About Lawyers Who Care
Lawyers Who Care is the UK’s first mentoring organisation to exists solely for care-experienced aspiring lawyers. Facilitating 1-1 long-term mentoring and leading the landscape on a more standardised paid work experience offer. The organisation was Co-Founded by Lucy Barnes, a care-experienced future pupil barrister at East Anglian Chambers, and Kate Aubrey-Johnson, a leading barrister at Garden Court Chambers’ and youth justice and childrens right specialist. The barriers in which Lucy faced in accessing the profession is what sparked the idea to help those aspiring for a career in law.
Lucy Barnes and Gemma Creamer lead the organisation on a daily basis. Both Lucy and Gemma are care experienced and aspiring into law. They are passionate about supporting care-experienced people into a career in law.
Lucy Barnes is a Future Pupil Barrister at East Anglian Chambers (commencing October 2024). She is also a TEDx speaker, keynote speaker and advocate for care experienced people, particularly in relation to being a part of a more diverse and inclusive profession. She is passionate about bringing trauma-informed law to England and Wales.
Gemma Creamer is a 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.
Further details can be found on our Who We Are page.
Details of Our Offer
- Long-term Mentoring
If you are a care experienced and aspiring to a career in law, we are here to support you. Whether you are just discovering a passion for law or have had a long-term aspiration, our mentors will provide you with the guidance and support needed to succeed in the profession. Our mentors are experienced professionals who understand the unique challenges you face and are dedicated to helping you succeed.
- Facilitating Paid Work Experience
Liaising with our legal network to create paid opportunities for care-experienced aspiring lawyers. Please note: We cannot offer paid work experience ourselves, we are just working towards ensuring work experience would be paid for care-experienced people. We also consult with firms/chambers on our standard offer.
- Legal Literacy and Resources
LWC provides various resources to assist you in understanding the legal profession. This includes our branded documentation. We can also signpost you to to external organisations and support services when applicable.
- Speaking/mock trial workshops
‘Bringing the law back down to earth’ – Bridging the legal literacy gap by providing speaking and legal workshops for schools and virtual schools. Providing a service to virtual schools and colleges to bring the law back down to earth by facilitating workshops for care-experienced young people (ran by care-experienced lawyers/aspiring lawyers) in legal rights, legal pathways and roleplay moot courts/mock trials.
Additional Information
For further information and to view a video on LWC please visit our website here
Donations are also greatly appreciated – https://www.lawyerswhocare.org/donate
