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INSPIRING ALUMNI IN LAW
Michael Mansfield KC Time for Justice
Michael Mansfield KC ( 1964 ) gave the latest in a series of Grand Challenges lectures from the Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences . This event marked the tenth anniversary of Community Legal Outreach Collaboration Keele ( CLOCK ).
The Community Legal Outreach Collaboration Keele ( CLOCK ) reflected upon its 10th anniversary in October , since being established as a response to the significant withdrawal of legal aid under the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act ( LASPO ).
CLOCK is a unique and innovative research led project bringing together universities , law firms , barristers chambers , mediation , charitable and court services to educate , assist , monitor and promote access to justice for disadvantaged communities .
We were delighted and honoured that Keele alumnus , Michael Mansfield KC together with his wife , Yvette Greenway-Mansfield delivered the lecture " Time for Justice " to help mark this special occasion .
BIOGRAPHY alumni , studied philosophy under Antony Flew in the 1960s . In a long and distinguished career , some of Mansfield ’ s most prominent cases included representing those wrongly convicted of the IRA ' s Guildford and Birmingham pub bombings , those involved in the Israeli Embassy bombing ; Stephen Lawrence ' s family ; Michael Barrymore at the Stuart Lubbock inquest ; Barry George at the inquest into the death of Jill Dando ; the Bloody Sunday families ; Mohamed al-Fayed in the inquest into the deaths of his son Dodi al- Fayed and Diana , Princess of Wales ; and the family of Jean Charles de Menezes .
In his biography , Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer , he recalls that ‘ at the end of my final year , Professor Flew told me , a twinkle in his eye , that I had achieved a first-class grade in Philosophy ! Well , blow me down ! Now it was time to concentrate on my ambition to begin a career in Law .’
Michael Mansfield KC , the UK ' s most prominent and highprofile defence lawyer , and one of Keele ’ s most famous
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