Kids Law

This is a podcast about children and the laws that affect them as they grow up. Alma-Constance, our host, decided to start the podcast in 2021, when she turned 10 years old. Living in England, UK, she discovered that at 10 years old she would have reached the age of criminal responsibility. This is one of the youngest ages of criminalising children in the developed world. That was a pretty shocking discovery for her especially as she realised that she and her peers knew nothing about what this meant in practice and how it can affected children and their families. With the help of Lucinda Acland, a lawyer, and supported by Next 100 Years, they set out to ask some questions of leading experts to help children make sense of it all. There are a lot of laws that affect #children as they grow up and they are confusing and complicated and can affect all aspects of their day-to-day life from #education to online protections or at home, if families break up. It is difficult to keep track and understand the laws and how they impact a child's life. Alma-Constance is determined to help #TeachKidsLaw at a much younger age to help them grow up into adults confident with their legal knowledge. Understanding how the law works and being able to understand complex concepts of #justice and #ruleoflaw will help anyone as they try to navigate their lives. You can email us: kidslaw@spark21.org or reach us on social media channels and our www.kidslaw.info website.

Contributors

Co-host

Alma-Constance Denis-Smith

Alma-Constance is an award-winning young pianist, podcaster and passionate about social affairs. She studies piano with Julia Klimek at the Junior Academy, Royal Academy of Music in London and is a student at the Lycee Charles de Gaulle in London. As a pianist, she has won over 40 competitions, both in the UK and internationally. She is the 2023 Maidstone Young Musician of the Year. Since she turned 10, she has been co-hosting Kids Law, a podcast which discusses how law affects children as they grow up with guests such as Baroness Hale, the Lord Chief Justice or the Met Commissioner. She is fluent in three languages and enjoys fencing.

Co-host

Lucinda Acland

Lucinda has been a volunteer with First 100 Years since 2015 and is the host of the First 100 Years podcasr. In 2021 she started co-hosting Kids Law with 10 year old Alma-Constance Denis-Smith, with the podcast exploring how law affects children as they grow up.

Lucinda is a qualified non-practising lawyer, with 25 years experience in the legal sector, both as a solicitor and as a litigation support/IT lawyer for international law firm Lovell While Durrant (now Hogan Lovells). Previously, she was the Community Manager for Obelisk Support, responsible for engaging with consultants on a day-to-day basis to match them to client assignments. Prior to that, Lucinda was the Social Media Manager at legal services provider, Riverview Law and worked as Legal Content Manager for The College of Law (now University of Law), creating their online CPD course, COLmedia.

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