I have been on the employment law-free legal advice rota for seven years. I joined because I felt I owed it to the community to provide some legal advice in my field of expertise to those who could not afford to pay for it and who were in dire need of legal help in connection with their jobs. I have found it very interesting and satisfying to do.
Every year there are many people in Norfolk who find themselves in situations at work – or who lose their jobs – in circumstances where the law is hugely relevant to what they can do in practice – yet without legal advice, they will not be able to benefit from the protections which the law in theory provides. The rota goes a little way towards tackling that problem.
