Salonga Center's Legal Clinic goes to the barangays
January 4, 2010

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To bring the law closer to the people, the Salonga Center is bringing the free legal clinic in the barangay hall of each barangay for the whole month of January.

"This is our way of reaching out to the public," Terrence Anton Callao, a Salonga Center volunteer and junior law student, said in an interview. "We hope that this is a more effective way of educating people about their basic rights. Instead of the people coming to the Center, we will personally go and visit them in their barangays," he added.

Senior and junior law students from the College of Law are present to assist the residents of each barangay in their legal queries and problems. Should an affidavit or any legal document be necessary, the student volunteers will then draft such document, to be notarized by volunteer lawyers from the Center and from the Office of the City Legal Assistance Services (OCLAS).

The Salonga Center legal clinic is scheduled in the following barangays:
Candau-ay: Mon, Jan. 4; Balogo: Tue, Jan 5; Talay: Thu, Jan 7; Cadawinonan: Fri, Jan. 8; Camanjac: Mon, Jan. 11; Batinguel: Tue, Jan. 12; Bagacay: Wed. Jan 13; Junob: Thu, Jan 14; Cadawinonan, Bajumpandan: Fri, Jan 15; Bunao: Mon, Jan. 18; Banilad: Tue, Jan. 19; Piapi: Wed, Jan. 20; Pulantubig: Thu, Jan. 21 ; Mangnao: Fri, Jan. 22.

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