Students will create and practice a spoken educational presentation around no sit, no lie, no camping, and no solicitation laws. Students also will refine existing presentation slides and written educational materials. Students will have the opportunity to give the presentation in the community to educate Austin’s homeless population about constitutional issues surrounding laws, such as those that exist in Austin, that make it a crime to sit or lie down on a sidewalk.
Organization
Homeless Defense Project
The Homeless Defense Project is a student-led internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program. The Homeless Defense Project is working in collaboration with the Texas Law Criminal Defense Clinic to raise constitutional challenges to Austin’s no sit no lie ordinances.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
October 2017; an initial team meeting will be held Wednesday, October 25, from 6pm-8pm, in Goodwin Conference Room, CCJ 1.312
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 2-4
- Training
- Training will be provided during the initial team meeting
- Skills used
- Client communication and problem-solving; community education
- Project location
- Texas Law, with an opportunity to give a presentation at a location in the community at a future date
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 8
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- None
- To Apply
- Submit an email stating interest to ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu