Para Legal Volunteer Training Session

Chandigarh, September 12, 2024: In a proactive move towards promoting awareness about Para Legal Volunteering amongst the students, Legal Aid Society, UILS, conducted an informative session in collaboration with the State Legal Services Authority and the District Legal Services Authority. The session was graced by Surender Kumar, Additional District and Sessions Judge cum Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority and Sunil Kumar, Chief Judicial Magistrate cum Secretary, District Legal Services Authority.

The session laid emphasis on the evolution of legal aid, its awareness, importance, the eligibility of people who can receive free legal is and the kind of legal services that are to be dispersed. Emphasis on acts like Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as well as on ADR Mechanisms like mediation, Lok Adalat was laid to highlight their importance in the sphere of Para Legal Volunteer Awareness. The session laid emphasis on the evolution of legal aid, its awareness, importance, the eligibility of people who can receive free legal ais and the kind of legal services that are to be dispersed. Emphasis on acts like Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 as well as on ADR Mechanisms like mediation, Lok Adalat was laid to highlight their importance in the sphere of Para Legal Volunteer Awareness.

The guest speaker Aastha, a Student Para legal volunteer and Shiv Kumar had an interactive session with the students and threw light on the importance of Para Legal Volunteers. It was followed by an interactive Question/Answer session with the guess.

The event was coordinated by Prof. (Dr.) Amita Verma, Dr. Karan Jawanda, Mr. Jatinder Maan and other faculty coordinators.