Students will work with LSJA lawyers for a week over winter break. Students will prepare a bibliography of Texas-specific case law regarding implicit bias and raising race in the context of juvenile proceedings. The bibliography will be published on LSJA’s bit.ai page.
Organization
Lone Star Justice Alliance
LSJA is a nonprofit legal organization that improves the lives of youth and emerging adults in the justice system. LSJA envisions a justice system that uses developmentally-appropriate responses to behavior and treats youth and emerging adults with equity and dignity to promote resilience, conserve costs, and increase public safety.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.lsja.org
- Project Start Date
Monday, January 10 through Friday, January 14
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 20-40 hours
- Training
- Training and supervision will be provided by LSJA staff throughout the project on an as-needed basis
- Skills used
- Legal research/writing
- Project location
- In person preferred; virtual available on request
- Address
- 3809 S. 1st Street, Austin, TX 78704
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 2
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/raising-race-project-with-lone-star-justice-alliance-registration-221544153527