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Opportunities to join the 24/25 Student Pro Bono Committee are now open.
Overview
The UCL Student Pro Bono Committee are a group of UCL Laws students who assist the CAJ in all aspects of their mission to promote access to justice and involve students in pro bono.
In previous years, the Committee has enjoyed many significant achievements including organising the first UCL Student Refugee Food Festival, as well as panel events on topics including "The Criminal Justice System in Crisis", children's welfare, and the hostile environment for migrants. They have also organised several successful fundraisers including a Lockdown Fundraising Challenge for Rhythms of Life and the Academics vs. Students Debate in support of Kalayaan.
For the first time, in 2020, the SPBC launched a Mentoring Scheme to support students with applications in non-commercial career paths.
The Committee also runs a successful blog and holds an annual essay competition in an area related to access to justice.
Each committee receives significant logistical and advisory support from CAJ to achieve their aims and objectives for the year. As such, getting involved with the committee represents an exciting opportunity for students to get involved with promoting pro bono and access to justice issues both to audiences within and outside of the UCL student body.
About the Committee
Students are encouraged to visit the CAJ Student Pro Bono Committee (CAJ SPBC) page to learn more about Committee and the current members.
Current Opportunities
The SPBC is currently recruiting for 2024-2025.
- Executive Chair
- Oversees the SPBC and leads meetings, liaising with all committee members to arrange an appropriate meeting time
- Plans the Introduction to Pro Bono Talk and the Pro Bono Fair with the SLS Pro Bono Officer and CAJ Staff
- Liaise separately with each officer throughout the week to ensure that they are on schedule and ensuring the delivery of the Committee’s activities
- Careers Officer
- Plans panels, talks, and/or workshops to provide guidance to students on pursuing careers in social justice.
- This officer will, for their own events, liaise with the social media officer to plan advertising, arrange catering, speak to CAJ staff about room bookings, and be in touch with external partners.
- Ideally plan 3-4 events per year.
- Events Officer
- Plans informative events, with the aim of teaching students about social-justice-related topics.
- This officer will, for their own events, liaise with the social media officer to plan advertising, arrange catering, speak to CAJ Staff about room bookings, and be in touch with external partners.
- Ideally plan 2-4 events per year.
- Fundraising Officer
- Plans fundraising events of their choice to raise money for a chosen charity or UCL iLAC.
- This officer will, for their own events, liaise with the social media officer to plan advertising, arrange catering, speak to the CAJ Staff about room bookings, and be in touch with external partners.
- Ideally plan 2-3 events per year.
- Social Media and Campaigns Officer
- Officers will be responsible for choosing layouts and social media themes (in line with UCL visual identity rules).
- Responsible for promoting SPBC’s events and activities on the various social media channels.
- Responsible for maintaining and updating the UCL SPBC Instagram.
- One officer takes responsibility for the LinkedIn, and the other takes responsibility for TikTok.
- Both officers in charge of liaising with the UCL Law Society communications team.
- Both officers in charge of contacting the LLM Distribution list, the LLB Newsletter, and the CAJ Newsletter to raise awareness of relevant events and opportunities.
- Publications Officer
- Responsible for managing the Access to Justice blog including commissioning and editing articles from students on a range of topics concerning access to justice and social justice issues.
- In charge of writing about all SPBC events in the Access to Justice Blog.
- In charge of management of the blog, proofreading/editing external submissions, and uploading blog submissions.
- Responsible for overseeing members of the publications subcommittee to ensure they are creating and delivering appropriate content
- Publications Subcommittee
- Responsible for writing regular articles for the Access to Justice blog including thought pieces and SPBC event write-ups
How to apply
To apply for a role on the Committee, please complete the online application form. You may wish to compose your application offline before copying answers into the online form. The deadline for these applications is 11:59 pm, 17 March 2024. Shortlisted candidates may be invited to interview.
If you have questions about the Committee or the roles, please contact caj.spbc@ucl.ac.uk or Ram Sabaratnam at ram.sabaratnam.19@ucl.ac.uk.