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Jimma
University
College of Law and Governance
School of Law
The role of Jimma university legal clinic in promoting access to justice: The practices and challengeschallenges
GAJE,2017
By: Muhammed kebie
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1. Background □ Jimma university is one of the public institution found in
Ethiopia
□ The university is found in southwest of Ethiopia 350 km far □ The university is found in southwest of Ethiopia 350 km far from the capital of the country, Addis Ababa
□ The university is known by the philosophy called Community based education(CBE)
□ This is a program aimed at enabling the students to practice what they have learned theoretically in the society.
□ The program is on n-1 format and consist different phasesJU LAC
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Cont...□ The university is found in Oromia state, Jimma Zonal
Administration which is one of the largest Zone In the state
□ The total population is estimated to 3 millions
□Half of the populations are women
□Access to justice is one of the fundamental constitutional rights in our country
□ There are, however, different social and economic factors that affects the realization of this right
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cont…□ JU LAC was established with two main goals on
December25,2008 G.C
□ The goals are:□ The goals are:
1. To promote access to justice for vulnerable members of the communities in Jimma Zone
i.e. to bridge the gap between access to justice and indigence
2. To produce competent legal professionals by exposingLaw School students to the practice of law
JU LAC
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JU-LAC organizational structure
Director of the Center
V/Director for service provision
and Quality Control
All branch officesVolunteer
coordination
V/Director Research and
Capacity Building
All advertisement activities including
community Radio
Researches in the center
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The number of centers and their location jimma univeristy main campus( Head office)
Jimma town woreda court
Jimma zone high courtJimma zone high court
Jimma zone prison administration
Kersa woreda court (serbo)
Omo Nada woreda court(Omo Nada)
Dedo woreda court(Dedo )
Shabe sonbo woreda court(Shabe)
Gomma woreda court(Agaro)
Gera woreda court (Gera)JU LAC
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Our offices
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Cont…□Out of these branch centers four are found in Jimma town
□ These four centers are the most active and where the students practice in on regular basisstudents practice in on regular basis
□ The remaining six are outside the town in far district administrations
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How law students engage in practical education in JU?□ There are around four scheme where by the law students can
engage in practical legal education
1. CBTP-Community based training program
- defining the demography of community- defining the demography of community
-community diagnosis and action plan for
intervention
-organizing intervention
□ The program is on N-1 basis
□ It is a course with 3 credit hour
□ Law students engaged in legal literacy program through CBTP
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Cont…2.Clinical courses□ There are five clinical courses as adopted by the national law
school consortium □ These clinical courses are:-□ These clinical courses are:-
1. clinical course on prisoner’s rights2. clinical course on family law3. clinical course on restorative justice4. clinical course on child rights5. clinical course on domestic violence□ The course is given at fifth year(final year)□ It is 3chr.course□ The students has to elect one of the courses
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Cont…3. Externship program
□ This is a three month practical attachment program
□ The students are sent to different organizations including □ The students are sent to different organizations including legal clinic to practice law
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Cont…4. Pro Bono service
□ This is a voluntarily based engagement where volunteer law students are assigned to different clinic and serve on law students are assigned to different clinic and serve on regular basis for at least one year
□ This is the most effective methods by which the law students can fully engaged in the practice and serve the community efficiently
□ There limited number of students involved through this scheme
□ These are ten to fifteen students on average
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How the clinical course curriculum looks like?□ The curriculum was developed nationally by law school
consortium
□Doesn’t take into account the specific problems where the □Doesn’t take into account the specific problems where the institution are located
□ It is simply course description in syllabus format
□ Failed to contain detailed descriptions
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How students engage in legal clinic?1. During the clinical program□ At fifth year first semester□ Only clinical students working on prisoners right and family
law actively engaged in the cliniclaw actively engaged in the clinic□ Accommodating other clinical students is difficult due to
time and place constraints□ At a time up to 30 students engage in one clinical course□ The clinics we have are small in size and couldn’t
accommodate all students□ Per day up to 5 students goes to the clinic□ Students goes to the clinic once a week□ One supervisor for 30 students
