Training prog for Retainer Lawyers, refresher course for para legal volunteers held

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 22: Two days training programme for Retainer Lawyers of Rajouri and Poonch districts was conducted at Dak Banglow, Rajouri.
The programme was inaugurated by Principal District and Sessions Judge Inder Singh in presence of Mehmood Choudhary, CJM Rajouri.
The master trainer Jyoti Sharma gave training to the lawyers about Legal Aid Scheme and concept of Lok Adalats and various other schemes. She also gave various guidelines of National Legal Services Authority and State Legal Services Authority.
Chairman, District Legal Services Authority also addressed the gathering.
Meanwhile, one day refresher course for para legal volunteers of district Jammu including Tehsil Akhnoor, Bishnah and RS Pura was organized at ADR Centre under the direction of Sanjay Gupta, Chairman, DLSA, Principal, District and Sessions Judge on the topic “Role and Responsibility of Para Legal Volunteers”.
The resource persons who conducted the proceedings including Adnan Syed, Secretary, DLSA along with Amit Gupta and Sanjay Sharma, Retainer Lawyers of DLSA Jammu.
The resource persons ask the para legal volunteers to give massive boost to the legal services activity in the entire Jammu district and made the people literate about the legal services institutions and availability of legal services.