The Clinic of Human Rights and Environmental Law (Clínica DHDA) of the University of the State of Amazonas - UEA was born on May 31, 2010, with the beginning of the movement of clinical teaching applied to law in Brazil. institutionalized, together with the approval of its Regulation, by Resolution CONAESO nº. 032, of 05/09/2011, as part of the organic structure of the Nucleus of Legal Practice of the Superior School of Social Sciences (current School of Law). Since then, clinical training has been part of the Nucleus of Legal Practice at the UEA Law School, which undoubtedly represented a pioneering initiative among higher education institutions in Brazil.
The DHDA Clinic aims to deepen studies and research in the area of human rights and environmental law, promoting the training and qualification of students for an action committed to the defense of these rights, as well as the development of tools for their legal practice.
Currently, Clínica DHDA, when developing the activities of its Axes of Action, articulates teaching, research, extension and legal assistance.
Clínica DHDA is also part of a network with the Amazon Network of Human Rights Clinics, the National Forum of Legal Clinics associated with the Brazilian Network of Legal Clinics and the Alliance of Environmental Legal Clinics, which strengthens and expands its scope of action.
The methodology used is clinical teaching applied to legal education, providing a conceptual framework and a methodology that places individuals and communities as holders of rights at the center of the legal problem under discussion and students as protagonists of the teaching-learning dynamic. Clinical education seeks professional training beyond teaching the law, as it focuses on training within a framework of humanist values and social justice. It is an innovative methodology in Brazilian legal education.
