Summary of the academic year 2012/2013 activity in Polish legal clinics
The prepared statistical information says that 11 127 cases were submitted to legal clinics between October 2012 and June 2013, 3241 (29%) were civil law cases, 1965 students and 253 teachers worked in the clinics. This means that one teacher supervised the work of 8 students and 6 cases were solved by one student.
Summary of the academic year 2012/2013 activity in Polish legal clinics >>>
The Legal Clinics. The Idea, Organization, Methodology.
This publication is addressed to students and the faculty? the managers of legal clinics. Students will find here a repository of knowledge on the idea, the history and the rules that govern the functioning of legal clinics. Members of the faculty will find here practical knowledge on how to organize the work of a legal clinic and how to best teach within its framework, as well as pointers on how to prepare students to lend assistance to clients. On behalf of the Board of the Legal Clinics Foundation I would like to express my gratitude to all persons who have contributed to the creation of this publication.
"The Legal Clinics. The Idea, Organization, Methodology." >>>
The Polish Legal Clinics Foundation is going to establish Pro Bono Center
On June 22 the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation officially opened the new project aimed at setting up the first clearing house in Poland. The project has been introduced during a meeting on the pro bono work and social responsibility of lawyers organized in the Polish Constitutional Tribunal. We invited representatives of the Polish bar associations and lawyers from the leading law firms in Poland to discuss the pro bono culture in Poland. All our guests emphasized in their short speeches a tremendous social need for free of charge legal aid, in particular a difficult situation of NGOs. Judge Stepien – the President of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal paid tribute to NGOs and their crucial role in a process of building up a strong civil society in Poland. All participants agreed that there is a serious problem that most NGOs have no access to private sector resources. Possible remedy for this situation would be to institutionalize pro bono practice by law firms and individual lawyers. This is a task that the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation is going to undertake by building up the Pro Bono Center . The meeting has been concluded by signing up a declaration "Polish Lawyers for the Public Good".
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Award for Legal Clinics Foundation
In recognition of the efforts promoting pro bublico bono activity as well as popularizing this idea among practicing lawyers, the Chadbourne & Parke LLP law firm awarded the Legal Clinics Foundation with the prize of 1000 USD. Grateful for this honorable mention we dedicate it to the lawyers and law students working at the university legal clinics.
Summary of the academic year 2006/2007 activity in Polish legal clinics
The prepared statistical information says that 9399 cases were submitted to legal clinics between October 2006 and June 2007, 2327 (25%) were civil law cases, 1302 students and 197 teachers worked in the clinics. This means that 1 teacher supervised the work of 6 students and 7 cases were solved by one student.
Summary of the academic year 2006/2007 activity in Polish legal clinics >>>