Advice Office Support Project
Association of University Legal Aid Institutions Trust
- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Increasing Access to Justice
- Grant Amount $220,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2015–March 31, 2017
- Location Potchefstroom, South Africa
- Geographic Focus South Africa
About this grant
The Association of University Legal Aid Institutions Trust promotes access to justice for poor and marginalized communities through fostering partnerships between legal aid institutions attached to universities in South Africa and community-based advice offices. Past support has enabled the grantee to make small grants to advice offices; conduct workshops, including tailor-made sessions for school children and to inform people about their rights and how to access them; train and mentor paralegals working in community-based advice offices on various aspects of the law and office administration; provide backup legal services to paralegals in advice offices; and assist poor people with free legal advice and related services. This grant will support the Association of University Legal Aid Institutions Trust to continue training and supporting paralegals to provide legal services to poor people, make small grants to advice offices, and host workshops for community members on human rights and how to access them.