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, September 23
- 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, noon-4pm, or 9am-4pm
- Training
- Wednesday, September 20, 12pm-1:30pm (TNH 2.124); Wednesday, September 20, 6pm-7:30pm (TNH 2.124); OR Thursday, September 21, 6pm-8pm (AFL-CIO, 3000 South I-35 #175, Austin, TX 78704)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Allan Elementary School 4900 Gonzales, Austin, Texas 78702
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 24 (12 morning shift, 12 afternoon 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 September 23 and which training session you plan to attend