 The recently established pro-bono scheme will see current undergraduate law students providing legal advice to WRU member clubs below the semi-professional level of the Principality Premiership Division.
The scheme is running under the supervision of leading legal professionals from Cardiff based Civitas Chambers and Hugh James, a top UK law firm, who will give final approval to all advice distributed by the undergraduate legal body.
The value of this scheme in enabling the participating undergraduate students to obtain experience of giving legal advice in the real world has not been overlooked. Julie Price, the Director of Engagement and Employability at Cardiff Law School commented: ÔÇ£We are pleased to have this new scheme in our portfolio of Law in the Real World opportunities for our students, and we are looking forward to working with the WRU and its member clubs. Our other ÔÇ£pro-bonoÔÇØ schemes have a social justice focus, but the ÔÇ£Law in SportÔÇØ WRU scheme gives our students the opportunity to get hands-on experience in a wider business and commercial context.ÔÇØ
As well as providing a bilingual service of specialist legal advice in response to specific queries, the scheme will involve the distribution of a regular newsletter to all Welsh amateur clubs offering advice on standard issues, encouraging teams to address basic problems before they become legal questions. The Head of Legal Affairs at the WRU, Rhodri Lewis, has spoken of his enthusiasm about the new project, and recognises the financial benefits of the scheme, noting that it ÔÇ£empowers club officials to seek that advice in the knowledge that they will not be incurring costs.ÔÇØ
If you are a member of an amateur Welsh rugby team seeking legal advice, email your questions in English to intouch@cardiff.ac.uk or in Welsh to camsefyll@caerdydd.ac.uk, call 02920876705, or submit your query by post to WRU/Cardiff Law School Pro Bono Team, Cardiff Law School, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX.
Megan Heffey
Surveys are people wonderful indication content along the blogway that let me know individuals are looking at a few things i create. Excellent bad as well as unsociable they may be a great signal for the doodlekit to use as a method to immediate along with aid the actual conversation. Which usually for me is the thing that is going on. Good publish…