The weekend was a huge success as always, largely in part to the enthusiasm and engagement from our 36 trainee solicitor volunteers across the entire weekend.
The intense weekend of training prepares the trainees to teach the Street Law course to Transition Year students at partnering DEIS (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools) schools in the local community. They deliver the programme over six lessons and cover topics such as the court systems, family law, discrimination law and sexual offences.
Annually around 500 TY students participate through our 14 Partner schools. Many school groups conclude their programme with a visit to the Criminal Courts of Justice or by staging a mock trial in the Law Society’s own mock courtroom, an unforgettable highlight for students. Since 2013, over 7,000 transition year students have completed the Law Society’s Street Law programme.
Special thanks to our four volunteers from last year’s PPC who took time out of their Sunday morning to facilitate a lesson – Ciara Kelly (Byrne Wallace Shields), David Gregan (Martin Solicitors), Eoin Kennedy (Crowley Millar) and Larisa Mirt (Matheson).
