Students will assist individuals with driver’s license holds related to unpaid criminal justice debt. Students will meet with low-income drivers, research the cause(s) of license suspensions, and explain the steps drivers must take to recover their licenses. In most cases, the first step to driver’s license recovery will involve obtaining a fee waiver, fee reduction, or alternative payment plan in a traffic case. In those cases, volunteers will help individuals complete financial affidavits in support of requests for fee relief.
Organization
Driver’s License Recovery Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Driver’s License Recovery Project is a student-led internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program dedicated to addressing how driver’s license suspensions contribute to a cycle of incarceration for debt and create significant employment barriers in low-income communities. The Driver’s License Recovery Project is supporting the Court Debt Relief and Driver’s License Recovery Clinic in collaboration with the Texas Fair Defense Project and the Austin Municipal Court.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
Wednesday, October 24
- Project Time
- 4pm-8pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 5.5 hours, including training
- Training
- Thursday, October 18, 6pm-7:30pm (TNH 2.124); training is optional for students who volunteered at the September driver’s license recovery clinic
- Skills used
- Client communication; records research; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Goodwill South, 6505 Burleson Road
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 30
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Register at https://dlrecovery2f18.eventbrite.com