Dr. M.R.K. Prasad is Professor of Law at V.M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa, India. He has served the same institute as Principal from 2015 to 2020, and as Dean, Faculty of Law, and Chairman, Board of Studies in Law at Goa University. He has also served as Professor of Law at the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India. He is instrumental in establishing and functionalizing Community Legal Aid Clinics set up in the Indian State of Goa. He was a member of the core team to design and teach in Winter Intersession India International & Comparative Human Rights Law Practicum, a joint venture between law schools in India and the United States. He was a member of the Committee constituted by the Chief Justice of India & Patron-in-Chief, NALSA, for preparing SOP/guidelines for the legal services institutions engaging Legal Aid/Services Clinics set up in the law schools, colleges, and universities in India; Member of Goa NGO Accreditation Committee, constituted by the Women and Child Department, Government of Goa; Member of the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights; Member of Committee to Draft Goa State Prison Rules and Member of the Expert Committee for Diploma in Legal Literacy Program, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He was a member of developing e-content on Access to Justice for the University Grants Commission (UGC)’s Project on E-Pathshala for Post Graduate Courses in Law. He also contributed to course content for School of Law, IGNOU, and UGC. He has published several scholarly articles and essays in leading law journals, including Clinical Law Review, Journal of Indian Law Institute, and Delhi Law Review, apart from regularly contributing to the Annual Survey of Indian Law since 2012. During his tenure as Principal at V.M. Salgaocar College of Law, he was the founding Director of the institute's Moot Court Society, its ADR Board, and Chairman of its Legal Aid Society.
This book discusses legal services clinics and various other access-to-justice initiatives that are established to protect and represent the rights and interests of children and youth in several countries across the globe. These could include legal services or access-to-justice clinics run by government or universities or community.
This book discusses legal services clinics and various other access-to-justice initiatives that are established to protect and represent the rights and interests of children and youth in several countries across the globe. These could include legal services or access-to-justice clinics run by government or universities or community.