Constitution specialist Dr Kamal Hossain urged the young lawyers to provide legal aid to right-deprived people in order to “establish and uphold” the rule of law in the country.
He said: “The lawyers can play a significant role in the society by providing legal aid to poor and right-deprived people.”
As per the constitution, all citizens of the country were equal before law and entitled to equal protection of law. But a large number of poor were not getting proper legal assistance, he added.
The Gonoforum president made the call while addressing a day-long programme titled “Inauguration of Chittagong Law Clinic and Training on Public Interest Lawyering” at BBA auditorium of Chittagong University on Saturday.
The programme was jointly organised by CU Law Faculty and Chittagong Law Clinic, Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust.
Professor Anwarul Azim Arif, vice-chancellor of CU, addressed the programme as chief guest with Rakibun Nabi, assistant professor of CU Law department, in the chair.
