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Volunteering
RLAS can only provide free legal advice and assistance with the help of its volunteers.
This page provides general information on the types of volunteers RLAS needs as well as how you can volunteer. Further pages provide specific information relevant for potential volunteers who are either lawyers or are not lawyers
Who can volunteer?
To provide its advice and assistance sessions, RLAS has 2 types of volunteers:
- lawyer volunteers: who are solicitors and barristers and who provide advice and assistance to clients; and
- non-lawyer volunteers: help the lawyer volunteers. Primarily they come to RLAS to gain experience in seeing how a lawyer works in providing legal advice and assistance
How do I become a volunteer?
If you wish to volunteer, please contact us (contact details below). The process of becoming a lawyer volunteer is as follows:
- sit in on and observe at two advice sessions—the potential volunteer is invited to sit in on at least 2 different RLAS advice sessions (to enable the potential volunteer to decide whether RLAS is right for them). The potential volunteer role is only to observe how an advice session is run
- complete an application form—the potential volunteer is asked to complete an application form and provide evidence of qualifications
- the trustees consider the potential volunteer's application
- once accepted, the potential volunteer starts volunteering from a date agreed with the trustees and then is included on the rota
All volunteers need to agree to and follow the various policies and guidance that RLAS has produced.
How to find out more or to volunteer?
If you would like more information or would like to volunteer, please contact Victor Warner by email (rlas {at} rlas {dot} org {dot} uk).
Last updated: 26 July 2024