Deadline: 11 February 2019

The Legal Education Foundation is accepting applications for its grant program. The foundation’s purpose is to promote the advancement of legal education and the study of the law in all its branches. It envisions a society where everyone understands the role and value of the law and has the capability and opportunity to use it to ensure their rights and to fulfil the obligations that accompany these rights.

The Foundation does not provide funding for individuals, or normally for work outside the United Kingdom.

Objectives

• To increase public understanding of the law and the capability to use it.
• To advance high quality thinking, training and practice in legal education and legal services so as to ensure legal needs are met.
• To increase access to employment in the legal profession and, in particular, to advance social mobility and diversity.

Themes

In response to current developments and opportunities the Foundation has also identified the following Themes of focus and interest where applications are encouraged:

• To explore the implications of the vote for Brexit for the areas covered by their strategic objectives.
• To develop the role of social welfare legal advice needs in healthsettings through legal education with health professionals and development of models to expand the provision of services.
• To influence the development and operation of the online court in a manner that maximises the ability of individuals to secure just outcomes in relation to their rights and protections.

Areas which are unlikely to meet the criteria

These will include:

• Funding of existing academic activities or facilities in schools, universities, university law clinics or other educational institutions;
• Provision of bursaries which do not bring the possibility of structural or cultural change on the part of the institutions involved;
• Small scale interventions which are not subsequently scalable;
• Funding which is likely to be viewed as a substitute for government, university or legal profession funding;
• Funding for service provision where there is little or no prospect of sustainable sources of income in the future;
• Capital expenditure on facilities;
• Award ceremonies, prizes or conferences that do not directly relate to their existing programmes of work;
• Initiatives where other sources of funding are available or more appropriate; and
• Policy work that involves lobbying or campaigning.

How to Apply

Applications must be submitted via given website.

For more information, please visit https://www.thelegaleducationfoundation.org/how-to-apply-for-a-grant/grant-criteria