Student Legal Services Education Center

Dear friends,

We kindly inform you that the Student Legal Services Education Center provides free legal assistance to persons coming to Poland from Ukraine.

We provide legal assistance, i. a. regarding loan agreements, renting an apartment, opening a bank account, or employment.

We kindly ask you to send your requests by filling in the form. Afterward, we will schedule an online meeting to determine the possibility of providing legal assistance.

Please feel free to contact us!

Student Legal Services Education Center Team

Шановні друзі!

Наш студентський юридичний центр займається наданням безкоштовної юридичної допомоги людям які приїжджають з України до Польщі.

Надаємо юридичну допомогу при складені договорів оренди квартир, можливості відкриття рахунку в банку, взяття позики, працевлаштування а також з інших питань.

Просимо надсилати заявки через електронний формуляр, після цього буде зорганізована онлайн-зустріч для омовлення можливої правової допомоги.

Запрошуємо!

Команда Дидактичного центру Студентська юридична клініка

Among the best Student Legal Services in Poland

Our Student Legal Services have been ranked as top student legal aid clinic, together with a few legal clinics from other Polish universities, in the annual ranking of Student Legal Services conducted by Rzeczpospolita, a leading Polish daily newspaper.

Free legal advice

If you need legal advice but you cannot afford services of an established legal firm, we are here to help you. Our Student Legal Services (SPP) are staffed with students of Faculty of Law in Warsaw, who provide free legal counsel to persons unable to hire a legal professional. Students work under the supervision of legal professionals and provide counsel in four different areas, including Labor Law, Civil Law, Business Law, and support for foreigners.

Online legal consultations

To ensure continuation of service during the pandemic, we have launched online legal counselling. Advice is provided by e-mail. If you need require our services, please fill in a claim form provided below.

Code of conduct

All students advising clients at our Student Legal Services are bound by confidentiality on all matters pertaining to the submitted claim.
Review our Code of Conduct  

Student Legal Services are closed for the summer. We will reopen in October 2022.

Who can become a client of Student Legal Services?

Our Student Legal Services provide legal aid to individuals and entrepreneurs, who cannot afford to pay for legal services of an advocate or an attorney at law, and who have not obtained any professional legal advice in a given case before.

We also provide legal aid services to community organizations, which submit legal problems related to the scope of their statutory mandate, and which have not obtained any professional legal advice in a given case before.

Application process and documents

To apply for legal aid provided by our Student Legal Services, please follow these steps:

1. Complete the submission form appropriate to your case
2. Read the Rules and Regulations
3. Read the information on providing legal advice:
   • English version
   • Ukrainian version: Інформація про порядок надання консультацій СЮК   
   • Russian version: Информация о порядке предоставления консультаций СЮК  
4. Sign a Statement of persons interested in obtaining legal services:
   • English version
   • Ukrainian version: ДИДАКТИЧНИЙ ЦЕНТР СТУДЕНТСЬКА ЮРИДИЧНА КЛІНІКА ЮРИДИЧНОГО ФАКУЛЬТЕТУ УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ ГУМАНІТАРНИХ І СОЦІАЛЬНИХ НАУК SWPS  
   • Russian version: ДИДАКТИЧЕСКИЙ ЦЕНТР СТУДЕНЧЕСКАЯ ЮРИДИЧЕСКАЯ КЛИНИКА ЮРИДИЧЕСКОГО ФАКУЛЬТЕТА УНИВЕРСИТЕТА ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ И СОЦИАЛЬНЫХ НАУК SWPS  
5. Agree to the processing of personal data:
   • English version
   • Ukrainian version: Інформація про обробку персональних даних клієнта  
   • Russian version: Информация об обработке персональных данных клиента  

Case acceptance

Based on the statement, case file, and copies of documents submitted by a potential client, the supervisor of the appropriate section of Student Legal Services accepts or rejects a given case. If the case is accepted, the supervisor assigns a student advisor for the case, by entering their name in the case file.

Legal support provided to a client consists of a proposed resolution of the legal problem and preparation of draft procedural documents. The legal advice should be easy to understand for the client, and include all possible options of the legal resolution.

Student Legal Services are closed for the summer. We will reopen in October 2022.

Advantages of joining Student Legal Services

Students participate in the activities of the Student Legal Services, in the above-mentioned sections, as part of the SPP study module. Searching for solutions to actual legal problems helps them to improve their professional competencies and gain valuable practical experience, before they enter the job market.

Who can join Student Legal Services

Students can join Student Legal Services team if they study at SWPS University’s Faculty of Law in Warsaw, are at least in their fourth year of studies, and have completed subjects that are listed in the syllabus of the Student Legal Services module as prerequisites for working at one of the SPP’s sections. When appropriate, the Head of the Student Legal Services may allow third year law students to join the SPP, if the students demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge for providing legal counsel.

Graduates of SWPS University’s Faculty of Law in Warsaw may also join Student Legal Services if their application is approved by a supervisor of one of the Sections and the Dean of the Faculty of Law in Warsaw at SWPS University.

Requirements for students wishing to join SPP

To join Student Legal Services, you must:

• submit an application to Student Legal Services and obtain approval of the Head of SPP
• complete a mandatory training concerning the rules and regulations on providing legal consel on behalf of SPP
• sign a student declaration and submit it to the Supervisor of a selected section of SPP

If you are interested in joining the SPP team, please contact the Head of Student Legal Services.