Legal aid to evaluate law students

THE Legal Training Institute has included legal aid to assess law students to effectively prepare court presentations, acting director Pauline Mogish says.
“These will help the students develop their legal skills and same time help members of the public have access to free legal services,” she said.
Mogish said the students would go to LTI on Saturdays and work under staff supervision.
“It will be like the public solicitors office where our students will provide legal services to the members of the community,” she said.
“It is our little contributions to the community. We are providing legal services to the members of the public who cannot afford the hefty fees for similar services provided by private lawyers.”
Mogish said the legal aid was introduced in 2001 but as a programme.
“Students didn’t really take it serious because they were not been assessed. We included it as a subject in 2007 for students to be assessed in providing this service.”
Mogish said students would provide legal services only for the district court.