CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION IN INDONESIA AND PROTECTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Nallom Kurniawan¹*, Luthfi Widagdo Eddyono^2
1 M.H., S.H., Indonesian Constitutional Court, INDONESIA, nalom.mkri@gmail.com
² M.H., S.H., Indonesian Constitutional Court, INDONESIA, luthfi_we@yahoo.com
*Corresponding Author

Abstract

The amendment of the 1945 Constitution (the 1945 Constitution) conducted in 1999 - 2002 has brought changes to many things. One of the most fundamental changes is the publication of the Human Rights that is part of the citizens' constitutional rights. Substantively, the 1945 Constitution contains 30% of the content material on human rights. Even though normatively has been contained in the constitution, but in the implementation need synergic, systematic, structured, and widespread efforts, in order to enforce the constitutional rights of the citizens. Such efforts can be made with Clinical Legal Education so that the protection of citizens' constitutional rights can be achieved completely. This article will explain the importance of clinical legal education to Indonesia in order to provide coaching clinic in the field of law especially for the protection of the constitutional rights of citizens. It is also expected to be useful for the renewal of the legal education system with the primary objective of improving the quality of the legal profession in the future in the field of protection of the constitutional rights of citizens, as well as the support and establishment of pro bonos and lawyers concerned with human rights issues in the community.

Keyword: Clinical Legal Education, 1945 Constitution, Constitutional Rights