On behalf of Cancer Research UK

Uniting the legal profession to beat cancer

Law Beats Cancer is a first-of-its-kind initiative between the legal community and Cancer Research UK. This is more than a campaign, it’s a movement that unites the entire profession to help fund life-saving research and make a lasting difference for people affected by cancer.

We want to bring the whole legal community together through networking, challenges and events to support groundbreaking research, accelerate progress and save lives.

£213,590

Raised so far

16

Founding firms

35

Ambassadors

Our vision

To bring the whole legal community together, through networking, challenges and events to support groundbreaking research, accelerate progress and save lives.

Our mission

  • Deliver real impact, measured not in billable hours, but in saving and improving lives
  • Unite solicitors, barristers, clients, in-house lawyers, students and business services in a movement that will last for years
  • Harness the power of our networks for good – business with purpose
  • Nearly 1 in 2 people will get cancer in their lifetime.* Law Beats Cancer can support the research that will help beat it.

*cruk.org/lifetimerisk

Our impact

By working together, we can help bring about a world where everybody lives longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

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Where your money goes

Every pound raised through Law Beats Cancer helps Cancer Research UK fund world-leading research, from looking at cells or models in the lab to studying groups of patients on clinical trials to interrogating vast datasets.

8 in 10

More than 8 in 10 people who receive cancer drugs in the UK receive a drug developed by or with us**Estimated based on Cancer Research UK analysis of England data

200

We provide international funding for researchers in over 25 countries and work with over 200 partners across the globe

2x

CRUK has helped double cancer survival in the UK in the past 50 years

Trusted partners

Backed by the profession

We’re proud to be supported by some of the UK’s most respected law firms and legal organisations.

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Together, we can unite the power of the legal profession to help beat cancer.