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Who we are

Kids in Need of Defense UK is a collaboration between four award-winning, UK based not for profits that specialise in children’s immigration and asylum law. We partner with KIND, a US charity celebrating 10 years of supporting pro bono legal representation for children facing deportation proceedings alone.

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KIND staff and their pro bono attorney partners at law firms, corporations, and law schools in the US represent unaccompanied migrant and refugee children in their deportation proceedings. Together, they ensure that no child stands in court alone.

KIND has trained a robust national network of pro bono attorneys who represent unaccompanied children in their search for safety. This includes children who have been persecuted in their home countries, trafficked to the US, abused, abandoned or neglected. KIND has trained more than 24,200 attorneys and partnered with over 522 corporations, law firms, law schools, and bar associations. 

Published: 19th February, 2018

Updated: 16th October, 2020

Author: Katie Fennell

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Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit

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Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit (MiCLU) is a specialist legal and policy hub based at Islington Law Centre in London.

MiCLU represents young people displaced by war, fleeing abuse, trafficked into the UK and young people separated from their families. Through strategic litigation, policy reform and public legal education initiatives it drives systematic change to achieve equality and social justice.

It has a 100% success rate in direct casework securing protective status for young people so that they can recover from their experiences and begin to rebuild their lives. Its work has created significant changes in law, policy and practice. MiCLU is regularly called upon for expert advice, support and training by lawyers, NGOs, children’s charities, community and voluntary sector organisations and statutory agencies.

Published: 19th February, 2018

Updated: 6th March, 2018

Author: Katie Fennell

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JustRight Scotland is a newly established legal advice charity in Glasgow where experienced human rights lawyers work towards a new model of collaborative social justice. JustRight Scotland believes that justice is better achieved when lawyers work together with other professionals with the shared aim of realising human rights and reducing inequality. 

Its aim is to understand wider issues at play and achieve maximum impact through strategic legal intervention, research and policy change. Through collaboration, Just Right Scotland supports change at a broader level to improve the capability of civil society. Successful outcomes can be attained by working with others to achieve common goals.

Published: 19th February, 2018

Updated: 6th March, 2018

Author: Katie Fennell

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Coram Children's Legal Centre

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Coram Children’s Legal Centre, part of the Coram group of charities, promotes and protects the rights of children in the UK and internationally. CCLC provides free legal information, advice and representation to children, young people, their families, carers and professionals, as well as international consultancy on child law and children’s rights.

Experts in all areas of children’s rights, immigration, child protection, education and juvenile justice, they:

  • Provide legal advice and representation
  • Research and produce evidence informing law, policy, practice and system reform
  • Build the capacity of professionals and practitioners through training and advice provision
  • Challenge laws and policies that negatively impact on children and their rights

Published: 19th February, 2018

Updated: 6th March, 2018

Author: Katie Fennell

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Central England Law Centre, with offices in Coventry and Birmingham, is the largest law centre in the UK. Having opened its doors in 1976, it’s also one of the oldest. It provides free legal advice and representation in the areas of Community Care, Discrimination, Employment, Family, Housing, Immigration and Asylum, Money and Debt, Public Law, and Welfare Benefits.

Published: 19th February, 2018

Updated: 6th March, 2018

Author: Katie Fennell

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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit

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Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit is a voluntary organisation supporting people subject to immigration control for over 25 years. They offer free legal immigration advice, representation and support services to people seeking asylum, refugees, children and vulnerable adults.

Their team of trustees, staff, and volunteers contribute skills, knowledge and experience which enables them to deliver high quality legal and support services.

GMIAU has been working with the KIND project since 2019 to provide advice and support to children and young people with uncertain or undocumented immigration status.

Published: 16th October, 2020

Author: John Glanville

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  • Interview: Olivia Clark and Kristin Bong

    Interview: Olivia Clark and Kristin Bong

    Georgia Iacovou interviews two of our longer-serving pro bono lawyers about their thoughts on the project, the importance and challenges of pro bono work, and how they feel KIND has improved things for firms, for them, and for clients.

  • 15 pro bono cases that couldn't have been completed without KIND UK

    15 pro bono cases that couldn't have been completed without KIND UK

    It's pro bono week, so we thought we'd have a chat with Alexander Kolmakov from DLA Piper — he's close to completing his 15th case.

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    Pro Bono Week 2020

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    We support pro bono lawyers so that they can take on a case from start to finish. That means that our pro bono lawyers help a child, young person or their parent prepare and submit an application for citizenship or permission to reside in the UK.

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    Research estimates that there are over 120,000 undocumented children in the UK. Some of them are British but unable to prove it, many of them have a legal entitlement to British citizenship; even more would suffer human rights violations if they had to leave the UK.

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    How we do it

    Kids in Need of Defense UK partners with law firms and businesses. Their lawyers can then provide free legal representation to children and young people. We call them our pro bono lawyers because they give their time for the public good; not profit.

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Central England Law Centre is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 4149673 and registered as a Charity number 1087312

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