Pemuda Sejati Legal Aid Institute (LBH PS) Accepting Internships for Prospective Advocates and Law Students in Bali
Law students can have a role as a paralegal in providing legal assistance in the form of non-litigation legal assistance such as legal counseling and legal consultations. LBH Pemuda Sejati (LBH PS) which was established 5 years ago on March 20 2017 to be exact (Decree of the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia No. AHU-0005619.AH.01.04 of 2017), can be a place for law faculty students to carry out legal assistance activities and legal research for Balinese people who are poor, marginal and legally illiterate and have difficulty getting access to justice.
The general chairman of LBH Pemuda Sejati, I Putu Agus Putra Sumardana, SH, who is also a lawyer or advocate in Bali, provides opportunities for law students in Bali to do internships and learn non-litigation legal practice at LBH Pemuda Sejati, usually the tasks given to students are prepare case files, record trial agendas, meet and communicate with clients, as well as other matters needed to support the proper implementation of legal aid. LBH Pemuda Sejati, which consists of many advocates/lawyers, is ready to guide law students and provide space and knowledge for students to be able to practice their knowledge in a case.
I Nyoman Miarsa, SH., S.Pd as a lawyer or advocate at LBH Pemuda Sejati said "LBH Pemuda Sejati can be a concrete effort to produce law graduates in Bali who are ready to answer challenges in the legal world as lawyers. This is because an internship at LBH Pemuda Sejati can be used as the implementation of legal assistance by law students which contains educative aspects in the context of clinical education. Law students are potential actors in providing legal services, especially services to marginalized communities." Intern students will later be directed to assist cases handled by lawyers or LBH Pemuda Sejati Advocates to learn about case advocacy processes.
Intern students later if they want to become an Advocate/Lawyer, then according to Article 3 paragraph (1) of the Advocate Law that the Prospective Advocate/Lawyer who will be sworn in or sworn in must carry out an internship consecutively or for at least 2 (two) years after graduation Advocate Profession Special Education (PKPA) or Advocate Professional Examination which is held by each Advocate organization in Indonesia.
The purpose of the internship for prospective Advocates is to gain experience and be able to learn from senior Advocates at LBH Pemuda Sejati about how to become Advocates who can provide assistance to the community for justice seekers. According to the impression that the Advocate Candidates at LBH Pemuda Sejati admitted that they really enjoyed the internship at LBH Pemuda Sejati, because every LBH Pemuda Sejati advocate who participated in the internship had a different character in terms of enforcing/educating Advocate Candidates at the True Youth LBH to become professional advocates. Advocate candidates at LBH Pemuda Sejati will indirectly be trained from a mental perspective or to think rationally in handling cases/cases for the clients they are assisting.
Client assistance at LBH Pemuda Sejati does not incur any costs to the client, as long as the client fulfills the requirements as a recipient of free legal assistance, namely having a Certificate of Inadequacy (SKTM) issued by the Village/Kelurahan Head Office and the Social Service and the type of case is cases involving public policy and not having high economic value.
This is because LBH Pemuda Sejati in carrying out its duties has received donations from the public, donations from each advocate who is a member of LBH, so that the use of existing LBH funds must be appropriate and on target. Now, to improve services to the community, LBH Pemuda Sejati opens public donations, both from private parties, donations from entrepreneurs and individuals, donations from the general public and donations from foreigners/foreign citizens who have the same goal and desire to help citizens. Indonesia will need legal services (legal service) in Bali.
It is hoped that in this way, the activities of LBH Pemuda Sejati, which provide free legal assistance or fee reductions, can run sustainably. LBH Pemuda Sejati sees the Covid-19 pandemic in particular seeing the declining economic conditions of the Balinese people. LBH Pemuda Sejati is moved to provide legal assistance to clients with such economic conditions. According to Agus Putra Sumardana as chairman and founder of LBH Pemuda Sejati, free legal aid is the most important right that every citizen has which is part of human rights. The importance of free legal assistance, especially in criminal cases, this is because the community or people who are designated as suspects/defendant in court in a criminal case, it is not possible to defend themselves in a legal process and in legal examinations against them in court or at the police and prosecutorial levels. So that LBH Pemuda Sejati has provided legal assistance in many criminal cases such as cases of sexual violence against children, domestic violence, narcotics cases, investment fraud cases, land grabbing cases, and other criminal cases.
LBH Pemuda Sejati also handles civil cases such as cases of unlawful acts (PMH) and cases of breach of contract (default/breaking a promise) with the object of the dispute being either a house and/or a building. LBH Pemuda Sejati also opened an online complaint service that provides free consultation and is swift in handling labor (labor) cases, especially termination of employment (PHK) which during the Covid-19 pandemic was rife in Bali in particular.
The establishment of LBH Pemuda Sejati refers to several national and international regulations, namely Law No. 39 concerning Human Rights where this Law ratifies the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights where this Convention guarantees equality before the law. ). So that LBH Pemuda Sejati is very sensitive to issues that are developing in Bali such as land issues and environmental issues in Bali, and has always been part of the democracy movement that focuses on legal, social and political issues in Bali. For this reason, LBH Pemuda Sejati is assisted by paralegals consisting of students and prospective advocates who are ready to enter remote villages in Bali, to initially help become a liaison between the community at the grassroots level and LBH Pemuda Sejati advocates/lawyers.