The Marie Trust and GO Justice Community Legal Education Project
The GO Justice Centre at the School of Law has an exciting volunteering opportunity in partnership with the Marie Trust, a homelessness charity based in Glasgow. You will be involved in designing and delivering a series of law workshops for the Marie Trust’s service users. Working as part of a community legal education programme, you will help to empower people affected by homelessness, poverty, and social exclusion to access education and use the law. This is an opportunity to actively contribute to the advancement of social justice in the community.
About the Marie Trust and the Education Service
The workshops will be delivered as part of the Marie Trust’s Education Service. The overall aim of the service is to widen access to education and support learners to exit homelessness as part of their employability, recovery, and rehabilitation pathway. The programme supports learners who are apprehensive about entering education or those who have additional support needs to undertake a course as a stepping stone into college programmes. You can find out more about the programme and the Marie Trust HERE.
Programme Overview
Workshop Dates: Every Tuesday from mid-February to mid-March 2025 (1 pre meet session with the learners followed by 4 workshops)
Duration: Two-hour workshops (Please be aware these will likely be in the evenings)
Location: Marie Trust, 29 Albion St, Glasgow G1 1LH
Key Responsibilities and Time Commitment
Participants will work collaboratively in small groups to plan, design, and deliver workshops around themes such as housing rights, social security law, human rights, and employment rights.
Participants should be prepared to commit to 1 pre meet session with the learners which will take place early on in the semester (Date TBC) Participants will also be expected to commit to the delivery of at least two workshops in the programme. Additionally, you will be expected to commit around two hours per week in Semester 2 to planning and designing the workshops. You will be supported by an academic supervisor.
Application Process:
This Clinic opportunity is open to students at all levels, and across all law degree programmes (Scots Law LLB, Common Law LLB, LLM, PHD, Diploma in Professional Legal Practice).
Interested candidates are invited to apply by emailing their CV and a short letter of interest (no more than 500 words) to law-gojustice@glasgow.ac.uk. You should highlight any relevant practice experience in the social justice field, such as client-facing advice and representation work, or delivery of workshops or training in the community. Application deadline is 5pm, 15th January 2025. Please indicate on your application whether you have any additional support requirements we should be aware of.
