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This achievement follows a rigorous external audit that confirmed the clinic continues to meet the highest standards of quality and provides excellent client care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SQM is a nationally recognised quality assurance standard for legal service providers. Maintaining this accreditation demonstrates that the Community Law Clinic consistently delivers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Exceptional client care ensuring every individual receives clear, accessible, and professional support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High\u2011quality legal services that meet robust industry benchmarks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strong internal governance and quality management systems ensuring reliability, accountability and continuous improvement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This renewal reinforces the clinic\u2019s commitment to providing a trusted, high\u2011standard service to the community while offering students invaluable experience within a professionally accredited environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Exeter Community Law Clinic remains dedicated to widening access to justice and supporting the public through free, high\u2011quality legal assistance. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/law.exeter.ac.uk\/community\/communitylawclinic\/\">read more about its work on our webpage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awarded by Recognising Excellence on behalf of the Legal Aid Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":5253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[259,811],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Community Law Clinic successfully renews its Specialist Quality Mark accreditation - Exeter Law School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/01\/07\/community-law-clinic-successfully-renews-its-specialist-quality-mark-accreditation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Community Law Clinic successfully renews its Specialist Quality Mark accreditation - 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