Update on the future of Lawyers Against Poverty (LAP)

After careful consideration, the trustees have concluded that our key projects will be best positioned to thrive if they are supported within another organisation whose infrastructure and resources can sustain them long term. This decision is grounded in opportunity, not loss. Our top priority is to secure the continued success and expansion of our flagship initiatives, Legal Confidence Sessions (LCS) and Junior Lawyers Against Poverty (JLAP).

Advocates for International Development (A4ID) will be taking these programmes forward in a way that preserves their impact, protects their values, and enables them to develop even further in the years ahead. Once those projects are successfully transferred by the 30th May 2026, LAP will begin an orderly and planned closure process, which we anticipate completing by 31 December 2026.

Throughout this transition, transparency, care and collaboration will guide our approach. We are committed to keeping you informed and ensuring that this next chapter reflects the strength and integrity that have always defined LAP.

We are deeply grateful to you, our members, funders, volunteers and partners, who have been the lifeblood of LAP’s work since it was founded over 11 years ago. Your commitment to tackling inequality and championing access to justice has made a real and lasting difference. While the charity itself will close, the spirit, purpose and impact of LAP will live on through the projects and communities it has nurtured.

Launched in June 2015, Lawyers Against Poverty is a growing membership network of lawyers who are passionate about fighting the injustice of poverty. We recognise that injustice and inequality are big factors in keeping people in poverty. Our vision is to build a community of lawyers across the globe committed to using the power of the law to build a fairer future.