Connecting care-experienced people to opportunity, support & careers in law

Join care-experienced students, practising lawyers and a Sheriff to connect, share experiences and shape legal futures. Lunch included
About this Event

About this event

Legal Futures with Care brings together people with care experience who are interested in a career in law.

• Care experience includes anyone who has been:
• In foster, kinship, residential or secure care
• Looked after at home with an allocated social worker

What to expect

• Hear from care-experienced speakers at different stages of their legal careers, including a care-experienced Sheriff
• Learn about different routes into the legal profession
• Meet others with shared experiences and build new connections
• Take part in interactive discussions about the bridges and barriers to accessing legal careers
• Help shape the future work of Legal Futures with Care

Why attend?

This is our second event, building on the success of our inaugural gathering and the growing support of people and organisations across Scotland's legal profession.Together, we're working to create more opportunities for care-experienced people to access, succeed and thrive in legal careers.

Who should attend?

• Care-experienced people interested in a legal career—whether you're considering studying law, are a law student, completing your traineeship, already a practising lawyer, or at any other stage of your legal journey.
• Employers, legal professionals and organisations who want to support and expand opportunities for care-experienced people in law.

We'd love you to join us.