Get Involved
There are lots of ways to support our work. Whether that’s through donating, volunteering, working for us or working with us, please scroll down for more information.
Donate
MiCLU relies on its funders and donations to continue its work with migrant and refugee children across the UK. All donations, no matter how small, will help go a huge way in transforming the lives of at-risk children and young people.
All donations come through our host charity, Islington Law Centre. It is a registered charity registered in England and Wales (no. 268468)
Donate by BACS (please write MiCLU as your reference):
- Bank name: Lloyds
- Account name: Islington Law Centre
- Account number: 00738357
- Sort code: 30-94-21
Donate by cheque: complete this form and send it with your donation to:
The Migrant & Refugee Children’s Legal Unit,
Islington Law Centre,
38 Devonia Road,
London
N1 8JH
Work with Us
Vacancy: Experienced Immigration Solicitor
We are looking for an experienced Immigration Solicitor to join our highly successful, creative, and dynamic immigration team.
The Migrant and Refugee Children’s Legal Unit at Islington Law Centre has a much-respected Immigration Team. We are a category 1 Legal Aid Immigration provider, and we have considerable experience across the range of immigration and asylum work, running cases at all levels of the Tribunal and Court system including the Administrative Court, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. We wish to further develop our public law work and practice. The work would mainly involve Albanian cases coming through our Breaking the Chains project, alongside other work of the Unit.
We are an expanding practice and currently have ten solicitors and caseworkers working in immigration at the Law Centre. There are opportunities to work within a supportive team and to develop your areas of expertise.
The candidate must be an experienced IAAS Senior Caseworker or Supervising Senior Caseworker.
Salary: £43,600 to £48,190 depending upon experience.
Closing date for applications: Monday 12th January 2026 at 5pm.
Please send your completed application to (or email if you have any questions): recruitment@islingtonlaw.org.uk.
Background information for applicants
MiCLU Immigration and Asylum Solicitor Job Description
Volunteering
Law firms: we run a number of different volunteering projects, including with city law firms. If you are a law firm who would like to work with us, please contact miclu@islingtonlaw.org.uk
If you are an immigration or asylum lawyer and can take on a case, please see below section “Take on a case or mentor an asylum seeker.”
If you are interested in mentoring/befriending a young asylum seeker, please also see below section “Take on a case or mentor an asylum seeker.”
We are a small team without a dedicated volunteer manager and we don’t have any other volunteering opportunities at the moment.
Partner
We work with a range of partners—funders, pro bono supporters, as well as other legal and youth organisations, NGOs and local authorities who share our vision. We also provide expertise and support to a number of organisations as external consultants on a range of legal issues.
Please take a look at What we do and look at some of the specialist projects we have developed to date with partners and other organisations. If you think we might be able to support your work, please get in touch with us at miclu@islingtonlaw.org.uk
Take on a Case or Mentor an Asylum Seeker
If you would like to do something more to help improve outcomes for vulnerable young asylum seekers, please register your support.
Provide Mentoring or Befriending
Young asylum seekers have been increasingly isolated and fearful since the pandemic and as a result of increased anti-migrant rhetoric. A regular check-in can provide much-needed support.
If you are able to help, please contact Esme Madill at esmem@islingtonlaw.org.uk
Take on an Asylum Case
If you are an immigration and asylum lawyer and have capacity to take on the case of a young person please contact Deborah Thackray at deboraht@islingtonlaw.org.uk.
