Free Legal Aid Is Provided By Every Law College in India: Law Ministry

While answering a question in Parliament, the Ministry of Law and Justice has said that as per Clause 11 of Schedule III of Legal Education Rules, 2008, free legal aid is provided by each and every law college in the country. 

The Ministry of Law and Justice has apprised the Parliament that free legal aid is provided by each and every law college in the country. The ministry said this through a written reply before the Rajya Sabha while answering a question asked by MP Abdul Wahab.

The question was about the number of schools which operate legal services clinics providing professional training to students and free legal services for the socially and economically weaker sections of society.

"Clause 11 of Schedule-III of Legal Education Rules, 2008 is reproduced herein:- 11. Legal Aid Centre: Each institution shall establish and run a Legal Aid Clinic under the supervision of a Senior Faculty Member who may administer the Clinic run by the Final year students of the Institution in cooperation with the Legal Aid Authorities with a list of volunteer lawyers and other Non-Government Organizations engaged in this regard in the locality generally from which the student community of the Institution, hail from. Therefore, free Legal Aid is provided by each and every Law College of the country," said the ministry, as reported by Verdictum.in.

The Ministry also said that as per information made available by the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), Regulation 3 of the National Legal Services Authority (Legal Services Clinics) Regulations, 2011 provides for the establishment of legal services clinics, subject to the financial resources available.

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