#LALY26 nominations are now CLOSED ⛔✋
Thanks everyone who sent entries - with the last one screeching in under the wire at 11.57 last night😉
Shortlist published mid May. Winners announced 3 July - so book your tickets now for the best night in the legal aid calendar 🥳🌟 lapg.co.uk/laly-tickets
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And big LALY ❤️😍🥰❤️ to our latest Friend of #LALY26 Nadia! Thank you for your most kind donation to help sponsor our all-important Legal Aid Newcomer award.
Delighted to report, we have reached our crowdfunding target. Welcome to Mangala Janakarajah - our newest Friend of #LALY26. Thank you for your kind donation to help sponsor our Legal Aid Newcomer award and for your support for those on the social justice frontline....
Today (21 April) is the final day for submitting #LALY26 entries! You have until midnight to submit nominations. Any problems or last-minute questions, just let us know - office@lapg.co.uk Team LALY is here to help.
Thank you to everyone who has already sent them in or will be in the coming hours.
Today (21 April) is the final day for submitting #LALY26 entries! You have until midnight to submit nominations. Any problems or last-minute questions, just let us know - office@lapg.co.uk Team LALY is here to help.
Thank you to everyone who has already sent them in or will be in the coming hours.
....there is still time to donate, if you would like to join our gang...As a thank you, we will show your name on stage on the night when the Newcomer winner is announced, and include it in the ceremony programme.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/friends-of...
Delighted to report, we have reached our crowdfunding target. Welcome to Mangala Janakarajah - our newest Friend of #LALY26. Thank you for your kind donation to help sponsor our Legal Aid Newcomer award and for your support for those on the social justice frontline....
...Team LALY is here to help and we appreciate everyone who has taken the time to nominate a colleague or write in support. *YOU* are what makes the LALY awards so very special❤️
...We will confirm receipt and nominations submitted in this way before the deadline will be accepted. Any other questions/concerns/last-minute panics, just drop us a line....
...We've had reports of some technical issues with the online portal (which our IT bods are investigating🔨🔧). As you have more than enough stress in your life, if you are experiencing problems, just email nominations to @wearelapg.bsky.social office instead:
office@lapg.co.uk
The final countdown....⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️⏱️
The deadline for #LALY26 entries is midnight tomorrow (Tues 21 April). Soooooo exciting!! Thank you to everyone who has already submitted nominations or will be doing so.....
ONE. MORE. HEAVE 🫸🫸🫸🫸....Thanks to our newest generous and lovely Friends of #LALY26, Merry and Oliver Carter, we are at *97%* of our crowdfunding target....who will get us over the edge???🙏
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/friends-of...
Happy Friday fellow legal aiders🥳! This is the last weekend before the #LALY26 deadline. Thanks to everyone who has already sent in entries; and to those who will be busy finalising them ready to submit before midnight on Tues 21 April.
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
Thank you ❤️to everyone who has already sent in a #LALY26 nomination. Do keep 'em coming.....deadline midnight Tues 21 April....
⏰There's still time to make a #LALY26 nomination! 9 categories covering all areas of legal aid, recognising barristers & solicitors, case workers, trainees, paralegals, legal execs & support staff. 🌟Deadline 21 April🌟 So get your skates on lovely legal aiders⛸️⛸️...
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
@barristersecret.bsky.social Hello! 👋 Any chance you could help us spread the word with a re-tweet/re-post?? 🙏 Team LALY would be hugely grateful....
⏰There's still time to make a #LALY26 nomination! 9 categories covering all areas of legal aid, recognising barristers & solicitors, case workers, trainees, paralegals, legal execs & support staff. 🌟Deadline 21 April🌟 So get your skates on lovely legal aiders⛸️⛸️...
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
⏰There's still time to make a #LALY26 nomination! 9 award categories covering all areas of legal aid, recognising barristers & solicitors, case workers, trainees, paralegals, legal execs & support staff. Deadline 21 April, so get your skates on lovely legal aiders⛸️⛸️...
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
@joshuarozenberg.bsky.social Hello! 👋 Any chance of a re-tweet (if we are still calling it that....)?? 🙏 Team LALY would be hugely grateful....
⏰There's still time to make a #LALY26 nomination! 9 categories covering all areas of legal aid, recognising barristers, solicitors, case workers, trainees, paralegals, legal execs & support staff. Deadline 21 April 🗓️, so get your skates on lovely legal aiders⛸️⛸️...
lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
So lovely to have support from Russell and Angela - 2 former LALY winners, long-term friends of the awards, and all round fab lawyers and humans 😍
Thanks to our 2 newest pals 👋, Russell Conway and Angela Jackman KC (hon), Friends of #LALY26 are just £130 away from our fundraising target! Show your solidarity with Legal Aid Newcomers by making a donation (from £10) before next week's deadline (21 April) 😎
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/friends-of...
See guidance: lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Nomination form: lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
Contact @wearelapg.bsky.social if you have questions lapg.co.uk/contact/
Supporting testimonials are helpful (but not essential), say, from clients or colleagues - people who can speak to the impact they have had and why they deserve the kind of recognition that only the LALYs can give....
With the deadline for entries #LALY26 at midnight on Tues 21 April, we are officially entering the final straight 🏇for this year's awards, which is always an exciting time....
See guidance: lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...
Nomination form: lapg.co.uk/laly-awards/...
Contact @wearelapg.bsky.social if you have questions lapg.co.uk/contact/
Supporting testimonials are helpful (but not essential), say, from clients or colleagues - people who can speak to the impact they have had and why they deserve the kind of recognition that only the LALYs can give....
To make a nomination, all you need to do is tell us, in your own words, about your nominee's work and what makes them special....⌨️
With more than a week to go until 21 April, there is still plenty of time to put together an entry - and our online nomination process is designed to be as straightforward as possible....😇
Legal aid lawyers turn theoretical rights into daily reality for thousands and thousands of ordinary people.
So help us celebrate their exceptional commitment by making a LALY nomination!...🥳