Students will assist attorney volunteers at the Austin Bar's Veterans Legal Advice Clinic. Students will assist with check-in and client intake, and may shadow attorney volunteers as they provide brief legal advice related to a variety of legal issues affecting veterans, including divorce; child support and custody; consumer and contract issues; criminal law issues; wills, estates, guardianship, and probate; housing and landlord/tenant issues; and bankruptcy.
Organization
Austin Bar Association
The Austin Bar Association is made up of more than 4,300 attorneys within the Austin area. The Austin Bar prides itself on a long-standing commitment to provide attorneys continuing legal education, networking and social opportunities, along with service to the community.
Project Details
- Project Date
Monday, December 12
- Project Time
- 1:15pm-4:00pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 3 hours
- Training
- Training will be provided onsite at the clinic
- Skills used
- Community education/outreach; client intake; document review
- Project location
- Austin VA Outpatient Clinic, 7901 Montopolis Drive, Austin, Texas 78744
- Address
- 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700, Austin, TX
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 10
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- None
- To Apply
- Email Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu