Walk The Thames
On Saturday and Sunday (Feb 14th & 15th) fifty lawyers walked the length of the Thames in London from Erith to Hampton court to raise funds for London’s struggling legal advice centres.
The route with necessary detours is almost 50 miles long. The first half is all pavement walking while the second half is mostly muddy tracks.
Lawyers from city firms Mayer Brown, Chadbourne Parke, Hammonds and Taylor Wessing braved February’s weather with the students from Kings College Law School who had organised the walk. Numbers were increased by a large Lawworks team and students from Southampton University law school.
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Julie Dickins, CSR partner of walk sponsors, Mayer Brown, praised the walkers saying:
"The initiative of Jonathan Charwat and the Kings College students in organising this walk is highly commendable and the commitment of the lawyers who have walked is outstanding"
"Together with other firms, we have supported the London Legal sponsored walk since it began, and are delighted that has gone from strength to strength. We would hope this walk will also develop to become an annual event bringing further, much needed, resources to the voluntary legal sector."
Funds will go to the London Legal Support Trust who support free legal advice in London and the South East.
The London Legal sponsored walk * will be held on May 18th starting at 5.30 at the Royal Courts of Justice.
Further information : Bob Nightingale 01372 810466 bobnightingaleuk@yahoo.co.uk
*The 2008 London Legal walk attracted over 3,000 lawyers and raised £360,000. It has increased walkers and funds raised x 10 over the 4 years it has been running.