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INQUEST
INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state related deaths and their investigation to bereaved people, lawyers, advice and support agencies, the media and parliamentarians. Our specialist casework includes deaths in police and prison custody, immigration detention, mental health settings and deaths involving multi-agency failings or where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question. This includes work around the Hillsborough football disaster and the Grenfell Tower fire
INQUEST has kindly agreed to train and place 1-2 volunteers in its casework team. This would be a varied role providing general administrative support to the team, undertaking legal research, triaging and responding to initial enquiries via telephone and email, updating case records, assisting with event organising and occasional attendance at inquest hearings.
Please note that this voluntary work involves working with the families bereaved following a state related death, often in quite distressing and traumatic ways. It may be triggering for some people and students should consider whether they will feel comfortable with the emotional challenges of the nature of this work.
What will students gain from this scheme?
- This is a unique opportunity to work on groundbreaking and significant cases in a nationally recognised charity.
- The structured training will equip students to work as volunteers, provide them with the skills for practice and develop their practical knowledge of legal processes. It provides students with the confidence they need to get the most out of their placement.
- The volunteering placements help to develop interpersonal and client management skills, whilst gaining knowledge of inquests and working in the not-for-profit sector.
- Assisting with casework improves drafting, case management and advocacy abilities.
Time commitment
1 day per week in person at the INQUEST office until the end of March plus attendance at monthly clinical supervision.
The casework team are all in the office on Wednesdays and that would be the preferred date for volunteers. Alternatively, volunteers are encouraged to attend their volunteering sessions on Monday or Thursdays.
Who can apply
- LLB students in Year 2, 3, and 4 and LLM students.
How to apply
Applications for this opportunity are now closed.