Our programme covers an unusually diverse range of areas and touches the lives of many thousands of people from all over the country and beyond. We engage with diverse audiences and communities, which in turn helps encourage all our people to be individual, and to recognize their position not only within the business world, but also within wider society.
Below are some examples of our work in this area:
Community engagement
Recognising our position of influence and privilege, we run a series of schemes aimed at upskilling young people and providing them with meaningful opportunities to engage with our lawyers and the wider firm. These include outreach schemes with schools in inner London, and social mobility cold spots across the country, along with paid work experience opportunities for students and young people from less advantaged backgrounds.
Pro bono legal
We provide free legal advice and representation to individuals and community groups, both in the UK and abroad, who cannot afford to pay and where public funding is not available.
Our work in this area includes partnerships with law centres across London where trainees and qualified solicitors attend as volunteer advisors on a broad range of legal issues.
We also advise several charities, including our long-standing charity partners, on strategic and business issues, allowing them to focus on providing their much-needed services.
Working with Charities
Through our CSR Programme, we aim to create meaningful, lasting and substantive partnerships with all the charities we work with.
Our work in supporting charities sits under two headings, charity partnerships and the Travers Smith Foundation.
Our current major charity partner is Little Village.
Supporting emerging artists
Our commitment to supporting new artists is obvious from the moment someone enters our offices. We are proud to display the works of these talented people and help them on the journey from student to creative professional.
Since 2015 we have produced an exciting Art Programme which involves graduates from the University of Westminster and the Royal College of Art.
You can find out more about each of our areas of work below.
