Tele-law for legal education: exploring service learning in Indian law schools

Title

Tele-law for legal education: exploring service learning in Indian law schools

Creator

Parashar, Kriti

Description

The tele-law programme started in 2017 in India is an initiative to provide free online legal consultation to any citizen throughout India. The tele-law platform, and its mobile application, is accessible to any citizen in need of legal aid who can use it for getting consultation through empanelled lawyers. The application currently faces issues in accessibility due to illiteracy and the digital divide. This paper attempts the integration of the tele-law framework with legal aid clinics for achieving the two-fold objective of service learning for law students as well as ease of access to legal aid for beneficiaries. The paper analyses the barriers to legal aid highlighting the unmet legal aid needs in India and examines the tele-law schemes framework. After examining the legal framework, the responses from law school clinics in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India, and the survey responses of law students on service learning, the paper proposes a framework for involving law students in tele-law for case registration, beneficiary assistance, and legal advice. The paper concludes by recommending a model for integrating tele-law to enhance service learning in legal education, which can be applied by legal aid clinics around the globe. 2025 The Association of Law Teachers.

Source

Law Teacher;Volume;60;Issue;1;pp.225-251

Date

01-01-2026

Publisher

Routledge

Subject

clinical education; clinics; legal aid; service learning; technology; Tele-law

Coverage

Parashar K., School of Law, CHRIST University, Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 3069400;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2025.2552611

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