Students will help persons with lived experience of mental illness draft advanced directives as part of a person-centered planning approach to the treatment of individuals with mental illness by third parties, including medical and law enforcement personnel. The PAD Project involves a collaboration INCLUDE and Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid.
Organization
INCLUDE Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The INCLUDE Project enables students with interests in disability to provide free legal serves to persons with disabilities and their families. INCLUDE is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program, in partnership with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
September 2017
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Students should expect to spend approximately 12 hours total on the project during the academic year, including all training, preparation work, and clinic time
- Training
- Tuesday, September 19, 6pm-8pm in TNH 3.124; training will include a discussion of where to deliver services and which population to target at a clinic that will be scheduled during the spring semester
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling, cultural competence, skills involved in project development
- Project location
- The spring clinic likely will be held at a residential treatment facility or state hospital; students may perform other project tasks at Texas Law or an off-site location consistent with confidentiality policy and client needs
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 10
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong English skills required; Spanish helpful but not necessary; students with an interest in mental health and/or disability law are strongly encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest, any language skills, and any work experience touching on mental health or disability to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu