A student legal advice office (law school clinic) operates on the basis of the Faculty of Forensics and Law in Construction and Transport of SPbGASU.

The clients of the student legal clinic may be various categories of citizens whose aggregate income does not exceed twice the subsistence minimum established in St. Petersburg: retirees, the unemployed, the disabled, minors, full-time students, employees of educational institutions, and other persons. When contacting a legal clinic, they will receive free legal assistance in the following areas of law: labor law, civil law, housing law, family law, administrative law.

Legal assistance is provided by fourth-year students and Master’s degree students of SPbGASU.

The trainees of the legal clinic cannot represent the interests of clients in court. Legal assistance in cases with a commercial focus or free assistance for profit, student counseling shall not be provided.

Faculty teachers monitor the quality of students’ work in each case, but they do not provide legal assistance themselves.

Consulting clients who applied to student legal advice and registered accordingly, is carried out in at least two meetings. In exceptional cases, if the client’s request isn’t difficult for the consultant, the client can get advice at the first meeting, subject to the expert’s consent. However, in cases requiring lengthier consideration, the duration of counseling may be extended.