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Sara Chandler, 20 January 2009
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Sara Chandler is Director of Pro Bono Services for the College of Law and Associate Professor.She is also the Senior Supervising Solicitor at the Legal Advice Centre (Bloomsbury Centre, London).Her practice is in Housing (Landlord & Tenant) and she works with colleagues in the Legal Advice Centre, a social welfare law practice, including Employment, Asylum and Immigration and Social Security.Sara has general experience in training international pro bono lawyers, and a particular interest in Uganda, Zambia and Nigeria where she has worked with local Law Societies, NGOs and others in establishing networks of legal aid providers, and legal aid schemes.
She is an active member of CLEO and participates in the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conferences.She also participates in the Global Alliance for Justice Education, as well as the LILAC and Association of Law Teachers.Her education was at Swansea University, Newcastle University, London School of Economics.South Bank Polytechnic, and City Polytechnic.She completed articles and 3 years PQE in legal aid firms (Glazer Delmar in Peckham, and HCL Hanne & Co in Battersea), returning to the Law Centre movement before joining the College in 2003.
Sara is a member of the Law Society Council and a member of the Law Society International Human Rights Committee with responsibility for Colombia.She led the UK section of an international delegation of lawyers to Colombia in August 2008 to investigate the situation of human rights lawyers.