Privacy Policy

Who we are

Hallam Legal Advice Centre provides a free, independent and confidential legal service to staff and students of the University and members of the public who are in need of legal advice or assistance. It is run as an integral part of the law degree programme.

Hallam Legal Advice Centre is a full legal pro bono service. Our students work on real civil law cases, prison law cases and criminal appeals under the supervision of qualified solicitors, from the first interview with the client. It gives students an insight into the pressures and demands of the legal profession, and gives students the opportunity to serve real clients from the local community.

Hallam Legal Advice Centre is run by students from the Department of Law and Criminology taking law degrees, under the supervision of academic staff who are qualified solicitors or barristers.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are transferred to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser and contain a unique number, but no personal data. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site and a more tailored site experience to you.

Most browsers allow you to choose whether cookies are used or not. However, by turning off cookies you may make the website less efficient and some services may not function properly.
We use cookies to make sure our website works effectively. They help us monitor visitors’ movement from page to page, so we can ensure any choices you make and/or details you submit are ‘remembered’ as you navigate the site – and when you return to it within a set period.

These are:
Analytics
_ga_* Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
_ga The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
Necessary
rc::a rc::c These cookies are set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Hallam Legal Advice Centre does not share data submitted through the referral form with third parties. Users will be informed if their data is shared when their enquiry has been processed.

How long we retain your data

If you submit a referral, the form and its metadata are retained for up to six months, unless you agree for Hallam Legal Advice to proceed with your case. This is so we can effectively process referrals.

What rights you have over your data

By submitting your personal data via our referral form, you are agreeing to Hallam Legal Advice Centre processing your personal data. If you are sending documents on somebody else’s behalf, you confirm that you have their permission to share their personal data.

You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing enquirieshallamlegaladvicecentre@shu.ac.uk