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Cont…2. During pro Bono services
□ This stars from 4th year second semester
□ 10-15 students involved on regular basis for a minimum □ 10-15 students involved on regular basis for a minimum one year
□ They have sufficient to engage in the practice and effectively serve the community
□On average Each students handles a minimum of ten(10) court representation cases
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Cont…3. During externship program
□ This is in 5th year second semester after students took exit examexam
□ It is done in collaboration with courts
□ The students stay in the clinic for up to three months
□ The students are assigned to work on active cases and other services rendered by the center
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Services rendered by the center□ In its all clinics there are three major activities the center
intends to deliver 1. Free legal services□ The center provides the following legal services□ The center provides the following legal services1.free legal counseling 2. writing pleading 3. Court Representation 4. mediation 5.Writing different applications2. Awareness creation program□ Community legal education □ Using Jimma university community Radio, pamphlet/broucher
distriubution3. Research and capacity building
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1.free legal services(family case)
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labor
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Labor cases
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Land dispute
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Land Case
JU LEGAL AID CENTER
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2. Awareness creation
JU LEGAL AID CENTER
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3.Research and capacity building
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Success stories
Type of
legal
Service Jim
ma
Wor
eda
Cou
rt
Jim
ma
Zon
e
Hig
h
Hea
d
Off
ice
Jim
m
Zon
e
Pri
son
Aga
ro
Ser
bo
Ded
o
Ger
a
Sh
ebe
Omo
Nada
Total
Counseli
ng
305 225 185 674 218 128 168 132 140 162 2,337
ADR 30 8 12 - 23 5 8 7 4 7 104
Documen 248 179 109 634 175 71 156 75 81 84 1,812
ts
Represen
tation
65 13 15 12 14 6 8 9 6 7 155
Total 648 425 321 1320 430 210 340 223 231 260 4,408
Cont…
Subject
Matters Jim
m
a Wor
e
Jim
m
a Zon
e
Hea
d
Off
ic
e Jim
m
Zon
e
Pri
so
Aga
r
o Ser
bo
Ded
o
Ger
a
Sh
ebe
Omo
Nadd
a Total
Family
Matters
324 186 142 - 174 89 152 93 78 92 1330
Successi
on and
Property
68 48 34 15 68 35 55 38 39 51 451
Tort 21 32 29 6 18 14 21 11 9 11 172Tort 21 32 29 6 18 14 21 11 9 11 172
Land
Dispute
39 21 15 - 121 48 63 54 66 71 498
Employ
ment
128 25 57 - 26 15 15 14 21 12 312
Contract
ual
disputes
35 86 25 - 12 5 21 6 8 11 209
Others 23 12 13 - - - - - - - 48
Criminal
cases
10 15 6 1299 11 4 13 7 11 12 1388
Subtotal 648 425 321 1320 430 210 340 223 231 260 4,408
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Distribution by beneficiaries
SEX NO.
Female 3,280Female 3,280
Male 1,128
Total 4,408
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Legal Awareness Created Through Distribution of Pamphlets
Subject matters of
pamphlets NU
M
BE
R
SChild and Woman’s
Right
200
Human Rights 200
Employment and
Labor Law
200
Disability rights 150
Prisoners rights 150
Total
900.00
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Legal awareness, education broadcasted through JimmaUniversity community Radio
Subject matters on which
legal awareness, education
broadcasted.
Airing time
Beneficiaries
Length of broadcast Total Annual Airing Time
Amharic broadcast Afaan Oromo broadcast
Prisoners’ Rights 4 hour 4 hour inPrisoners’ Rights 4 hour 4 hour
64H
ou
rs/Y
ear
(52
hours
inAmharic
Language
and
52hours
in
OromiffaaLanguage)
340,000 persons
(This is based on the
assumption that at least 10%
of the population the FM
Radio reaches would listen to
the broadcast)
Child and Woman’s Right 6 hours 6 hours
Human Rights Laws 4 hours 4 hours
Family Law 6 hours 6 hours
Law of Property and
Succession
3 hours 3 hours
Employment and Labor Law 3 hour 3 hour
Tort Law 2 hours 2 hours
Law of Contracts 2 hour 2 hour
Other Subject Matters 2 hours 2 h ours
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Challenges 1. schedules
□ Students do not have sufficient time to practice
□ They have to take other courses (up to four courses)
□ At the same time they are prepared for exit-exam□ At the same time they are prepared for exit-exam
2. curriculum
□ The clinical program curriculum in general is not adequate
□ It doesn’t contain variety of clinical courses
□ It is not need based rather imposition
□ Doesn’t contain adequate information and guidelines
□ Evaluation criteria not clear
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. 3. supervisors capacity
□ The supervisors don’t have the necessary skill and training about clinical programabout clinical program
□ They face a number of challenges in supervision and evaluation
4.Infrastructure
□ The clinics lack the necessary infrastructure
□ The offices are small in size and don’t have the necessary infrastructures like, phone service, printer, photo copy machine
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□ Consequently, not convenient for the students to properly practice specially during clinical courses
5.Transportation5.Transportation
□ The center has only one car and it is not sufficient to transport the students over all the clinics
6.Lack of responsiveness from some stakeholders
□ Specifically, police offices, public prosecutor offices, kebele administration
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Cont…
JU LAC
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