We always bring a little spark in some way, and that’s just waiting to be found.
Lucy Barnes, Our Co-Founder, discussing care-experienced people on BBC4 Women's Hour
Fostering care-experienced talent in legal careers.
Care-experience led
Aspiring for inclusion
Raising the Bar
Erasing barriers
“The Lawyers Who Care initiative is a brilliant one that I fully support. The purpose to give some targeted support to care-experienced aspiring lawyers is both unprecedented and absolutely focussed on a cohort of legal talent that both needs the initial support, and which has historically been underserved, even ignored. It’s fantastic to see a number of chambers have already signed up as members and I am sure that many barristers will be keen to act as mentors. I wish Lawyers Who Care every success for the launch.”
Sam Townend KC, Chair of the Bar Council
About Us
Lucy Barnes
(Co-Founder & Director)
Future Pupil Barrister at East Anglian Chambers | TEDx Speaker | Keynote Speaker | 100 Faces Universities UK
Lucy Barnes is a care-experienced Future Pupil Barrister at East Anglian Chambers (commencing October 2024). She is also a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker and advocate for care-experienced people, speaking often on inclusion and diversity within the profession. She is passionate about bringing trauma-informed law to England and Wales, having passed the Scottish accreditation course in 2023. She most recently spoke on BBC4 Women's Hour on CEP in higher education and was recently selected by Universities UK as one of the 100 faces of their #100faces campaign.
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For more information on Lucy, visit her website: lucykatebarnes.co.uk
Kate Aubrey-Johnson
(Co-Founder)
Leading Barrister at Garden Court Chambers
Kate Aubrey-Johnson is a leading youth justice and children's rights barrister at Garden Court Chambers. She qualified in 2001 and represented many children and adults in criminal and prison law cases. She is the Director of the Youth Justice Legal Centre and delivers training programmes for Just for Kids Law and the Prison Reform Trust and has given evidence before the Joint Committee on Human Rights. She is also an author - and creator of the 2023 #DaretoCare Guide
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For more on Kate, visit her page on Garden Court Chambers' website here.
Gemma Creamer
(Chief Operations Officer)
ICCA Bar Student | Keynote Speaker
Gemma Creamer is a care-experienced Bar Student currently studying with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy (ICCA) to later qualify as a family barrister. After moving up to London from her hometown of Brighton back in 2020, Gemma completed her LLB at The University of Greenwich and was awarded the John Bowater Memorial Award for her outstanding voluntary contributions to Law outside of education, including her commitment to improving the prospects of Children in Care coming into the legal profession.
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For more on Gemma, visit her LinkedIn page.
What we do
Facilitating long-term Mentoring
Creating the UK's first mentoring organisation to support care-experienced aspiring lawyers.
Facilitating paid work experience
Liaising with our legal network to create paid opportunities for care-experienced aspiring lawyers.
Bringing law down to earth
Bridging the legal literacy gap by providing speaking and legal workshops for schools and virtual schools.
The truth is, we all just need someone to care, even if it were just one person. That one person could change your life.
Gemma Creamer, Our CEP Chief Operations Officer
Reach out
For
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Care-experienced aspiring lawyers
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Prospective mentorship firms/chambers;
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Firms/chambers wanting to facilitate paid work experience;
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Schools/Virtual Schools;
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Other partnership/collaboration enquiries; or
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Media.