The Project

The Gambia school near where I live has its mission and inspiring quotes on the wall. The UTG Law Clinic summer project is to teach High School students in schools like these about children's rights and responsibilities under Gambian law. This is modeled after the long successful Street Law program that started in the U.S. [...]

Yesterday The University of The Gambia Law Clinic started out getting organized. Today we started out on a community education project on Children's Rights. The students are knowledgeable and enthusiastic. Debates sprung up over how to handle issues of child marriage, its place in the law and what that means for a community education program. [...]