UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AND RESEARCH

AIM
Legal Aid Cell is a student-run committee which offers legal and paralegal services. It has a twin mandate of spreading legal awareness and providing free legal assistance to the socially and the economically backward sections of the society who have difficulty accessing the judicial system. Additionally, it also provides a centre for practical and professional training for students of law. OUR WORK
To spread legal awareness, we regularly perform legal literacy programme, distribute newsletters, pamphlets, etc., and undertake other projects to disseminate important pointers on the law among the public in multiple languages. As for providing aid, we help clients with a variety of problems in different legal areas including Family Law, Property Law, Criminal Law, Consumer Law, etc. We are continuing our work with many organizations and State entities committed to a social cause in the legal field, such as conducting prison surveys under the guidance of district judges. PLANS FOR 2021-22
Despite the ongoing pandemic, the committee is working online to ensure that it fulfil its mandate. Among the worst hit by the pandemic were labourers who suddenly lost their means of sustenance and were forced to live away from their families. To alleviate their situation, we tried to develop a database of labour migrants which can later be used to contact them regarding employment opportunities and ways in which they could re-migrate.
COMMITTEE HEADS AND MEMBERS FOR 2021-22
- Ms. Khanjana Hazarika (Convenor)
- Ms. Marphy Hiloidhary (Joint-Convenor)
- Ms. Barnali Deka
- Mr. Shangky Khongwar