Student volunteers will help qualifying individuals complete paperwork necessary for their application for United States citizenship. The citizenship drive is being held in partnership with the Equal Justice Center, Education Austin, and other local organizations.
Organization
Casa Marianella Immigration Legal Services
CMILS serves immigrants, asylum-seekers, asylees, and victims of crime in Austin, Texas. CMILS helps newly arrived immigrants residing in the Casa Marianella and Posada Esperanza shelters, as well as other immigrants below the poverty line, in applying for work permits, renewing green cards, seeking asylum, petitioning for family members, preparing applications for U Visas, and dealing with other immigration legal matters.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.casamarianella.org/
- Project Date
Saturday, March 31
- Project Time
- 9am-4pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 5.5-8.5 hours, including training session; Students may sign up to work 9am-1pm, 10am-2pm, noon-4pm, or 9am-4pm
- Training
- Tuesday, March 27, 6pm-8pm (AFL-CIO, 1106 Lavaca St); Wednesday, March 28, 11:45am-1:15pm (TNH 3.126); OR Wednesday, March 28, 6pm-7:30pm (TNH 3.126)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Dobie Middle School, 1200 East Rundberg Lane
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 24 (8 for each shift)
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Language: Spanish helpful but not necessary
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu; please indicate what shift you want to work on March 31 and which training session you plan to attend