TRAINING ON PUBLIC INTEREST LAWYERING AND LEGAL AID FOR STUDENTS OF BAYERO UNIVERSITY KANO

Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) is implementing the Greater Access to Defense and Justice (GADJET) project aimed at creating sustainable improvements to the criminal Justice system. In furtherance of this, the project established the Public Defender’s Office (PDO) to provide free legal services for less privileged persons in Kano State.

The project also aims to increase the amount of pro-bono legal support offered by trained lawyers. It is in furtherance of this that PWAN in collaboration with the Network of University Legal Aid Institutions (NULAI) organized a one day training session for 120 students of the Bayero University Kano, Faculty of Law, on ‘The Practice of Public Interest Lawyering and Legal Aid Services in Kano’.