The spirit of lawyering, the practice of law, as a humanitarian profession would be lost, unless lawyers work to serve and uphold people’s interests, said speakers at an event in Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday.
Observed speakers at the inauguration of a training programme on “Public Interest Lawyering” to launch the Rajshahi Law Clinic at RU, organised by the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).
Vice-Chancellor of RU Prof Md Mizanuddin was the chief guest with Pro VC Prof Chowdhury Sarowar Jahan and executive director of BLAST Barrister Sara Hossain as special guests at the event where speakers urged lawyers not to take advantage of the poor and under-privileged people instead to provide them with legal assistance.
Prof Mizanuddin said lawyering was reputed to be a humanitarian profession, but some lawyers were unscrupulous and cause for the change in people’s opinion about the profession.
The VC said every citizen should know about the laws to ensure proper implementation.
Barrister Sara Hossain said: “We have to give legal advice especially to the poor and helpless people who are deprived of justice because of financial and other constraints.”
She urged law students to have the mindset to serve and uphold public interest in their professional lives.
