Needy Singaporeans and permanent residents can look forward to free legal advice. The Law Society will be running free legal clinics at North-West and South-East Community Development Councils from next week.
At the same time, the Law Society will open a Pro Bono Services Office on September 10.
Located at the Subordinate Courts, it is an initiative supported by the Ministry of Law and the Singapore Academy of Law.
The office will coordinate and administer all the Law Society's pro bono activities. These are activities that are free or for the public good.
These include schemes to provide free legal services to the needy, charities and other non-profit organisations, as well as a public education initiative aimed at raising awareness of the law.
These free schemes were made possible with each lawyer pledging at least 25 hours of pro bono work every year. - CNA/ir
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