New website makes legal information accessible to children ========================================================== ![New website makes legal information accessible to children](https://vardags.com/images/pictures/_360/84a59f899eac0d1ec451a2f937c4b332.jpeg)On Monday, Coram's Child Law Advice service launched [LawStuff](https://lawstuff.org.uk/), a website which provides free legal information for children and young people. Funded by The Queen's Trust, the website enables users to gain a better understanding of their legal rights in plain English terms, rather than grapple with more complex legalese. Featured topics on LawStuff include: online safety, home and family, police and law, and children's rights. For more specific enquiries and legal advice, the website refers its visitors to the Child Law Advice service. Quoted in , Manager of the Child Law Advice Service (CLAS) Gemma Smith said: > "it is extremely important that children and young people know that they have rights which are respected and protected in law. Knowing that they have rights can boost a child or young person's confidence. It lets them know that they are valued whilst also helping them to respect the rights of others." Efforts to make the justice system and legal proceedings more accessible to children have grown in recent years, with an increasing number of child-friendly legal texts being released. Last year, Jackson J hit the headlines for using an emoji in a judgment in relation to public law children proceedings. However, the real significance of this judgment lies in the fact [it was presented in plain English](https://vardags.com/family-law/judge-uses-emoji-family-judgment/), with the intention that it could be read and understood by the older children involved in the case, as well as by the mother. Jackson's empathetic judgment, with its lack of legal jargon, was well-received by the legal press, prompting calls for more of the same. Clear, easily accessible legal communications are perhaps now needed more than ever, considering the reported rise in litigants in person following the cuts to legal aid in the family courts. While more complex cases may prevent judges from dispensing with legalese, or risk oversimplification and lack of efficacy, it is heartening to see the legal press and judiciary alike recognising needs of both children and those unfamiliar to the world of law. "Ayesha Vardag - Britain's top divorce lawyer." ![The Huffington Post](https://vardags.com/images/logo/huffpost.png) "Ayesha Vardag - Woman of the Year"![GG2](https://vardags.com/images/logo/gg2-3.png) "Leading, Magic Circle law firm."Mr Justice Coleridge "A handful of firms dominate the so-called 'glamour' end of the market ... Vardags"The Times "One of the best divorce lawyers in the country"Marie Claire "Ayesha Vardag - 'diva of divorce' for the world's super rich" ![BBC](https://vardags.com/images/logo/bbc.png) "Dr Stephen Bence is a financial genius."Lewis Marks KC "Ayesha Vardag - the Queen of divorce"Daily Mail "Vardags brilliantly argued my case to a resounding victory"Pauline Chai (client) "Britain's top divorce lawyer" ![The Telegraph](https://vardags.com/images/logo/telegraph.png) More Family Law news -------------------- [Family law courts' war on terror: the growing issue of child radicalisation](https://vardags.com/family-law/family-law-child-radicalisation "Family law courts war on terror: the growing issue of child radicalisation") [Family Law: What to expect in 2017](https://vardags.com/family-law/family-law-expect-2017 "Family Law: What to expect in 2017") [New website makes legal information accessible to children](https://vardags.com/family-law/new-website-legal-information-accessible-children "New website makes legal information accessible to children") [Viscount and Lady Weymouth take aristocracy's first steps to surrogacy](https://vardags.com/family-law/viscount-lady-weymouth-aristocracy-surrogacy "Viscount and Lady Weymouth take aristocracys first steps to surrogacy") [Cross-examination of vulnerable people in the family courts: Munby and Truss call for reform](https://vardags.com/family-law/cross-examination-vulnerable-people-family-courts "Cross-examination of vulnerable people in the family courts: Munby and Truss call for reform") Articles by Maire Connor ------------------------ [Preventing the presumption of child contact for violent parents: Cobb J amends Practice Direction 12J](https://vardags.com/family-law/child-contact-cobb-practice-direction-12j "Preventing the presumption of child contact for violent parents: Cobb J amends Practice Direction 12J") [A status update on Law Commission proposals from the MoJ](https://vardags.com/family-law/status-update-law-commission-proposals-moj "A status update on Law Commission proposals from the MoJ") [New website makes legal information accessible to children](https://vardags.com/family-law/new-website-legal-information-accessible-children "New website makes legal information accessible to children") [Cross-examination of vulnerable people in the family courts: Munby and Truss call for reform](https://vardags.com/family-law/cross-examination-vulnerable-people-family-courts "Cross-examination of vulnerable people in the family courts: Munby and Truss call for reform") [Replace marriage with fixed term relationship contracts and kiss goodbye to divorce?](https://vardags.com/family-law/replace-marriage-fixed-term-relationship-contracts "Replace marriage with fixed term relationship contracts and kiss goodbye to divorce?")