To all Local Government Solicitors

GIVING SOMETHING BACK TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR COMMUNITY

The Local Government Legal Society Trust Ltd, provides sponsorship and grants towards the fees of solicitors and trainees undertaking training courses to enhance their skills and broaden their experiences relevant to their local government work.

The Trust Board is made up of solicitors who currently work in local government or have previously worked in local government for many years.

The Trust are seeking a new Trustee to join the Board.

The person we are looking for should be a solicitor currently employed in local government, who has been so employed for at least the last 5 years or has equivalent public sector experience. Alternatively, the role would suit a person who has retired very recently having worked as a solicitor in local government for several years who remains on the Roll of Solicitors.

Interested applicants should provide a chronology of their local government experience; setting out what contribution they consider they can make to the Trust and anything that they feel may be of interest to the trustees. You don’t have to be a member of LLG to apply, but if you are a member then a short explanation of your involvement with LLG would be helpful. Current Directors of LLG are not eligible to apply.

The Board meets about four times a year, and those meetings are usually held virtually. Between meetings most of our duties are carried out via email correspondence and/or telephone for example when we receive an application for financial support. Travel and subsistence expenses are remunerated if the Board meet in person. More details of our work are set out in the attached Annual report for 2023.

Applications from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome.

If you wish to apply, then email your information to following email address below by Friday 3 January 2025 – bev.cullen@hotmail.co.uk

If you are a solicitor or trainee requiring funding for a course or qualification please contact the Bursary Co-ordinator at the following address: nwalkerlgls@gmail.com