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Law partnership to tackle race equality
19/02/2003
A partnership was established today between the Crown
Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and the Ethnic
Minorities Law Centre (EMLC) in an initiative designed to
have an impact on racial equality.
Three legal trainee solicitors of the COPFS will be
seconded to the EMLC to work with a solicitor in each of
the Centre's specialist areas - race discrimination;
immigration; and asylum law.
The EMLC is the only law centre to specifically provide
legal services to members of ethnic minority communities in
Glasgow and outlying areas.
Welcoming the start of the training programme the
Solicitor General for Scotland Mrs Elish Angiolini
said:
"Because of our responsibility for the prosecution of
racist crime, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal
Service is in a unique position in Scotland to promote
racial equality.
"I am pleased at the significant progress we have made
in recent years through working closely with ethnic
minority communities and today's partnership with the EMLC
marks another significant step in tackling discrimination
and promoting racial equality in Scotland".
The three Glasgow-based trainees, Lynne Barrie, Julie
Kirkland and Carey Henderson, will be seconded until August
2003 - a two-week placement will be followed by one day a
week thereafter.
The initiative will be reviewed at the end of the
secondment and consideration given to extending the
practice at other locations in Scotland.
The Ethnic Minorities Law Centre provides ethnic
minorities in the west of Scotland with access to
professional services to address unmet legal needs. They
have specialist expertise in the areas of immigration and
asylum law and race discrimination and employment
issues.
EMLC, 41 St Vincent Square, Glasgow G1 2ER. Tel: 0141
204 2888.