JCU’s strategic plan sets four objectives — awareness, empowerment, advocacy and institutional strength. This is what each one means in practice, and how it is delivered.
The outcomes we work toward
JCU sensitises vulnerable communities and duty bearers about legal rights and procedures through targeted communication:
A mobile legal aid clinic takes rights awareness to Banda.
JCU provides basic legal advice in person and through its toll-free lines, mediates at its offices and in communities, and represents clients in court across the spectrum of rights. It also supports court-annexed mediation and the State brief scheme — contributing to JLOS’ strategy of reducing case backlog and closing the legal aid gap for people who cannot afford a lawyer.
Dispute resolution, from advice desks to the courtroom.
JCU undertakes evidence-based advocacy for the reform of laws, policies and practices — so legal aid reaches every indigent and vulnerable person:
Advocacy built on evidence, partnerships and research.
Institutional capacity grows through deliberate investment — positioning JCU as a dependable affiliate for development partners, and as the eligible state-funded national legal aid body once the National Legal Aid Bill passes into law:
Building the institution behind the service.
From barazas to courtrooms — the results are measured, published and free to everyone they serve.
