Students will work with ProBAR’s Harlingen-based lawyers for one week over winter break. Students may conduct legal research relevant to immigration law matters, prepare documents for ProBAR service recipients, or both.
Organization
South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR)
ProBAR is a project of the American Bar Association that empowers immigrants through high-quality legal education, representation, and connections to services. ProBAR serves immigrants in the Rio Grande Valley border region with a particular focus on the legal needs of adults and unaccompanied children in federal custody.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.ambar.org/probar
- Project Start Date
Monday, January 10 through Friday, January 14
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 30-40 hours ; most work will be asynchronous but students must be available for orientation the morning of Monday, January 10, and for a work product report from 2pm-4pm on Friday, January 14
- Training
- Monday, January 10; additional training and supervision will be provided by ProBAR staff throughout the internship on an as-needed basis
- Skills used
- Document preparation/review; legal research/writing
- Project location
- Virtual
- Address
- 202 S. 1st Street, Suite 300, Harlingen, TX 78550
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 6
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- The ability to read and/or speak in Spanish is helpful but not required
- To Apply
- Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immigration-practice-internship-with-probar-registration-221547493517