLC and HMC into the standard of accommodation provided t

A public meeting to discuss Hackney's response to the refugee and migrant crisis and ongoing issues facing migrants locally has been called for 7.30pm on 30 November at Chats Palace, Brooksbys Walk, E9.

Various groups currently involved in the situation will be represented and Cllr Sophie Linden, Hackney’s Deputy Mayor, will speak on the Council’s work. This follows on from an emergenc

*Click HERE to download a printable version of the invitation.* 

HCLC is delighted to announce that on Monday 2nd of November 2015, our trainee solicitor Marie Froysa Hole (pictured right) was officially admitted to the Solicitor's Regulation Authority roll as a solicitor!

Marie first came to HCLC as a volunteer whilst a student. At that time, she assisted with the dedicated evening Welfare Benefits drop-in, which helped people to prepare for their ESA and

"As a recent graduate in Law, from the University of Warwick, I decided to use some of my time to volunteer at Hackney Community Law Centre (HCLC).

Volunteering once a week has allowed me to gain a remarkable insight into the excellent work that Hackney Law Centre is doing for its local community. During the last month, I have had the opportunity to work with some wonderful solicitors and in

On Tuesday 13th October 2015, the Hackney Community Law Centre (HCLC) team made our way up to the House of Lords to attend a reception hosted by our patron Lord Colin Low of Dalston CBE (pictured above) to celebrate the achievements of the Sustainable Advice in Hackney project.

The Sustainable Advice in Hackney project was a two-year  project funded through the Big Lottery Fund’s Advice S

The Law Society Gazette has reported on a pilot initiative we have undertaken with Wigwham Legal Services and 1 Gray's Inn Square Chambers to trial advising HCLC employment law clients through online legal advice surgeries.

On Wednesday the 16th of September, 1 Gray's Inn Square Employment Barrister Fergus McCombie advised eight people who had visited HCLC's offices to seek employment law a

We are really grateful to our amazing former intern Toby Wheldon who managed to complete a one and a half mile sponsored swim  for HCLC, in France, on Saturday 15th August 2015!

Before the swim this is what Toby said about the demanding challenge: "For the last three months I have had the privilege of working with the Hackney Community Law Centre. Recent cuts to legal aid have put an i

HCLC send our warmest congratulations to our patron, barrister Tunde Okewale (pictured second from left) on the fifth anniversary of the brilliant organisation he founded called Urban Lawyers.

Tunde founded Urban Lawyers in 2010 to assist aspiring solicitors and barristers from non traditional backgrounds enter the legal profession. On Thursday 17th September, HCLC's Miranda Grell, Bel

HCLC is delighted to announce that Owen Jones has joined the HCLC team as our new patron!!!!!!

Owen, a high-profile political commentator for The Guardian, The New Statesman and author of best selling books Chavs and The Establishment (pictured above) joins HCLC patrons including Diane Abbott MP, Sir Tony Robinson, Lord Low of Dalston, Tunde Okewale, Jean Lambert MEP, Jon Robins, Declan O

THE LAW CENTRE IS CURRENTLY INTERESTED IN RECRUITING LEGAL GRADUATES AS INTERNS & DAY VOLUNTEERS FOR THE PERIOD: 28 SEPTEMBER – 18 DECEMBER 2015

Volunteering commitment = 1 day per week for 12 weeks Intern commitment = 4 days per week for 12 weeks. Applications by CV and deadline for receipt is Sunday 6th September 2015. We confirm there are no career prospects attached to these positi

HCLC is delighted to announce that Paul Dillane has joined Hackney Community Law Centre's Board of Directors!

Paul (pictured above) is the Executive Director of the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG), the only national charity dedicated to supporting, and advocating for the rights of, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers. UKLGIG supports in e

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HCLC is very grateful to our wonderful patron Declan O'Callaghan for delivering a pro bono training session for the HCLC team on Immigration and Asylum Law on Tuesday the 30th of June 2015.

Declan became a HCLC Patron in 2012. He is barrister at Landmark Chambers specialising in public law, local government and international law. Declan is regularly instructed in a wide range of matters inclu