The National Legal Services Authority has devised various schemes to make available free legal services to the weaker section of the society. One among such scheme is NALSA (Legal Services Clinics in Universities, Law Colleges and other Institutions) Scheme, 2013. The Legal Services Clinics envisaged in section 4(k) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 aims at two objects. One is to improve the clinical legal skills of the students and the second is to inculcate an attitude amongst the students to provide effective legal services to the poor and marginalized people.
The objectives of the Legal Services Clinics are:
- To attain the ideals of “Social Economics and Political” justice as enshrined in the Constitution in the backdrop of poverty and inequality, by reaching out to the marginalized and the vulnerable communities through the collegiate Legal Services Clinics.
- To spread legal awareness among students and people at large through awareness camps, seminars, debates, legal counseling, poster making and street plays.
- To expose students to community services.
- To provide the students a platform for the empowerment of socially and economically backward groups or individuals.
Based on the said scheme the Legal Services Clinics have been established by Union Territory of Puducherry Legal Services Authority in the following University / Colleges / Institutions the year 2016 / 2018.
The UTPLSA has established Legal Services Clinic in
- JIPMER, Puducherry,
- Pondicherry University, Puducherry
- Bharathidasan Government for Women , Puducherry,
- Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College,
- Indira Gandhi Government college Hospital & Research Centre, ART Centre, Kathirkamam.
- Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for postgraduate studies.
- Tagore Government Arts and Science College.
- Women Polytechnic college and
- District Institute of Education Training