Shauneen Lambe - Executive Director

Established and runs the Youth Justice Department at Lawrence & Co. solicitors. She is qualified as a barrister in the UK and as an attorney in Louisiana, USA. She formerly worked for Clive Stafford Smith at the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Centre. She is a founder member and board member of Reprieve, a UK charity that fights for the rights of people facing the death penalty.

In 2006, Shauneen was selected as one of Management Today's 35 Women Aged under 35, women who are ‘judged to have the potential to reach the top of their chosen careers’. In 2010, Shauneen was chosen to be a World Economic Forum ‘Young Global Leader’. She was honoured to be awarded as a Shackleton Fellow in June 2011.

Aika Stephenson - Legal Director

A solicitor who specialises in representing young people. Prior to joining the Youth Department at Lawrence & Co Aika was the bail support worker for Westminster Youth Offending Team. Aika also worked for The Children's Society at Feltham Young Offenders Institute as a child advocate. In recognition of her work in the legal community, Aika was awarded Young Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year in June 2007. This prestigious award, presented by Cherie Booth QC, gives Aika credit for her exceptional commitment and dedication in to helping young people.

Jodi Manning - Operations Director

Jodi joined the JfK Law team as the Operations Director in April 2010. Previously Jodi has specialised in managing youth engagement and community development projects. More recently Jodi worked for Citizens Advice and established new services and initiatives to increase access to advice across London.

Julia Krepska - Operations Manager

Julia joined the team as the Operations Manager in October 2011. She is the founding director of an international charity and has worked as an interpreter for the public sector for a number of years. She use this and her previous experience in business training to assist with the daily running of JfK Law and its projects.

Rachel Knowles - Education & Community Care Solicitor

Rachel qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and is JfK’s Education and Community Care solicitor. Having completed her training at Fisher Meredith LLP, she joined JfK in February 2010. She helps young people in obtaining accommodation and support from social services and acts in a variety of education matters including school exclusions, admissions, and assisting children with special educational needs.

Zoe Taylor - Paralegal

Zoe joined JfK in September 2011 as a paralegal and policy worker. She acts as a paralegal in our Youth Department, assisting solicitors in representing young people charged with committing criminal offences. She also acts as a paralegal in our Education and Community Care department, assisting particularly with school exclusion cases, where she attends meetings with young people who have been excluded from school to challenge their exclusion. As a policy worker, she assists with the running of our strategic litigation project. Zoe was called to the Bar in 2011 and starts pupillage in October 2012. Prior to joining JfK Law, Zoe worked in a voluntary capacity with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties as a teaching assistant. She has also coached young people on advocacy skills and works with a number of schools to give careers talks to young people considering university or a legal career.

Sabine Larribeau - Supervisory Youth Advocate

Sabine joined the team in December 2010 as the Youth Advocate. Prior to joining JfK Law Sabine worked in one-to-one support with unaccompanied asylum seeking children. She previously worked as a caseworker with children and families with no recourse to public funds, advocating for access to support and legal services. As the Supervisory Youth Advocate Sabine works with children and young people, offering support, advice, signposting and representation in areas of need.

Aimee Ashton-Freeman - Youth Advocate

Aimee has worked with young people for over 10 years mainly within the areas of homelessness and anti-social behaviour. She is currently completing her masters in youth and community work at Goldsmiths and specialises in research around the criminalisation of young people. Aimee has worked on projects ranging from working with socially excluded young men in Surrey to refugee women in Egypt. As the youth advocate for West London she listens to the wishes and feelings of the young people that are referred to her, supporting and advising them in accessing the right housing, financial security, education and all else they need.

Jasmine Lawrence - Administrator & Training Co-ordinator

Jasmine joined the team on a part-time basis in January 2011 as the Administrator and Training Co-ordinator. She has worked in administrative and project management roles in the arts and the charity sectors for the past ten years, a number of which were at the Globe Theatre. Jasmine is training to be an ESOL teacher (English for speakers of other languages) and is currently in the first year of her PGCE at the Institute of Education.

Joel Carter - Opportunity Advocate

Joel is a JNC qualified Youth Worker and brings his experience of managing youth projects to JfK Law. Since starting as a teaching assistant in a secondary school, he has worked with young people in Pupil Referral Units, drop-in centres, youth clubs and cafes. He has also taught boxing in Brightone and Project Management in Malawi. Joel joined us in December 2011 with a brief to develop our Opportunities and Ambassador Projects and to ensure our services are young person friendly.

Ryan McGillivary - Mentor

Ryan is a qualified youth worker who joined the JfK team in January 2012. To fulfil his pursuit of helping others in need, he started out as a volunteer gaining experience and knowledge at various charitable organisations. He gained both his NVQ Level 2 in Youth Work and his VRQ Level 3 in Youth Work, and continues to expand his experience and knowledge by volunteering overseas. He is fully dedicated in supporting and helping young people realise their potential to positively enjoy and achieve, whilst also developing the mentoring programme at Just for Kids Law.

Jennifer Twite - Policy Advisor

Jennifer is a barrister who has been practising since 2006. In addition to her extensive Youth and Magistrates' Court experience, she has defended in Crown Court trials for serious matters including GBH. She is committed to pro bono work and was on the Management Committee of the Free Representation Unit, where she also represented individuals in employment and social security appeals. Jennifer worked with young people prior to coming to the Bar, having
been a camp Director with Berlitz Summer Camps where she also taught.

Board Members

Just for Kids Law is lucky to be steered by a diverse, skilled and experienced board, who oversee the management and running of our organisation. For more information on our members, please click here.