Justice for the poor

The new Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Md. Tafazzul Islam in his recent oath taking ceremony vowed to ensure justice for all, especially for the poor. Congratulations, Honourable Chief Justice, for your vision which the nation badly needs.
Justice Islam also rightly observed while talking to The Daily Star (as reported on 24 December 2009) that ensuring justice and rule of law is necessary for democracy in the country.
The existence of democracy also facilitates to have the rule of law and people's access to justice, among other things.
Access to justice is a basic human right, and in case of Bangladesh a fundamental right as well; to ensure and facilitate peoples access to a fair justice system is the responsibility of the State.
During the Fall Semester (September-December) 2009, I undertook a graduate seminar course named Law, Race and Social Psychology at the University of Minnesota Law School. From the studies, I come to know how the race profile and attitudes of the juror could impact a trial process and verdict. This is just one example. The same goes for who are at the police stations, detention centres and other related service centres, and who are going there.
For facilitating (I am not saying ensuring, that is a far expected goal in case of ours) an effective justice system in Bangladesh, there is a lot to do. For me, the important thing is the aim and goal of the persons who are in the bars and benches. This could change a lot, and immediately too.
There is no denying that to get better lawyers and judges we need quality legal and human rights education systems. However, the situation is unfortunately frustrating in Bangladesh. This needs a through overhauling. We also need to initiate the scope to study human rights, social sciences, languages for law students.