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 October 22
- Project Time
- 9am-4pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 6.5-8.5 hours, including training; Students may sign up to work 8am-12:30pm, 12pm-4:30pm, or 8am-4:30pm
- Training
- A 2 hour training session will be held Thursday, October 20, 5:30pm-7:30pm (UT Austin, George I. Sanchez Building (SZB), Room 296)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/intake; document preparation review
- Project location
- Allan Elementary, 4900 Gonzales Street
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 16
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Spanish helpful but not necessary
- To Apply
- Register at bit.ly/volunteer1022 (you must register for intake or application process guide role in order to receive pro bono credit); please email Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu immediately after the clinic to report your hours