The Legal Aid Centre Selangor (LACS) was initially established to cater for the poor and the needy, ensuring that they had a one-stop centre where they could obtain impartial legal advice and/or representation. Over the years, the objectives and work of LACS expanded, with education and outreach programmes as well as the public awareness campaigns becoming other key areas of focus.
To achieve our on-going education goals, the LACS runs a series of training programmes for Pupils in Chambers, the primary aim of which is to instil a sense of social responsibility in our Pupils. The LACS believes that the effect of these training programmes will be far reaching with ethics forming part of the Pupils’ core values throughout their careers be it in private practice, government legal services or in corporate practice. LACS also provide training for practising lawyers through various specifically designed programmes. This ensures that LACS has a large pool of volunteers covering different areas of practice such as Family, Criminal and Employment Law. This equips many of the volunteers with additional knowledge and understanding in respect of Judicial Review and the Labour Court.
LACS also organises outreach programmes to educate the public on legal issues, creating legal awareness and raising the profile of LACS. Outreach programmes have taken the LACS to Orang Asli settlements providing them the opportunity to address a wide variety of legal issues including those related to land, employment, education, registration of births/NRIC as well as social issues.