Working with a supervising attorney, students will conduct intake interviews with individuals serving life or life without parole sentences for offenses committed as juveniles. These intake interviews with allow the supervising attorney to determine whether a potential client is selected for representation and will help establish the terms of representation.
Organization
Lone Star Justice Alliance
The Lone Star Justice Alliance works to reduce the mass incarceration of youth and emerging adults.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
February 2018
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Approximately 8-10 hours per intake interview; interviews will occur on Mondays and Wednesdays
- Training
- A 2-hour training will be held on Friday, February 9, 2pm-4pm at LSJA’s offices
- Skills used
- Client communication
- Project location
- Various high security prisons in Texas
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 5
- Class year preference
- 2L, 3L
- Required skills
- Student volunteers should have a strong commitment to criminal and juvenile justice issues, particularly reform to harsh juvenile sentencing practices in Texas, racial discrimination in juvenile justice, and/or human rights in the United States
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu; although 1Ls may apply, preference will be given to 2Ls and 3Ls as well as students who have previous experience working with Lone Star Justice Alliance and/or the Juvenile Lifers Project