Carmen Kearney
Legal Manager Article 8 Advice and Deportation Project at BAIL FOR IMMIGRATION DETAINEES- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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What Drives The Body
University of AberdeenJun, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
How Does The Body use DNA as a Blueprint
University of AberdeenMay, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
UK Athletics Leadership in Running Fitness Coach
UK AthleticsApr, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
CRIME JUSTICE AND SOCIETY
The University of Sheffield -
Causes of Human Disease: Understanding Cardiovascular Disease
University of Leeds
Experience
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Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID)
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United Kingdom
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Manager Article 8 Advice and Deportation Project
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Mar 2014 - Present
This project was set up in 2014 with two key aims. The first is to provide legal advice and representation to individuals challenging deportation based on length of residence and family life in the UK who cannot access legal aid and cannot afford to pay for a private lawyer. The second is to gather policy data on the impact of the absence of legal aid for Article 8 cases on access to justice. As Legal Manager I was tasked with setting up and running the project in partnership with University of Law. I carry my own caseload. Casework ranges from drafting legal representations prior to the Notice of Decision to deport, drafting applications to revoke Deportation Orders, preparing deportation appeals to be represented by Counsel pro bono and making referrals for Judicial Review in the High Court. I also deliver legal advice surgeries at prisons. I prepare Exceptional Funding applications and manage a small project supervising lawyers from commercial firms to prepare Exceptional Legal Aid Funding Application. This project won the best new Pro Bono Activity Award in the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2019. I prepare self-help materials to assist individuals facing deportation to understand the complexities of the law and to navigate the deportation process. I work closely with the Policy Managers to gather data for use in research and reports. I also supervise two volunteers who assist in the project. Currently, I am also involved in volunteer recruitment and in managing the bail rota arranging pro bono Counsel for bail hearings.
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Tait's Immigration Services
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Kentish Town
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Immigration Consultant
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2015 - 2018
Part-time immigration consultant. I work on a wide range of immigration casework such as Entry Clearance application, applications for leave to remain based on family life, EU residence applications and British Citizenship applications. Part-time immigration consultant. I work on a wide range of immigration casework such as Entry Clearance application, applications for leave to remain based on family life, EU residence applications and British Citizenship applications.
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Supervising Caseworker
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Sep 1999 - Mar 2014
-Working under a legal aid contract preparing initial and subsequent applications for protection based on Refugee and Human Rights law. Preparing and presenting appeals at the Immigration Asylum Chamber. -Preparing Judicial Review cases on a range of areas (e.g unlawful immigration detention, fresh claim challenges), and working closely with Counsel in running the appeals. -Participating in an advice line open to the public on asylum and human rights. -Conducting outreach legal advice sessions for destitute failed asylum seekers, in partnership between Asylum Aid and other organisations working with this client group. -Contributing articles for the Legal Update section of Women's Asylum News, a monthly online and paper newsletter focusing on developments on gender and asylum. -Identifying broader policy issues arising from direct casework and feeding into the work of the Policy Team. Supervising caseworkers/mentoring volunteers. -Delivering internal training to cascade information to colleagues from training courses attended. -Delivering talks to community groups as and when requested e.g In October this year I gave a talk to service users of London HIV support charity, updating them on current case law relating to health based claims for leave to remain in the UK.
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Money Adviser
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Jun 1997 - Sep 1999
Providing financial advice and advocacy for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Completing welfare benefits applications/negotiating with creditors and representing at the country court in mortgage/rent arrears hearings. Providing financial advice and advocacy for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Completing welfare benefits applications/negotiating with creditors and representing at the country court in mortgage/rent arrears hearings.
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Money Advice Specialist
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Mar 1996 - Jun 1997
Provision of specialist money advice and representation in complex cases of multiple debt, particularly mortgage arrears and bankruptcy matters. Provision of specialist money advice and representation in complex cases of multiple debt, particularly mortgage arrears and bankruptcy matters.
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Education
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2022 - 2022
CPD Online College
Certificate, Forced Marriage and Honour Based Violence -
2022 - 2022
University of Kent
Human Rights, 100% -
2022 - 2022
University of Kent
Human Rights, 93% -
2021 - 2021
University of Colorado Boulder
Science of Exercise -
2020 - 2020
Royal Society of Public Health
Certificate in Nutrition for Physical Activity and Sport, Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General -
2016 - 2016
Univeristy of Liverpool online course
Psychology and mental health -
1999 - 2001
MA Refugee Studies University of East London
University of East London, International protection law/ the social and cultural experience of forced migration. -
1988 - 1991
Lancaster University
BA (Hons) Politics & Sociology -
2022 -
University of Kent
Certificate, Human Rights Law and Marginalised Groups -
Future Learn University of Reading
Mental Health -
The University of Sheffield
On line course, Criminology -
University of York
On line course, Criminal Justice and Corrections
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