Aim
Legal Services Clinic is a student-run committee which offers legal and paralegal services. It has a twin mandate of spreading legal awareness and providing free legal assistance to the socially and the economically backward sections of the society who have difficulty accessing the judicial system. Additionally, it also provides a centre for practical and professional training for students of law.
Our Work
The first committee was formed in 1997 and a centre was inaugurated within the law school campus in 2005. To spread legal awareness, we regularly perform legal literacy programmes, distribute newsletters, pamphlets, etc., and undertake other projects to disseminate important pointers on the law among the public in multiple languages. As for providing aid, we help clients with a variety of problems in different legal areas including Family Law, Property Law, Criminal Law, Consumer Law, etc.
We are continuing our work with many organisations and State entities committed to a social cause in the legal field, such as conducting prison surveys under the guidance of district judges.
Membership
The Committee is constituted afresh every year with new members, senior co-opts and first year co-opts. Members and senior co-opts can apply mentioning relevant work inside and outside the LSC centre at NLS during the previous academic year, whereas first year co-opts are chosen on the basis of both an application and an interview. For all roles, Kannada reading, speaking, and writing points are awarded since a significant portion of our work conducted at the grass-root level requires proficiency in Kannada.
Contact Us
The Clinic is open on all weekdays between 4 p.m and 6 p.m for members of the general public to visit. For those who cannot visit us in person, we answer to queries relating to law via email.
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Website: http://www.legalservicesclinic.org/
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