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Legal Clinics Foundation
The idea of the legal clinics program concerns establishment of the legal clinics at the Faculties of Law and
Administration, where the students, under the supervision and substantial help of the faculty teachers and
practitioners, provide free of charge legal advice for poor members of the community.
One of the main goals of the program is to provide legal aid to poor members of the community. It is a very
important social mission and also a way to enlighten students on the public service aspect of the legal profession.
Introduction to the social problems increases awareness and sensibility for the poverty and human rights violation
problems in the society.
Another important goal is the improvement of the law students’ education process through the contact with not
only theory, but law in practice as well - relations with clients and their problems. It is a perfect combination
of instructive education and obtaining practical abilities.
The program is thus addressed to the law students and the law teachers but on the other hand - to the weakest
social groups such as: unemployed, homeless, retired, handicapped, crime victims, women with difficult situation,
foreigners, refugees.
The program involves the individuals and the entire legal and academic society in working with the poorest
people, often left on the margin of the social life. It also fulfills the basic needs concerning free access
to justice.
Participants of 4th All-Poland Legal Clinics Conference
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