Our legal services
If you live in Kent and need legal advice but can't afford to pay, you can seek help from the Clinic. These are the types of services we provide:
Primarily, we offer advice in the form of a free evening advice session with a legal advisor. Advice sessions are offered for the following areas of law:
The advice sessions run from September to March by appointment. The sessions are mostly online and usually take place on Monday evenings between 6-8pm.
There are no advice sessions available between April and August but we may be able to refer you to other organisations who can help.
If we are unable to offer an Advice Session, in some other cases we may be able to offer written or telephone advice.
Kent Law Clinic takes on a limited number of cases. Casework is carried out by student caseworkers under the supervision of the Clinic’s legal practitioners.
We specialise in the following areas of law:
Please complete the enquiry form to tell us more about your legal issue. This will then be looked at by one of the Clinic team. We may phone or email you to request further information.
As we are part of the University of Kent, the Law Clinic is more active during academic term times when students are present.
If you have a legal issue, please complete the enquiry form. For existing cases and other matters, please email kentlawclinic@kent.ac.uk for the quickest response.
If you don't have internet access, please leave a message on 01227 823311 and we'll respond as soon as we can.