The need for access to justice for all has not diminished

FLAC, the Free Legal Advice Centre, was founded 50 years ago by four law students. Its role in society is as integral as ever, says Eilis Barry.

Fifty years ago the world was ablaze with radical new ideas, with civil rights movements in America and Northern Ireland, the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, student revolts in Paris, and massive demonstrations against the Vietnam War in Britain, Europe, and the US.