TU Law Centre, Faculty of Law, provides legal assistance for the public

TU Law Centre has missions to provide legal consultation and to provide lawyers for the public to help with legal cases free of charge. Legal consultation by lawyers, paralegals, and students of the Faculty of Law are done through 6 channels which are i) in person, ii) via phone calls, iii) via physical mail, iv) via email, v) via TU Law Centre website, and vi) via “TU Law Centre, Faculty of Law, Thammasat University” Facebook page. Clients who wish to request a lawyer to serve the case must meet the following 5 conditions: the individual i) cannot afford to hire a lawyer, ii) has notreceived justice, iii) is not involved with offense, iv) is not a divorce case, and v) the case can be further prosecuted both from the fact and law aspects.

Some examples of the cases supported by TU Law Centre are:

July 23, 2019 — Mr. Somsak Thepsuthin, Minister of Justice together with the plaintiff’s attorney team from Thammasat University, consisting of Asst. Prof. Dr. Korrasut Khopuangklang, the director of TU Law Centre, and the lawyers from Legal Aid Office of TU Law Centre: Mr. Weerasak Tupkwa, Mrs. Isareeya Yuedyawkong, and Mr. Nattaphong Rongthong held a press conference on the progress of the 2010 accident case on Uttaraphimuk Elevated Tollway or the ‘Praewa’ case at the Ministry of Justice.

News articles and more photos at

https://www.law.tu.ac.th/ministryofjustice_tulawcentre_pressrelease/ or

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=Thammasatlaw&set=a.1653765734754269

October 25, 2020 — TU Law Centre collaborates with the Human Rights Law Organization Network to provide legal consultation and conduct cases for people who have been negatively affected by exercising their freedom of expression, such as victims who are affected by exercising their rights to assemble and travel, through either property damage or bodily injury.