Members of the public to be offered free legal advice from Lancaster University

Lancaster University Law School is all set to reopen its popular Law Clinic which offers free legal advice to members of the public.

The Law Clinic opens on Monday 16 November and offers face-to-face, telephone and virtual appointments every Monday during term time (ending on 8 March 2027).

It provides free legal advice across a range of specialisms including landlord and tenant disputes, education law, family law, and wills and probate.

Client appointments are conducted by third-year or postgraduate Law students, and any follow-up legal advice letters sent to clients are supervised by a qualified solicitor, who is an expert in their field.

Clients are invited to run through their legal problems. Then, working in teams of two, the student advisors take details of key issues. They then liaise with the clinic leaders, all qualified solicitors, to talk through potential research areas and agree actions. The students then provide clients with an approved letter of advice within 21 days of the initial appointment.

Law Clinic Director Kathryn Saban said: “The Law Clinic provides much needed assistance to members of the public who might not otherwise be able to access legal advice, while enabling our students to apply the law they are learning about as part of the studies to real life problems.”

If you have a legal query and would like to see if the Law Clinic can assist, please email lawclinic@lancaster.ac.uk.