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Formation and Advocacy
- Participants to the Summer Internship Program (SIP) are incoming 2nd and 3rd year students of the College of Law
- Resident interns are those enrolled and have residency with Xavier University College of Law
- Volunteer lawyers are alumni of XU College of law of have undergone training with XUCLA’s SIP.
- First year students who are enrolled to Human Rights will be exposed to actual human rights issues.
Legal Aid and Case Management
- Clinical Legal Education Program (CLEP) is the venue for fourth year law students for practical case handling and litigation.
- Fourth year law students are conducting legal consultations to various communities through outreach.
Legal and Policy Research
- Fourth year law students with the CLEP are conducting policy inventory, policy analysis, formulating policy outlines, as well as policy recommendations.
- First year law students who are enrolled to Legal Research can take part in the University’s policy development and policy agenda.
- Convergence with RSO units in the RSO cluster
- Policy Inventory (local, national and international)
- Community visits for data gathering
- Policy Analysis
- Policy Development
- Policy Recommendations
Formation
- Summer Internship Program every summer
- Orientation and Skills Training
- Immersion
- Internship
- Summer Internship for Resident Interns
- Ateneo Human Rights Center Internship (Ateneo de Manila University)
- Internship with the Alternative Law Groups, Inc. (ALG, Inc.
- Resident Internship, of student volunteers who are still enrolled with XU College of Law
- Continuing Training for lawyers relevant advocacies
Advocacy
- Human rights advocacy
- Networking with LGUs on relevant matters, like, but not limited to women rights, rural poor and environmental issues
- Networking with NGOs and local CSOs on defined advocacies, such as, among others, women trafficking, prostitution,
- mining and logging.
- Roundtable discussions
- Focused Group Discussions
- Brown bag discussions
- Symposia and Fora
- Photo Exhibits
Legal Aid
- Legal outreach
- Free legal consultations
- Community visits
Case Management
- Case handling and litigation
- Case inventory
- Case brief
- Legal Assessment
- Evidence gathering
- Clinical Legal Education Program
Mission
The promotion and protection of the rights of the poor and marginalized for a just society and sustainable Mindanao, through legal and policy research and advocacy.
Vision
A leading Legal Aid Center in Mindanao, as well as a recognized legal and policy research and advocacy Center in Cagayan de Oro by 2016.
