Universitas Terbuka is the only university-based on long-distance open universities which has a law
study program incorporated in the Faculty of Law Social and Political Sciences (FHISIP).
Universitas’s Terbuka Law Study Program has a vision and mission to produce graduates who have
academic competence in the field of Legal Studies and have competitiveness in the community by
carrying out community service activities integrated with education and research. This certainly must
be realized by prioritizing the Open and Distance Higher Education (PTTJJ) system. Like the law
faculties in Indonesia, the law study program must have an Online Consultation and Legal Aid
Institute (LKOBH) or other designations that can be used in the service of lecturers, students or
alumni in accordance with Law Number 16 of 2011 concerning Legal Aid. The establishment of
LKOBH at Universitas Terbuka will certainly be adjusted to the distance mechanism in reaching out
and providing online legal consultation and assistance services for justice seekers. The research
method used is the research method that will be used in this research is normative research which will
then be supported with empirical data from field research and try to be formulated in a conceptual
approach that is adjusted to the norms contained in the provisions of existing laws and regulations and
legal theories and doctrines that have developed in the science of law. Application and introduction of
the concept of online legal consultation and assistance by an open university will be a service concept
that will reach the public from various walks of life in Indonesia, assisted by UPBJJ centres
throughout Indonesia, Universitas Terbuka’s Law Lecturers, Law tutors, lawyers, advocates, students
and alumni of study programs law in assisting Universitas Terbuka to provide free legal aid and
consultation services to the community. The expectation given in the implementation is not only a
means of community service but also a means of teaching and research that will develop in line with
the real solutions to problems faced by the community