The Clínica Jurídica por la Justicia Social of the Universitat de València is a teaching innovation project of the Faculty of Law in which the students, mentoring by professors, have to face real situations, cases and clients. In this way, “the Universitat de València diversifies its commitment and fulfils its social function of knowledge refund”, explains Professor Ruth Mestre, director of the Clínica Jurídica and member of the Institute of Human Rights of the Universitat de València. 

The legal literacy campaigns, known as Street Law in the Common Law, is a new approach for the legal teaching based on interactive methods and new ways of learning. It has been launched in Valencia with the collaboration of the Spanish Red Cross and under the supervision of Pilar Fernández Artiach, UV professor of Employment Law; and Asunción Colás Turégano, professor of Criminal Law and member of the Institute of Human Rights.

The students who participate in the project have to give lessons about basic notions of employment law and also gender violence against women in the employment law field.  It will be given two lessons of four hours per week, one in the classroom of the HQ of the Spanish Red Cross and the other in the HQ of the Clínica Jurídica in the Faculty of Law. The lessons will be given during two months. The students who participate in the project are students of the Clínica Jurídica por la Justicia Social, who are doing their practicum (Degree in Law, double degree in Business Administration and Management + Law), students who are doing an internship in Pedagogy and students of the Master’s Degree in Human Rights, Democracy and International Justice of the Universitat de València.