Mobile Legal Aid Clinics (MLACs) are initiated to provide free legal aid services to the public, and to create civic awareness on pertinent issues that affect the socio-economic development of the country. UNDP The Gambia has been supporting MLACs in #Gambia since 2019

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Strengthening the Mobile Legal Aid Clinics (MLACs) & Prison Legal Aid Desks (PLADs) to increase access to justice for all, especially the vulnerable, through continuous partnership between The Govt. 🇬🇲 and UNDP The Gambia Thanks to United Nations Peacebuilding and Peace Support #JusticeForAll

As we ushered into 2023, our quest to continue providing access to justice has been renewed. Indeed, 2022 was an eventful year in the execution of our mandate through the provision of legal representations and legal awareness outreach programs.

Our team of indefatigable lawyers represented a total of 88 cases at the Children’s Court out of which 14 was concluded. At the Superior Courts, a total of 134 cases were handled of which 19 was concluded resulting to 14 acquittals.

In additional to legal representations, NALA has implemented the School Mobile Legal Aid Clinic, radio and tv talk-shows on laws governing juvenile justice system and other legal matters through the support of UNDP The Gambia , UNICEF The Gambia , United Nations Peacebuilding and Peace Support

We would, therefore, seize this opportunity to extend our immeasurable gratitude to the above partners for their continuous support in access to justice. We wish you all a happy and a prosperous New Year.

*Please note, out of the 88 cases at the Children’s Court 41 were concluded.

Take up that brief for the unpopular client. That is how most distinguished lawyers made their bones. In the meantime, be slow to belittle those doing it. Everyone is entitled to legal representation, Lucifer included. This legal sermon is limited to lawyers and law students.

In a landmark judgment delivered on the 9th March, 2023, a High Court Judge acquitted and discharged our client on all 8 count charges of Sexual Offences after 4 years of trial.

The judgment has renewed our commitment to provide effective and efficient legal representation to individuals going through the criminal justice process.

It further strengthens our quest for adherence to due process in ensuring that the fundamental rights to fair hearing throughout the criminal justice process are always observed. We would, therefore, like to seize this opportunity to thank our team of dedicated Public Defenders.

We are grateful to Mr Bekai Saidy and Tamsir B Jallow for a brilliant legal representation to provided to the client.

As we strive to achieve the best legal outcomes for our clients, we wish to state that a High Court Judge delivered a judgment on the 14th March, 2023, wherein one of our clients was acquitted and discharged of murder. The Judge held that our client acted in self-defence.

We are grateful to Counsel Ade for securing the acquittal and the entire team of our committed Public Defenders. Samuel Ade Esq. A .K. Ceesay Omar Suso Tamsir B Jallow

Having spent 6 years in prison on a charge of murder, NALA is pleased to secure the release of a woman (our client) in her late 40s from Mile II Central Prison. This came due to a judgment delivered sometime in 2022 wherein a judge gave a special verdict (guilty but insane).

Following a medical examination as per the requirement of the law, it was recommended that our client was stable and should be discharged to join the family in 2022. Unfortunately, due to bureaucratic procedures it took the relevant authority 5 months to endorse the report.

The unnecessary bureaucratic procedures in endorsing the medical report resulted to the continuous detention of our client who was mentally unstable at the time of the offence.

Congratulations Omar Suso for your tireless efforts and determination in providing effective and efficient legal representation to our client. Indeed National Agency for Legal Aid, The Gambia have proven it's determination to provide quality legal representation at no cost.