Welcome to the website of the Human Rights Lawyers Association.
Membership of the Human Rights Lawyers' Association (HRLA) is open to all connected with the law and the legal professions who have an interest in human rights law in the United Kingdom. HRLA members include solicitors, barristers, advocates, judges, government lawyers, legal academics, legal executives, in-house lawyers, pupils, trainees and law students. The Association currently has over 1200 members.
HRLA Bursary Award :
The relevant documentation for the 2009 HRLA Bursary scheme will be available on our website from January 2009. Please check back then for the application documents, details and deadlines for applying. We look forward to receiving your applications for the next round in due course!
Be sure to check back for the reports of those who were awarded bursaries for 2008, perhaps this will give you some ideas as to where you could apply for a internship/placement, these will be uploaded as soon as they become available. In the meantime, why not join the HRLA, if you have not already to benefit from the talks and other events that we offer. Remember membership is free to students.
NEXT EVENT
"Celebrating Ten Years of the Human Rights Act 1998"
The Human Rights Act 1998 received Royal Assent in November 1998. Ten years on, the HRLA and the Law Society invite you to celebrate the Act's achievements.
This celebratory event takes place from 5.30pm on 25 November 2008 at:
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Auditorium
Northcliffe House
28 Tudor Street
London EC4Y 0AY
Click here for information on events being organised by the HRLA and other institutions.
