THE NATIONAL LEGAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (H[LEGAL SERVICES CLINICS]) REGULATIONS, 2011* In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of th

12 · Assistance of the local body institutions in obtaininga convenientroom for the '[legal services clinic] -(1 The State Legal Services Authority shall call upon the local body institutions like the village panchayat, mandai or block panchayat, municipality and corporation etc, to provide space for the functioning of the ' [legal services clinic]: (2) Since the '[legal services clinic] is for the benefit of the people in the locality: the State Legal Services Authority may impress upon the local body institution and the district administration the need to CO-operate with the functioning of the "[legal services clinics]: '[13. Signboard exhibiting name of legal services clinic - (1) There shall be a signboard,both in English and in thelocal language,= depictd gtpport the name of the Iegal services clinic including as Village Legal Care and Centre , wherever applicable, working hours and the days 0n which the legal services clinic will remain open: (2) Working hours of the legal services clinic shall be regulated by thelegal services institution having territorial jurisdiction, in consultation' with the District Legal Services Authority: Provided that subject to the local conditions and requirements of the people in the locality,legal services clinics shall function on all Sundays and holidays:] 14. Infrastructure in the I[legal services clinic]-_(1) Every I[legal services clinic] shall have at least the basic and essential furniture like a table and 5 to 6 chairs (2) If the '[legal services clinic] is established in the building of the local body institutions, such local bodies may be requested to provide the essential furniture for use in the '[legal services clinic] (3) If the '[legal services clinic] is established in hired premises, the District Legal Services Authority may provide the furniture required in the '{legal services clinic]: Provided thatif the District Legal Services Authority has its own building to establish '[legal services clinic], the infrastructural facilities shall be providedby such: Authority. 15. Publicity:-(1) Local body institutions shall be persuaded to give adequate publicity for the '[legal services clinic]: (2) The elected representatives of the local body institutions may be persuaded to spread the message of the utility of I[legal services clinic] to the people in his or her constituency Or ward. 16. Para-legal volunteers or lawyers in the I[legal services clinic] shall attempt to resolve disputes amicably: (1) The TGhalPatiezepato volunteers or the lawyers engaged in the [legal services clinics] attempt to amicably resolve the prelitigation disputes of the persons brought to the '[legal services clinics]: (2) I the para-legal volunteers or the lawyers feel that such dispute canbe resolved through any of the ADR mechanisms, they may refer such disputes to 1. Substituted by Noti. No L/08/11 NALSA,dated 18-11-2014 (w.e.f.6-12-2014).

21 · Use of mobile lok adalat, vchicle:--(1) The lawyers rendering legal services in the ![legal services clinic] or the para-legal volunteers may request the District Legal Services, Authority to send the mobile lok adalat van with members of the lok adalat bench to the I[legal services clinic] for settlement of the disputes identified by them. (2) The mobile lok adalat van fitted with the facilities for conducting the Proceedings of the lok adalat may also be used for conducting lok adalat at the '[legal services clinic] or at a place near to it or even at village congregations such as melas and other festive occasions. 22, Hlegal services clinics]run by the law students.-The above regulations shall mutatis nutandisbe applicable to thestudent '[legal services clinics]setup by the law colleges and law universities: Provided that students of law colleges and law universities also may make use of the 1 '[legal services clinics] estabiished under these regulations with the permission of the District Legal Services Authority. 23. Law students may adopta village forlegal aid camps. {1) Law students of the law colleges or law universities may adopt a village, especially in the remote rural areas and organise legal aid camps in association with the '[legal services clinic or Village Legal Care and Support System Centre] established under these regulations. (2) The law students may,with the assistance of the para-legal volunteers engaged in the '[legal services clinics] conduct surveys for identifying the legal probiems of thelocal people (3) The surveys referred to in sub-regulation (2) may include gathering information relating to the existing litigations and unresolved pre-litigation disputes also. 4) The surveys referred to sub-regulation (2) may also focus on the grievances of the local people which would enable the National Legal Services Authority to take necessary steps by way ofsocialjustice litigation as provided in clause (d of section 4. (5) The law students conducting such surveys shall send reports to the State Legal Services Authorities with copies to the legal services institutions having territorialjurisdiction and also to the District Legal Services Authority: 24. H legal services clinics] attached to the Iaw colleges, law universities and other institutions. (1) The law colleges, law universities and other institutions may set Up '[legal services clinics] as envisaged in clause (k) of section 4 attached to their institutionsasa part of theclinicallegal education. (2) The law colleges; law universities and other institutions establishing such '[legal services clinic] shall inform the State Legal Services Authority about the 'establishing of such '[legal services clinic]: (3) The State Legal Services Authority shall render the required technical assistance for the operation of such chlerega services clinics] and shall take measures topromote the activities of such services clinics]: 1. Substituted by Noti. No. L/08/11 NALSA,dated 18-11-2014 (w.ef.6-12-2014)

1 · Substituted by Noti: No. L/O8/11NALSA,dated 18-11-2014 (W.ef.6-12-2014).