Legal Clinics in Poland

1. Legal Clinics in Poland Summary of the legal clinics activity in the academic year 2011/2012 Basic information on the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation activity.

2. Gdynia Gdańsk Olsztyn Szczecin Białystok Toruń Academic year 2011/2012 25 clinics in 16 cities Poznań Warszawa Słubice Łódź Wrocław Lublin Gdańsk Opole Olsztyn Katowice Kraków Rzeszów Szczecin Białystok Toruń Rok akademicki 2007/2008 - 2009/2010 25 poradni w 15 miastach Poznań Warszawa Słubice Łódź Wrocław Lublin Opole Rok akademicki 2004/2005 21 poradni w 15 miastach Gdańsk Gdańsk Gdańsk Gdańsk Katowice Rok akademicki 2005/2006 23 poradnie w 15 miastach Rok akademicki 2003/2004 17 poradni w 14 miastach Kraków Rzeszów Olsztyn Olsztyn Olsztyn Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin Szczecin Białystok Białystok Białystok Białystok Toruń Toruń Toruń Toruń Rok akademicki 2006/2007 24 poradnie w 15 miastach Poznań Poznań Poznań Poznań Warszawa Warszawa Warszawa Warszawa Słubice Słubice Słubice Słubice Łódź Łódź Łódź Łódź Wrocław Wrocław Wrocław Wrocław Lublin Lublin Lublin Lublin Opole Opole Opole Opole Katowice Katowice Katowice Katowice Kraków Rzeszów Kraków Kraków Kraków Rzeszów Rzeszów Rzeszów Legal Clinics in Poland 2003-2012

3. Clinics accredited by the Legal Clinics Foundation • Student Legal Clinic in Białystok (University of Białystok) • Student University Legal Clinic in Gdańsk • Legal Advice Clinic at the Higher School of Diplomacy and Law in Gdynia • Student Legal Clinic in Katowice • University Legal Clinic in Kraków • Student Legal Clinic of the Krakow Akademy of A. Frycz-Modrzewski in Krakow • University Legal Clinic in Lublin (Catholic University) • University Student Legal Clinic in Lublin (Curie-Skłodowska University) • Student Legal Information Point „Klinika Prawa” in Łódź • Student Social – Legal Advice Office „Bona Fides” in Opole • Student Legal Clinic at the Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn • Student University Legal Clinic in Poznań • University Legal Clinic in Rzeszowie • Scientific Group Student Legal Clinic in Słubice • „Legal Education Center” – Student Legal Clinic in Szczecin • University Legal Clinic in Toruń • Academia Iuris Foundation in Warsaw • Legal Clinic, Student Center of Legal Aid in Warsaw (Warsaw University) • Student Legal Clinic in Warsaw (L. Koźmiński Academy) • Student Legal Clinic in Warsaw (Lazarski School of Commerce and Law) • Student Legal Advice Office in Warsaw (Academy-WSZiP) • University Legal Clinic in Wrocław

4. 2011/2012 legal clinics activity in numbers • 13 379 – cases submitted to legal clinics between October 2011 to June 2012 • 30 % (4057 cases) dealt with civil law problems • 1851 students and 235 supervisors worked at the clinics • 8 – supervisor – student ratio • 7 – cases – student ratio

5. Comparing to previous years… students supervisors Number of students and supervisors: 2003-2012 Number of cases: 2003-2012

6. Types of cases accepted Total in 2010/2011: 12 786 Total in 2011/2012: 13 379

7. Average time of handling the case

8. How did the client learned about the clinic

9. Present status of the legal clinics in Poland • There are very few NGO based legal clinics in Poland. • Almost all of the legal clinics in Poland are recognized by the Universities as a part of the legal curriculum at our law schools (as one of the optional classes that are offered to the students). • Legal Clinics are present at every law school in Poland. • Some of the legal clinics (Krakow, Warsaw, Bialystok, Lodz) gained a status of a chair or laboratory, which means that they became part of the university budget. • All of the legal clinics that are based at the Universities get all the office costs covered, majority of the professor’s salaries are paid by the universities.

10. Legal Clinics Foundation’s achievements • The Foundation has the status of the public benefit organization. • Won a distinctive prize of the Best Pro Publico Bono Civil Initiative contest. • ELSA Poland granted the Foundation title of „Legal Education Supporter”in 2006 and 2007. • For 10 years has organizedannualPro Bono Lawyer Contest. • Granted legal clinics with material and financial meansof the total value of appr. 200 000 USD (financial) and over 400 000 USD (in-kind). • Published first in Poland and in region textbook „The Legal Clinics. The Idea, Organization, Methodology” (available also in English, and soon in Russian and Chinese). By the time being we published 13 textbooks and manuals on clinical legal education, another one is in preparation. • Organized 19 National Legal Clinics Conferences as well as severalworkshops. • Actively participated in the creation of a strong clinical movement in Central and Eastern Europe and in the transforming countries including: Ukraine, Czech Republic, Moldova, Uzbekistan, China, Russia, Serbia, Belarus, Georgia. • In 2008 Centrum Pro Bono has been opened as a program which aims to connect pro bono legal aid offered by law firms with legal needs of the NGOs.

11. Legal Clinics Foundation’s Supporters Institutional Sponsors Sponsors

12. Thank you for your attention! Polish Legal Clinics Foundation Add.: Szpitalna 5/5, 00-031 Warsaw, Poland Ph.: +48 22 828 91 28; Fax: +48 22 828 91 29 E-mail: board@fupp.org.pl www.fupp.org.pl Bank PEKAO S.A. II o/Warszawa Account No: PL 87 1240 1024 1111 0000 0269 4777