Students will help undocumented students and graduates (aka “DREAMers”) complete applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, which, if granted, will enable them to secure protection from deportation as well as authorization to work legally.
Organization
The Equal Justice Center
The Equal Justice Center is a public interest law firm that helps immigrant and low-wage working people secure both individual justice and broad systemic reform. The EJC’s mission is to empower low-income workers, families, and communities to achieve fair treatment in the workplace, in the justice system, and in our overall society—regardless of immigration status.
Project Details
- Project Date
Saturday, December 5
- Project Time
- 9am-4pm (3 options: 9am-1pm, noon-4pm, or 9am-4pm)
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 6-8 hours, including training
- Training
- A 2 hour training session will be held Thursday, December 3, 6pm-8pm (Education Austin, 316 W. 12th Street)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/intake; document preparation review
- Project location
- Travis High School, 1211 E. Oltorf Street
- Address
- 510 South Congress Avenue, Suite 206, Austin, TX 78704
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 16
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Spanish helpful but not necessary
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest and language skills to Fidel Campuzano at fidelcampuzano@gmail.com; in email state that you are a Texas Law student and learned about the clinic through the pro bono program