Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA) in collaboration with Sarvahitey Foundation launched a Law Books and Digitization of Legal Services Clinic. The clinic was officially launched by Judge Gauhati High Court and executive chairman NSLSA, Justice L. S. Jamir at Kohima Law College Monday.
In his address Jamir lauded the Sarvahitey Foundation’s collaboration with NSLSA to contribute more than 500 law related books and other general subjects to the Kohima Law College library.
He maintained that a library was the brain of the future. He was confident that the books would go a long way in allowing students of the college to acquire knowledge on various subjects.
Jamir added that the Digitization of Legal Services Clinic was a project by the Nagaland Legal Services Authority under the aegis of the National Legal Services Authority.
He said that with the tremendous steps that society was taking with computerisation and digitization, the digitization of the LSC would help with various activities of the modern student.
Jamir requested the law college students to come forward and be a part of the Para Legal Volunteers under the Legal Services Authority and also urged the students to look into the difficulties in society, especially in the villages and report these to the Panel Lawyers, PLVs or the Legal Services Authority.
Speaking about the Sarvahitey Library Project, member secretary NSLSA, Mezivolu T. Therieh explained that the basic idea of the Sarvahitey Foundation was to give charitable books to rural areas, however, under special consideration, the foundation had given some books to the Kohima Law College Library.
She lauded Sarvahitey Foundation and the NSLSA executive chairman for donating the digitization components for the legal services clinic.
President of Kohima Law College, Akang Ao, delivered a welcome address while professor of Kohima Law College, Kezhokhoto Savi proposed the vote of thanks.