GET TO KNOW PRO BONO CLUB CUSB

An initiative of the Ministry of Law and Justice

The spirit to serve the community pro bono “in public good”  has always remained a core value amongst the legal fraternity. There are lawyers who are dedicated to work suo-moto providing pro bono support in wide range of legal domains (ranging from advice, filing cases, representation in the court etc.) to the unrepresented litigants in their individual and volunteer capacity. But despite this voluntary work undertaken at an individual level, there is a large section of the underprivileged, marginalized, poor population who has little or no means of getting justice, in a meaningful way, for their legal problems.These people have limited access to the justice delivery system, mainly because of the high cost involved in engaging advocates of reasonably good standing, and also because of their inability to understand the legal system optimally. Embarking on “last mile delivery” vision under Digital India, Department of Justice (DoJ) has been devising and integrating many approaches to bring about systemic reforms under justice sector and to establish a pan India framework for dispensation of pro bono legal services across the country.