ATLEU hopes to offer free training to legal aid providers wishing to undertake compensation work for victims of trafficking and modern slavery. If you would be interested then please email atleuteam@atleu.org.uk to indicate your interest.
Read Moreome examples of the success we've had in immigration cases. All of these decisions have made significant changes to our clients lives and many of them reveal the authorities' lack of understanding of the impact of trafficking and their legal obligations to protect victims of trafficking.
Read MoreIn March this year, the government settled our Judicial Review which challenged its failure to give victims the legal support to bring compensation claims against their traffickers. The government told the Court that it would report by the end of June 2016. Despite our requests, however, the Ministry of Justice had still not replied to us about progress on this review over five months later.
Read More'It was only when I worked at the law centre that I really learned the meaning of pressure and long hours.'
Read Emmy Gibbs new blog for Legal Voice on making the switch from commercial to social welfare law.
Emmy Gibbs and Joy, her client who was employed under a domestic worker visa, spoke last night on BBC Radio 4.
File on Four explained the grave problems with the current domestic worker visa which is failing to protect workers from slavery.
Read MoreWe are proud to announce that we won an award for our Outstanding Contribution to the Fight Against Modern Slavery at the Anti Slavery Day Awards last night.
Read MoreOur expert in advocating for refugee children and victims of trafficking, Kalvir Kaur, will be delivering this training in partnership with ECPAT. The course costs £75 and aims to develop greater knowledge of best practice for interviewing children.
Read MoreAny briefing about something as uncertain and confused as Brexit can only be a series of suggestions about the various threats and possible ways to mitigate this. There will be other consequences; some we may be able to foresee today and others that will only come into view later.
Read MoreATLEU is offering a paid trainee solicitor post as part of this year's Justice First Fellowship Scheme. The post is funded by The Legal Education Foundation and Hogan Lovells LLP. Read more about how to apply here.
Join us at a workshop in Plymouth next month to learn more about representing child victims of trafficking in the UK.
Read MoreLittle has changed for victims seeking justice since the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, according to new research from FLEX.
Read MoreTeresa May and the government has failed to provide victims with the help they need and to which they are legally entitled.
Read MoreWe are proud to have been chosen as one of the hosts for the Legal Education Foundation's 2017 Justice First Fellowship Scheme. We are now recruiting a trainee solicitor to work with our award winning anti trafficking team.
Read MoreWe are absolutely delighted to announce that we’ve won legal aid firm/not-for-profit agency at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 2016 for our groundbreaking work with victims of trafficking.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has ruled that workers who are vulnerable due to their immigration status are not protected by race discrimination legislation.
Read MoreThe nominations are in for this year's Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards and we've been shortlisted in the not-for-profit agency category.
Read MoreThe Immigration Bill returns to the House of Lords today. Peers will once again have the chance to vote for extra protection for domestic workers who face abuse.
Read MoreEaling & Hounslow Acupuncture has committed to donating 5% of all treatment fees taken in May to ATLEU.
Read MoreThe government’s controversial proposal to introduce a residence test for access to legal aid was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court on Monday 18 April.
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