Policy Press

The Hidden World of the Legal Aid Lawyer

Upholding the Heart of Justice

By Emma Cooke

Published

May 1, 2025

Page count

240 pages

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Perspectives on Law and Access to Justice

ISBN

978-1529232929

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press

Published

May 1, 2025

Page count

240 pages

Browse the series

Perspectives on Law and Access to Justice

ISBN

978-1529232936

Dimensions

234 x 156 mm

Imprint

Bristol University Press
The Hidden World of the Legal Aid Lawyer

Emma Cooke is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent.

1. Introduction

2. Research context: legal aid in crisis

3. The participants: upholding the heart of justice

4. Becoming a legal aid lawyer

5. ‘A profession within a profession’: the limited role of the legal aid lawyer

6. One-stop-shop: beyond just ‘lawyering’

7. Moving beyond the concept of ‘occupational culture’ to a ‘shared orientation’

8. A (modern day) legal aid lawyers’ story