The objectives of CDP Phase II are as follows:

1. To continue to provide free legal services to less privileged (indigent) women in Ibadan and its environs;
2. To continue to train law Students using the Women’s Law Clinic in the practice of law by utilizing techniques of Clinical Legal Education;
3. To research and document the basic problems on women’s access to justice; And
4. To carry out intervention programmes in order to facilitate women’s Access to Justice.

The clinic takes a multidisciplinary approach to the representation of indigent women: It provides free legal and counseling services; educates women on their rights and follows-up on its cases, encourages alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (besides litigation), that remedy wrongs and at the same time maintain the integrity and harmony of the community.

The Clinic while providing basic legal advice and skills in letter writing, gives students an opportunity to learn interviewing and letter-writing skills, they also recieve training in client counselling and professional responsibility when dealing with clients. The Clinic is University-based and introduces students to actual legal problems experienced by women in the course of their daily lives. It also brings into focus the barriers faced by women in accessing justice. These experiences widen students’ perspectives on the potential of law to deliver justice.

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The final year undergraduate students of Criminology, Public & International Law; 700 level (masters programme) students of Comparative Family Law and Comparative Criminal Law and Procedure are involved in the clinic

The Women’s Law Clinic was inaugurated on the18th of July, 2007at local and national levels.

The Women’s law clinic is a specialized clinic for women and women-related issues: Clients come to the clinic on a walk-in basis.

The Women’s Law Clinic is an initiative of the Consortium for Development Partnerships (CDP) established under the CDP Project on ‘The Rule of Law:Access to Justice.’

The main objective of CDP Phase I was the establishment of the women’s law clinic at the Faculty of Law, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. The successful operation of the Clinic provided the impetus to embark on projects under CDP Phase II.

The Clinic provides free legal and counseling services, educated women about their rights, worked with the community to make the legal clinic both relevant and legitimate in the community, and encouraged dispute resolution mechanisms that remedy wrongs while maintaining the harmony of the community. The clinic exposes the students to a wide variety of problems affecting the poor in the communities. Students are given a window into the real world of practice.