Who we are

ILPA’s board of directors is its committee of trustees which is elected annually by the membership.  All members of the committee of trustees are members of ILPA. All ILPA’s work is carried out by its members, supported by the staff of the secretariat. Get in touch with any of us through info@ilpa.org.uk

ILPA’s committee of trustees

Chair Hazar El-Chamaa
Treasurer Matthew Lewis
Secretary Ayesha Mohsin
Committee members Andrea Als
David Ball
Sophie Barrett-Brown
Gabriella Bettiga
Aisha Choudhry
Tanya Goldfarb
Grace McGill
Julie Moktadir

March 2024: We are delighted to announce that Alison Stanley has joined Adrian Berry and Elspeth Guild as a patron of ILPA. See our announcement.

ILPA Patrons Adrian Berry
Elspeth Guild
Alison Stanley

The trustees of ILPA are voted for by the membership and elections take place around the Annual General Meeting each year in November. If you would like to stand as a trustee and want to know more about what it entails then find out more here and contact the office info@ilpa.org.uk – we would encourage any interested members to stand.

To get in touch with the chair or any of the trustees, please do so by emailing info@ilpa.org.uk 

Staff of the secretariat

The secretariat is made up of the following roles, contact info@ilpa.org.uk for details or to get in touch with any of us.

Chief Executive

Legal Director

Legal Officer

Legal and Parliamentary Officer

Senior Legal Projects Manager

Finance and Office Manager

Membership Manager

Content and Digital Channels Manager

Training Officer

Administration Officer

ILPA’s working groups and convenors

ILPA organises its work into working groups.   The current range of working groups is shown below, with links to their pages which will give you more detail and an opportunity to subscribe to their mailing lists. This is member only content but if non-members want to find out more then do get in touch. 

All convenors are members of ILPA.   

To contact a working group convenor, please email info@ilpa.org.uk  ILPA also convenes ad hoc working groups around particular topics and the staff of the secretariat can help you identify who would be the best person to speak to on a particular topic.

Children
Courts and Tribunals
Digitalisation
Economic migration
European
Family and personal
Immigration Practice Development Working Group
Legal aid
Legislation
New York
Northern Ireland
North West
Refugee
Racial Justice and Equality Working Group
Removals, detention and offences
Scotland
South West
Yorkshire and North East
Well-being