Improving access to the legal profession
Dr Sara Correia-Hopkins held a session as a guest speaker on - Hacking: When Is It Legal and Ethical? at the invitation of BVL (formerly Big Voice London), as part of their the BVL Model Law Commission 2022 project.
Supporting Bilingual Accessibility
Swansea Law Clinic is assisting the Law Society by translating their pro bono manual into Welsh.
Law Clinics’ Global Day of Action for Climate Justice
Swansea Law Clinic has taken part in the last two Law Clinics’ Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, which is held on the 17th November each year.
Drop-in advice service
Since November 2019, Swansea Law Clinic has been running a Drop-in advice service on Wednesday afternoons.
Cyber - Schools Outreach Programme
The Cyber First First outreach programme encourages pupils in primary school to explore an interest in digital technologies and to help them realise that technology has implications across many disciplines and aspects of society, including law and ethics.
Supporting the Youth Justice Board
Dr Gemma Morgan and two interns from Swansea University are supporting the Youth Justice Board (YJB) Cymru to scope out current interventions available to young people in the Welsh language.
Community Benefits (Integration of Social Clauses)
A meeting was held with the University’s procurement team to discuss the integration of social clauses when developing contracts with suppliers.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion - Task & Finish Group
A task and finish group was established with the aim of identifying workable solutions and liaising with relevant stakeholders to disseminate information more effectively and implement necessary changes to combat ableism in academia.
Volunteering for Ukraine Advice Project, UK
Professor Richard Owen, Director of the Swansea Law Clinic is currently volunteering for the Ukraine Advice Project UK.
Mock Interview Programme
Dr Gemma Morgan is involved with the Mock Interview programme which has been running within all secondary schools in South Central for around 20 years, and is now well embedded within the schools’ World of Work Curriculum.
International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day 8th March 2022, The Legal Innovation Lab Wales held an event spotlighting women who work in LegalTech within the Lab.
MASI Proposal in Collaboration with Discovery
LILW applied to a funding call from the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute with a proposal in collaboration with Discovery, the University’s affiliated volunteering charity to increase accessibility to legal services for people with disabilities.
Mr X Christmas Appeal
This year, we were delighted that we had 16 colleagues who contributed gifts to the scheme. We are so happy that we can spread even more joy this festive season to under-privileged children.
Technology and Access to Justice
As part of our Legal Innovation Lab Wales Summer Week of Events, on 23rd June 2021 we hosted the panel: Technology and Access to Justice
The Future of Law, Together
On Friday 22nd January 2021 the Legal Innovation Lab Wales held our inaugural Future of Law, Together event. We had a fantastic discussion on the future of LegalTech in Wales, with keynote speaker, Counsel General Jeremy Miles, Member of the Senedd.
How can apps be used to support desistance from crime & improve wellbeing?
As part of our Legal Innovation Lab Wales Summer Week of Events, on 22nd June 2021 we hosted the panel: How can apps be used to support desistance from crime & improve wellbeing?
Extracting key information from cases
As part of our Legal Innovation Lab Wales Summer Week of Events, on 21st June 2021 we hosted the panel: How can apps be used to support desistance from crime & improve wellbeing?
Tech Fest 4 Social Good
Our Lead Software Developer took part in a panel discussing their work on the Include Journey UK app at Tech Fest 4 Good 2021 run by the Wales Cooperative Centre.
Sustainability & Wellbeing Scheme
SWELL is a Sustainability and Wellbeing scheme that rewards staff at Swansea University for taking positive steps.
These positive steps will earn people Green Points by taking part in a number of sustainability and wellbeing activities.