SDG 16.2Access to justice in the community
The UPES Legal Aid Clinic and law students bring legal awareness to people who rarely get it, and learn how the justice system works on the ground.
- Legal Aid Clinic. The clinic gives people in need guidance on their legal rights and remedies, and helps students and community members understand basic law and how to access justice. Source: Chai Par Kanooni Charcha, Legal Aid Clinic (LinkedIn), Good Touch, Bad Touch awareness (LinkedIn).
See also: Mastering counselling skills in law, Pro Bono Club orientation, Workshop on legal aid lawyering in Events and activities.
UPES School of Law on LinkedIn, 3 November 2023. - Chai Par Kanooni Charcha. Informal "legal conversations over tea" run by the Legal Aid Clinic. On 29 August 2025, the clinic's volunteers and the university's support staff discussed domestic violence and the protection the law offers. Source: Chai Par Kanooni Charcha, Legal Aid Clinic (LinkedIn).
See also: Chai Par Kanooni Charcha on domestic violence, Chai Pe Kanooni Charcha for women in Events and activities.
Chai Par Kanooni Charcha on domestic violence, August 2025. - Legal awareness camp. On 15 October 2025, students of the Pro Bono Club, run under the Ministry of Law and Justice, held an awareness camp at Cheshire Homes on legal rights, inclusion and the entitlements of residents with disabilities. Source: Chai Par Kanooni Charcha, Legal Aid Clinic (LinkedIn), Good Touch, Bad Touch awareness (LinkedIn), Law students visit Sudhowala District Jail, 2024 (LinkedIn), Educational visit to Sudhowala Jail, 2025 (LinkedIn), How UPES is contributing to the SDGs.
See also: Legal awareness camp at Cheshire Homes in Events and activities.
The legal awareness camp at Cheshire Homes, October 2025. - Keeping children safe. Under the Srijan programme, the Legal Aid Clinic ran "Good Touch, Bad Touch" body-safety sessions at government schools in Kharakhet, Misraspatti, Kandoli and Hariyawala. Source: Good Touch, Bad Touch awareness (LinkedIn).
See also: Good Touch and Bad Touch awareness in Events and activities.
A Legal Aid Clinic body-safety session at a government school. 
Children at a government school near UPES after a session. - Inside the prison system. Criminal law students visit Sudhowala District Jail in Dehradun with senior legal and correctional officials to understand prison conditions and rehabilitation, and UPES has trained inmates in computer hardware and networking to help them find work after release. Source: Law students visit Sudhowala District Jail, 2024 (LinkedIn), Educational visit to Sudhowala Jail, 2025 (LinkedIn).
See also: Criminal law students visit Sudhowala District Jail, Visit to Sudhowala jail in Events and activities.
Criminal law students visit Sudhowala District Jail. (event report)