STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT #INTEGRA IN OSIJEK

On May 14th Centre for peace- Osijek presented #INTEGRA project to the law students at the Legal Clinic “OSIJEK PRO BONO”. Legal clinic provides essential legal services to different marginalized groups, while at the same time offering students important clinical education experiences. The aim of the Legal Clinic is to systematically develop and improve the practical knowledge and skills of law students and to promote the role of the Faculty of Law in Osijek as socially responsible institutions, particularly interested in promoting equality of all persons and effective realization of rights and legal protection for all persons irrespective of their material status. The legal framework within which the Law Clinic operates is the Law on Free Legal Aid. The law divides legal aid into primary and secondary aid, depending on whether or not the provider of free legal aid is allowed to represent the client before the court. The Law Clinic is authorized to provide only primary legal aid. The students who work there cannot represent clients before the court; what they can do is give out legal advice and general legal information, as well as provide help in drafting documents for use in administrative and other procedures.
The INTEGRA project was presented to the students. While there, thay have discussed about establishing temporary legal advice office for TCN-s in Osijek. The Faculty of Law students are very interested in this topic. Centre for Peace , nonviolence and human rights Osijek provides free legal assistance since 1992 and today it has more than 65,000 clients.
