Overview of Legal Clinics in Poland

Legal Clinics in Poland Summary of the Polish legal clinics activity, some statistical data. Basic information on the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation activity.

Legal Clinics in Poland 2003-2020 Gdynia Poland: 38 milion inhabitants 27 law schools Gda sk Gda sk Gda sk Gda sk Gda sk Gda sk Olsztyn Olsztyn Olsztyn Olsztyn Olsztyn Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin Bia ystok Bia ystok Bia ystok Bia ystok Bia ystok Bia ystok Toru Toru Toru Toru Toru Toru Rok akademicki Rok akademicki Rok akademicki Rok akademicki Rok akademicki 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 - 2009/2010 25 poradni w 15 miastach Academic year 2019/2020 Pozna Pozna Pozna Pozna Pozna Pozna Warszawa Warszawa Warszawa Warszawa Warszawa Warszawa S ubice S ubice S ubice S ubice S ubice S ubice d d d d d d 17 poradni w 14 miastach 21 poradni w 15 miastach 23 poradnie w 15 miastach 24 poradnie w 15 miastach Wroc aw Wroc aw Wroc aw Wroc aw Wroc aw Wroc aw Lublin Lublin Lublin Lublin Lublin Lublin Opole Opole Opole Opole Opole Opole Katowice Katowice Katowice Katowice Katowice Katowice 27 clinics in 17 cities Krak w Krak w Krak w Krak w Krak w Krak w Rzesz w Rzesz w Rzesz w Rzesz w Rzesz w Rzesz w

Legal Clinics in Poland 1997-2020 Academic year 2019/2020 Gdynia 27 clinics in 16 cities Gda sk Olsztyn 318 supervisors Szczecin Bia ystok Toru 1 219 students Pozna Warszawa S ubice 2 547 cases d 4 supervisor/student ratio Wroc aw Lublin Opole 2 cases/student ratio Katowice Krak w Rzesz w

Legal Clinics in Poland 1997-2020 Comparing to previous years 16000 2500 14000 1994 13379 1965 20261988 12786 1851 16611756 1889 11899 11181 2000 students 12000 11075 11127 10693 10597 19121826 1535 98339399 1350 10000 12791302 1500 1219 8424 1049 8000 7421 913 6596 6531 5752 1000 6000 supervisors 4414 4000 333 109147179 197209 216 216 224 235 253282351 2547 299321325 500 318 2000 0 0 Number of cases: 2003-2020 In total: over 150 000 Number of students and supervisors: 2003-2020 In total over 23000 students passed CLE in Poland.

Present status of the legal clinics in Poland There are very few NGO based legal clinics in Poland. Almost all of the legal clinics in Poland are recognized by the Universities as a part of the legal curriculum at our law schools (as one of the optional classes that are offered to the students). Legal Clinics are present at every law school in Poland. Some of the legal clinics (Krakow, Warsaw, Bialystok, Lodz) gained a status of a chair or laboratory, which means that they became part of the university budget. All of the legal clinics that are based at the Universities get all the office costs covered, majority of the professor s salaries are paid by the universities.

Polish legal clinics basic standards 1. Service is free of charge. 2. Legal clinic assures the supervision of the Faculty s workers over the clinic s activity (one person may not directly supervise more than 16 students). 3. Legal clinic assures confidence reg. its services and safety of the documents submitted by the clients. 4. Legal clinic informs the client in written about the rules of the clinical services, in particular stating that: student is a person taking the case, student can not refuse to give evidence or answer a question of any authorized organ, legal clinic does not take cases in which an advocate already participates, legal advice is given in written only. 5. Legal clinic sets a qualifying procedure regarding their clients which is to assure that the client can not afford payable legal advice. 6. Legal clinics sets, according to the proper rules of law, information system on the clients which is to guarantee minimal risk of the conflict of interests. 7. Legal clinic is obligated to conclude an insurance contract on the liability for damages, the guarantee amount can not be lower than 10.000 EURO. 8. Legal clinic runs a secretariat and submits yearly its statistics to the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation. 9. The client has a right to turn any comments on the given legal advice to the Legal Clinics Foundation. - - - -

Number of cases accepted by the clinics 543 Total: 2547 273 203 191 141 130 124 103 96 93 85 69 60 56 54 52 52 45 45 38 30 25 21 10 6 2 0

Number of students working at the clinics 112 111 109 Total: 1219 86 66 58 54 51 50 45 44 43 39 37 34 33 31 31 30 30 25 24 23 21 14 12 6

Number of supervisors working at the clinics 35 Total: 318 29 25 21 20 18 18 18 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 5 4 4 4 3 2 1

Types of cases accepted 1265 Total in 2015/2016: 4414 888 Total in 2016/2017: 2547 743 578 464 380 347 228 254 178 221 224 195 97 180 120 120 95 127 52 46 49 17 31 12 7 19 0 13 11

Average time of handling the case Short explanation - advice on the spot (1-2 visits, up to 2 weeks) 47% Several visits (between 2 weeks and 2 months) 36% Between 2 months and year 16% Year and more 1%

How did the client learned about the clinic Family 10% Other 16% NGO & institutions 10% Friends 27% Internet 25% Media 9% Flyers 3%

Legal Clinics Foundations achievements The Foundation has the status of the public benefit organization. Won a distinctive prize of the Best Pro Publico Bono Civil Initiative contest. In 2013 received award from UNDP and European Social Fund for the Best Social Partnership of the year. ELSA Poland granted the Foundation title of Legal Education Supporter in 2006 and 2007. For 18 years has organized annual Pro Bono Lawyer Contest. Granted legal clinics with material and financial means of the total value of appr. 164 000 USD (financial) and over 816 000 USD (in-kind). Published first in Poland and in region textbook The Legal Clinics. The Idea, Organization, Methodology (available also in English and Chinese). By the time being we published 17 textbooks and manuals on clinical legal education. Organized 31 National Legal Clinics Conferences as well as several workshops. Actively participated in the creation of a strong clinical movement in Central and Eastern Europe and in the transforming countries including: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Moldova, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Serbia, Belarus, Georgia. In 2008 Centrum Pro Bono has been opened as a program which aims to connect pro bono legal aid offered by law firms with legal needs of the NGOs.

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Thank you for your attention! Polish Legal Clinics Foundation Add.: Szpitalna 5/5, 00-031 Warsaw, Poland Ph.: +48 22 828 91 28; Fax: +48 22 828 91 29 E-mail: board@fupp.org.pl www.fupp.org.pl