LEGAL AID SOCIETY ORIENTATION 2013-14

LEGAL AID SOCIETY GROUPS INFORMATION

                                     

                                                Group Heads contact Details

 CONSUMER RIGHTS GROUP- DURGA MISHRA-9718588132 email id- dmishra01@gmail.com

 JUVINILE JUSTICE & CHILD RIGHTS-AVNI BAHRI-8447330599 email id-avnibahri@gmail.com

 SLUM DWELLERS & HOMELESS PEOPLE-REEJA-9873969644 email id-reejaeliza@yahoo.co.in

 PRISON- GARGIE BOSS-8860608843 email id-boss_gargie@yahoo.co.in

 LABOUR- MAANSI VERMA-9818713833 email id - maansi.verma31@gmail.com

GENDER SENSITIZATION- MEHAK RASTOGI-9810730090 email id- mehakrastogi24@gmail.com 

ENVIRONMENT- TAVLEEN KAUR KHURANA- 9871194987 email id- tavleen07@gmail.com

MEDIA- PRITY SHARMA- 9911028589 email id- sharmaprity.2010@gmail.com

 RIGHT TO INFORMATION- MUDITA SHARMA-9654829663 email id- mishusharma6@gmail.com 

DRAMATICS- VARUN BANSAL-9953168853 email id- vars_1689@yahoo.com

 LEGAL AWARENESS – NICY PAULSON- 9818154568 email id- nicypopaulson@gmail.com

Para Legal Training Schedule

Dear Friends,

As per our previous notification, we had approached the DLSA for Para-Legal Volunteer training. Now we have received confirmation from the DLSA that the training of all the 70 students will take place from March 18, 2013 to March 23, 2013. Please find the schedule of the training attached. As per the norms of DLSA, certificates will be given only to those students who attend 100% training classes and participate in other activities related to the training.

Venue: Seminar Hall. Campus Law Centre

Timings: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Download Schedule : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Para Legal Training in collaboration with DLSA

Dear friends,

The Legal Aid Society of Campus Law Centre in collaboration with the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) plans to organize a paralegal volunteer (PLV) training wherein the selected students will be trained in various activities related to legal profession like client counseling, drafting, mediation, field work, etc. The selected students will be given a certificate and identity card of Para-Legal Volunteer (PLV). The training will take place at CLC premises after the classes and is likely to commence in the third week of March, 2013. The trained students will be required to work at Legal Aid Clinic of CLC.

The training is open for all 1^st & 2^nd year students of Campus Law Centre. Interested students are required to register themselves by sending an email to clc.legalaidsociety@gmail.com and by submitting their CVs (hard copy, one page only) at Room No. 45 by 5 pm,    February 23, 2013. Registrations are open only for first 70 students who apply. Further screening of students will be done by the DLSA. 

Invitation to Contribute for Development of LAW COMIC

Legal Aid Society

Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi

Invitation to Contribute for Development of

LAW COMIC

The Context

Law as a social science and a social engineering device is an avowed instrument to bring about desired change in society. It has been widely accepted that the governance idyllic ‘Justice to All’ cannot be realized in its true perspective without a dynamic programme of legal literacy. To awaken the society from deep slumber and bring them out from the darkness of denial, there is an emerging need to enlighten the upcoming generation with the lamp of legal literacy. If the provisions and procedures of law are not understandable to those for whose interests they are meant, the very rationale of enacting the law will be a fruitless exercise by any welfare state. The study of law as a discipline has been confined to law students who aim to take up law as their profession. There has been little effort on part of legal academia to reach out to masses to acquaint them with the basic structure of law so as to make them aware about their rights and duties. The concept of legal aid finds its relevance only when the masses are legally literate. This is especially true for India where teeming millions are somehow left out and exist below the visibility line of law in action. It is extremely important and highly relevant that school going children be acquainted with the basics of law.     

The Concept

Desiring to familiarize young students with basic principles of law and its implementation so that they can assert their rights as means to bring qualitative change at the grass root level of the society; Recognizing that it is extremely important to doctrine young minds in the discipline of law; Realizing that young children, who are made aware of their rights and duties, can effectively contribute in the legal process at all its stages; and Aiming to facilitate the young members of society to become responsible citizens of our country and leaders of tomorrow, the Legal Aid Society of Campus Law Centre has taken up this task of preparing a legal literacy module in the form of a Law Comic for school children who belong to VI to XII standards. This initiative of the Legal Aid Society is in continuation of our last year’s publication of a compendium on Legal Aid which is available on our blog:

                 http://clclegalaidsociety.blogspot.in/2013/01/legal-aid-catalyst-for-social-change-e_15.html

       The topics that the proposed Comic will contain are the following:

1.      General legal framework in India [including among other things the concept & structure of law, the court system and rights & duties]

2.      Criminal Law

3.      Consumer Law

4.      Protection of Senior Citizens

5.      Prevention of Drug Abuse

6.      Child Rights

7.      Child Abuse [including child labour and child marriage]

8.      Protecting Environment

9.      Cyber Law

10.  Ensuring Road Safety

11.  Preventing Human Trafficking

12.  Anti Ragging Law

13.  Promoting Civic Sense

14.  Right to Information

15.  Protecting Inventions

16.  Protecting Creativity

17.  Legal Aid

Call for Contributions

Original contributions are invited from jurists, lawyers, academicians, scholars, researchers and students on any of the themes listed above. All interested persons are encouraged to exercise their imagination and pen down their thoughts on the basis of listed guidelines. The areas listed above are not exhaustive and interested scholars may choose any other topic which is relevant for school children. The contributions received will be reviewed by an expert committee and selected contributions will be converted into comic format by the Legal Aid Society and published in the proposed Law Comic. The authorship of each selected contribution will be mentioned in the comic book.

Guidelines for Contributions

Style:                        Conversational & amusing

Information:              Accurate & relevant

Presentation:             Interesting, catchy & engaging

Language:                 Simple & easy (for children of 12 to 16 years)

Length:                     Around 2000 words per contribution

For sample contribution see: 

http://clclegalaidsociety.blogspot.in/2013/01/sample-format-for-law-comic.html

Following this we also plan to organize a conference on the theme of Legal Literacy for School Children.

Contact

Legal Aid Society

Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi- 110007, India

Mob: +91 9540964845

Email: legalaidconf@gmail.com, clc.legalaidsociety@gmail.com

Web: http://www.clclegalaidsociety.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/groups/clc.legalaidsociety/

Download : Brochure in Pdf

Sample Format for Law Comic

Legal Literacy Module on Right to Information (RTI) Sample Format                                                         (Conversational Form)

Mannu: Hi! Babe, how are you?

Tannu: Hey! Don’t call me babe!

Mannu: Ok, cool down Tannu, and tell me how are you?

Tannu: Hmmm…I am good, what about you Mannu?

Mannu: I am good! But in great trouble! My teacher has given me an assignment on RTI and don’t know anything about it? Do you have any idea about RTI?

Tannu: Yes!  RTI stands for Right to Information, which is a fundamental right of every citizen. It ensures access to information under the control of any public authority.

Mannu: Okay! But what is the need of RTI?

Tannu: To bring transparency and accountability in the governance.

Mannu: Hmmm….you said we can access any information under RTI. What does “information” includes?

Tannu: Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos,           e-mails, opinions, advices, press releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority.

Mannu: Can students ask for copies of their evaluated answer sheets under RTI?

Tannu: Good question Mannu! In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court allowed disclosure of the answer-sheets to the examinee, under Right to Information (RTI). So cool na!!!!