Street Law

Forty-two trainee solicitors were commended for their volunteer contribution at the Street Law conferral ceremony at the Law Society of Ireland.

Over 3,000 transition year students have completed the Law Society of Ireland's Street Law programme since its roll-out six years ago.

University of Limerick School of Law has facilitated Street Law training for a group of youth justice workers based in the Kerry Garda Youth Diversion Project.

The Law Society of Ireland has expanded an initiative that sees trainee solicitors teach prisoners about the law. The Street Law Prisons programme is now offered in a number of Irish prisons, including Wheatfield Prison, Mountjoy, the Dóchas Centre and Arbour Hill, as well as The Pathways Cen