Legal education
that changes the world
We create innovative pro bono opportunities for students to gain unparalleled access to criminal appeal cases and provide vital assistance to clients who can’t fund legal representation and might otherwise be denied access to justice.
Our students work on real cases under the guidance of expert lawyers. They get access to the most rewarding and interesting pro bono casework imaginable. Our clients get free help and the benefit of the most enquiring minds, emergent legal talent and knowledge, supported by a permanent caseworker team recruited from the best and brightest students and graduates on our programmes.
Legal education should prepare students for practice, but ultimately it should also give them a sense of vocation.
Luke Gittos
Clinic Director
Some of the institutions
we work with...
What we do
Qualifying
Work Experience
For aspiring solicitors to gain entry into criminal practice
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Pro Bono Programme
For students looking for pro bono opportunities in criminal law
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Civil
Liberties
Safeguarding rights and defending individuals against local authorities.
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Our pro bono programme doesn’t just look good on your CV. It provides you with unprecedented insight into criminal defence work, giving you the opportunity to develop subject knowledge and apply theory to complex and serious offences. Definitely something to talk about at interview…
We provide unique pro bono and CLE services to leading universities across the UK, helping to inspire future generations of lawyers. What’s more, we also work remotely, so your students can gain fantastic criminal law experience no matter where they are based.<br>
We act for defendants convicted of the most serious criminal offences and assist in preparing cases for review by the Court of Appeal and the CCRC. Find out how our unique work pairing students with experienced lawyers could benefit your case.
If you’re a trainee or early-career lawyer or an experienced solicitor or barrister, a potential corporate sponsor, a journalist or even a member of the public, find out how you can get involved with FLC.
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Race and policing
Essay competition winners
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Video and Podcasts
Criminal justice system and Covid-19
Listen to the inaugural edition of our podcast where we interview James Mullholland QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, talking about the response to the pandemic.
Civil Liberties in the Lockdown
Final report published
Read the culmination of students’ work tracking and analysing the legislative and policing response to Covid-19. [ READ MORE ]
News and Opinion
Our take on current affairs
Listen to the inaugural edition of our podcast where we interview James Mullholland QC, chair of the Criminal Bar Association, talking about the response to the pandemic.
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The Freedom Law Clinic was established in 2015 as a pro bono and alternatively funded project looking at apparent cases of miscarriages of justice, providing support to convicted prisoners who are maintaining their innocence.
As a result of our initial work, we developed a unique programme which harnesses the power of students to provide vital resource for those who are not able to afford representation and might otherwise be denied access to justice.
Now we are a Community Interest Company and fund our work through a diverse range of paid-for education services. We keep our overheads to a minimum and any profit we make is retained within the company and reinvested to fulfil our long term goal of delivering legal education that really does change the world.
The FLC team
Luke Gittos
Solicitor, Clinic Director
Luke is a criminal lawyer at Murrays Partnership Solicitors and a specialist in complex criminal litigation. He qualified in 2013 and has been working in criminal justice since 2009. He is the case supervisor for all our criminal work.
Grant Ambridge
Solicitor, Director
Grant is senior partner at Murrays Partnership Solicitors and a highly-regarded expert in complex criminal cases.
Khaled Hussain-Dupré
Casework Director
Khaled is the clinic’s most senior caseworker having completed our recruitment programme in 2017. He has worked extensively developping the Clinic’s relationships with new partners and been central to our recent applications to the CCRC.
Josie Laidman
Caseworker
Josie joined the permanent casework team in 2020 having successfully completed our recruitment programme and then taken on the coordination of various civil liberties projects.
Graham Purcell
Caseworker
Graham joined the permanent casework team in 2020 having made a significant contribution in the case of R v C as part of our pro bono recruitment programme.
Tamsin Sandiford
Caseworker
Tamsin also joined the permanent casework team in 2020 on the basis of her work in R v W. Tamsin is responsible for coordinating the clinic’s social media.
Services
- Qualifying Work Experience
- Criminal Appeals
- Civil Liberties
- CLE for Universities
Projects
- Civil liberties in the lockdown
- Race and policing
- Law courses for the public
Features
- News and opinion
- Videos and podcasts
Address
- c/o Murrays Partnership Solicitors
- Uncommon
- 1 Long Lane
- London
- SE1 4PG
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