The National Law University, Orissa has established a Legal Services Clinic. The clinic was inaugurated by Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Judge, Supreme Court of India. The clinic uses all the methods and techniques of law for serving all those who do not have the means to hire a lawyer for consideration of their problem as well as for advice and action for appropriate relief. The clinic run by law students and teachers sends out the clear signal that none can be denied legal help on the sole ground that s/he cannot pay for it.
The clinic would draft and plead before administrative authorities and courts the prima facie cases of those mentioned under Section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The clinic would also have a help line for those in urgent need. Legal literacy, legal training workshops for the poor and poverty jurisprudence would be used by the clinic to ensure that the poor get their entitlements.
Faculty Coordinator: Prof. Krishan Mahajan