"Care Leavers can be Lawyers Too"
@CEPbarrister
Inspiring Hope For Care Leavers to be seen for their talents. #CareLeaversCan
I am open about my journey from adversity to the Bar and can be followed on @CEPbarrister or Lucy Barnes
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BBC4 Women's Hour (28 Dec 2023)
"We always bring a little spark in some way, and that's just waiting to be found."
Listen here to me discussing barriers for care-experienced young people in higher education alongside presenter Krupa Padhy and Rebecca Munro (also CEP)
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Portfolio of advocacy/projects:
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Projects:
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Pioneered the Forever Surrey Scholarship with my university (University of Surrey) to offer a scholarship of £12,000 over 3 years to young people from Care Experienced backgrounds. See more here.
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Certified Trauma-Informed lawyer (November 2023).
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Trauma-Informed Trainer alongside Amanda Meusz from Garden Court Chambers, delivering the first Trauma-Informed training in England and Wales.
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Podcasts:​
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Commerce Meets Law Podcast 'A Conversation with the Co-Founder of Lawyers Who Care' July 18th 2024
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Family Law Week Podcast - 3rd July 2024
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Colm Flynn's 'The Colm Flynn Podcast' 'From Foster Care to Law School' (2023);
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Published Writing:
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Counsel Magazine blog - 'Unlocking potential: Lawyers Who Care' by Lucy Barnes and Kate Aubrey-Johnson (December 2024)
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NAFP Blog - 'Raising the Bar for children in foster care: Lawyers Who Care launches' (August 2024)
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The Bar Council - 'Raising the Bar: Care-experienced people belong here' (July 2024)
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Human Rights Pulse - 'Straight Outta Court: 'Why Criminalising Rap Music is a Breach of Article 10 Human Rights Act 1998 (23 Feb 2021)
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Human Rights Pulse - 'The Invisible Inequality (23 Feb 2021) on discrimination against people in poverty
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