Image source: https://foreninger.uio.no/jussbuss
| Country | Norway | |
| City | Oslo | |
| Name | Legal Aid Clinic | |
| Date | 1971 | |
| Description of the project | Juss Bus started on a bus, a moving clinic to give free legal support. Initially, it was a research project, the clinic was informal: the founders had a bus and traveled around, they went to places where they thought there were people in need of legal aid. Thanks to their work on the field they published articles on legal sociology during the years. The goal is to help and inform social groups about legal aid and legal rights.
Today it is basically an office with 30 law students working in four groups of selected areas of law that are not covered by other organizations, namely immigration law, prison law, debt, and financial assistance, social law. The project is addressed to both people that have a problem with the law, and people who don’t know to have a problem. The main office is in Oslo, but every week the students travel to cities all around the country doing outreach work. The project is located on the east side of Oslo. The center does produce politics working on three elements: legal aid, legal politics, and research. Students use this work to answer hearings and write in the media to give a perspective to the society. At the same time, students can also write their Master’s thesis in this area, their works are published as reports. It is a way for students to learn about the field, and also to see how it works in real life. |
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| Urban Co-Governance | Strong | |
| Enabling State | Moderate | |
| Pooling | Weak | |
| Experimentalism | Moderate | |
| Tech Justice | Weak | |
| Project Website | https://foreninger.uio.no/jussbuss/english/ | |
| References, sources, contact person(s) | Interview, | |
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