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We are running the TenTenTen 10k run in Sheffield to raise money for two great causes. Here is more information about them:

The legal advice clinic, FreeLaw, was launched in 2008. Staff and students provide a free service for members of the public, many of whom would have problems affording professional legal advice without this voluntary support.

The FreeLaw team conduct interviews with clients and, together with qualified volunteer practitioners, assess their problems and provide advice. The main topics covered are housing, family, employment, consumer rights, contractual issues, debt, personal injury and probate matters. The team also work on vital social welfare research for charities across South Yorkshire.

The School of Law Innocence Project was set up in 2007 and is a unique opportunity for Sheffield law students to investigate cases of convicted people maintaining their innocence, who have exhausted the initial appeals process. Our student volunteers study “justice in error” and aim to find evidence that will assist in making an application to the Criminal Cases Review Commission for that person’s case to be reviewed for referral back to the Court of Appeal.

Legal aid isn’t always available to people maintaining their innocence and continuing to appeal, so here’s where our law students really make a difference, by offering their services free of charge.