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Timap for Justice Launches Community Paralegal Manual

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Timap for Justice, a pioneering Sierra Leonean NGO that provides basic justice services, launched its manual for community-based paralegals. The manual offers guidance on basic law, including crime, contracts, and tort; paralegal skills, including mediation, advocacy, and community education; and government policy and procedure, in areas like agriculture, mining, and healthcare.

Here, Timap co-founders Vivek Maru and Simeon Koroma discuss how the manual came about and why it is important for Sierra Leone now.

Related Links

News coverage of the paralegal manual launch: AllAfrica, Sierra Express Media

Namati Sierra Leone director Sonkita Conteh and OSJI’s Lotta Teale on Sierra Leone’s groundbreaking legal aid bill,
which calls for a scale up of paralegal services.

A description of Namati’s work on scaling up paralegals in Sierra Leone.

Sonkita Conteh on how paralegals approach community-level issues.

Conteh on paralegals providing concrete solutions to basic justice problems.


September 6, 2012 | Namati


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