Getting A Lawyer

Here are some questions - and answers - you might have about getting a lawyer. If your question isn't covered here, get in touch.

Brexit: Young people, Families and Homelessness

8 June, 10.00 - 12.00. This free lawyer-led workshop will explain why young people and families need to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme and explore the effect of Brexit on housing and homelessness rights.
Children's Hearings: What you need to know

21 May, 10.00 - 13.00. This training course will introduce Children’s Hearings, including why they exist, who attends them, and why a child or young person might enter the children’s hearing system.
Clan Childlaw Covid-19 Response Project

Protecting the rights of care experienced children and young people during the pandemic
Children’s Hearings: Relevant Persons and Rights of Siblings

9 June, 10.00 - 13.00. This training course will give an overview of developments in the law relating to relevant persons, siblings, and the right to participate in Children’s Hearings and explain what they mean in practice for children and young people in Scotland.

What we do

We are lawyers for children and young people in Scotland. We use our legal knowledge, and what we learn from the children we work with, to find ways to make the law work better for children and young people.
Law student essay competition

To mark our 10-year anniversary, we asked law students around Scotland: What is the biggest children’s rights issue in Scotland and how can the law be used to resolve it? Congratulations to winner Michael Malvenda!
Child law case summaries

Summaries of cases undertaken by Clan Childlaw.
About Our Training

We provide lawyer-led training about children's rights and the law in Scotland. We use our legal expertise and experience to train lawyers, advocates, and frontline workers who support children and young people.
Alison Reid

Principal Solicitor and Chief Executive
Sibling rights

We have long called for the law to be changed to prioritise care experienced children and young people's sibling relationships and are delighted that these changes are now law and will come into force in July 2021
Get legal help for a child or young person

Information for professionals, support, advocacy, and advice workers or foster carers seeking help with the law or a legal problem for a child or young person they are working with. You will find frequently asked questions, case studies and other information on this page.
Clan at 10

Events & Fundraising marking our 10th anniversary
A-Z resource library

Comprehensive library of material relating to children and young people's rights. This is reference point for all legal questions and problems children and young people might have.
Changes to the law on siblings

Brothers and sisters who are looked after by a local authority or are experiencing family separation often need support to stay in contact. Clan Childlaw is working in different ways to help promote sibling contact.

Getting A Lawyer

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