Local Government Legal Society Trust Fund seeking new board members
The Local Government Legal Society Trust Fund is advertising for two board members to assist the trust in its aim to offer grants and funding to promote the local government legal profession.
The fund said it is seeking trustees to join its board in order to take over as either the Financial Director or Company Secretary, following a period of shadowing the current office holders.
The trust was established in 1976 and seeks to "promote and develop role of solicitors and trainee solicitors employed in local government in legal, managerial and administrative capacities and to take appropriate action on all matters concerning their training professional development duties responsibilities remuneration and interests".
Its remit also allows it to apply the fund for the benefit of solicitors and trainee solicitors in local government generally.
Trustee applicants must be a currently employed solicitor who has been employed in local government for at least five years, or a recently retired local government solicitor, with several years of experience and who remains on the Roll of Solicitors. The board meets virtually four times a year, and most duties are carried out by email.
Applicants have until 31 July to apply and do not have to be a member of Lawyers in Local Government (LLG).
According to its 2022 annual report, the trust provided funding of around £7,000 in sponsorship and grants towards the fees of solicitors and trainees undertaking the Local Government Diploma, together with financial support for LLG's website, bulletin, and annual awards.
The trust committed to undertaking a strategy review during 2022 to attract more applications for bursaries and to provide a wider range of financial support to local government trainees and solicitors to assist them throughout their careers.
The strategy review will be finalised and implemented sometime this year.
All local government trainees and solicitors are eligible for financial support from the trust, provided the applicant is working in local government at the time the application for a grant is made to the trust and their application is supported by their employing local authority. The trust gives preference to courses providing the candidate with a qualification. They generally give 50% of a course fee as a grant.
Adam Carey