Students will conduct research about the criminal legal system in Richmond, Virginia and draft a landscape analysis that will be used to support a regional campaign to end money bail. Students also will participate in educational activities as part of Law For Black Lives’ nationwide clinical cohort.
Organization
Law For Black Lives
Law For Black Lives is a national network of radical lawyers, law students, and legal workers of color committed to building the power of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Formed out of the uprisings in Ferguson and Baltimore, L4BL uses the law to embolden, defend, and protect the growing movement for Black liberation. The Bail Reform Landscape Analysis is a collaboration between L4BL, the Mithoff Program, and Southerners on New Ground. Southerners on New Ground is a grassroots organization focused on building a political home for LGBTQ communities throughout the South.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.law4blacklives.org
- Project Start Date
September 2018; students must be available for 1-hour meetings at 9am on Mondays and for a national webinar from 6pm-7:30pm on Wednesday, September 26
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 25 hours total over the course of the semester; students will complete drafts of their assigned sections of the landscape by October 15 and then work with supervising attorneys and partner organizations on revisions through December 3
- Training
- Training will be provided on an ongoing basis: students also will have access to materials included in L4BL’s bail curriculum
- Skills used
- Legal research/writing
- Project location
- Students will work with Prof. Andrea Marsh at the law school and with L4BL’s supervising attorney via online collaboration
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 5
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong writing skills required; students with an interest in movement lawyering and/or criminal legal reform are strongly encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest and any language skills to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu