FORA.tv Speaker - John Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick joined the Kent Law School in the University of Kent in 1991 having worked for many years in community law centers in Brixton and Hammersmith as a client, volunteer, management committee member and, mostly, a solicitor. He is also the Director, since 1992, of the Kent Law Clinic, which teaches Kent Law School students through the provision of a free legal service to those who need it. He lectures mainly on legal process and human rights law. In November 2007 the Law Clinic won the Times Higher Education Award for outstanding contribution to the local community ™, and in 2008 Kent University received a Queen's Anniversary Prize in recognition of the outstanding achievement and excellence of the Law Clinic. The Chair, since 2006, of the Law Centres Federation, which represents about 60 law community centres nationwide.