Student will translate a webinar on Black and Latino Heirs’ Property and Access to Property Tax Relief that Professor Heather Way will deliver to legal aid organizations, racial justice groups, and other organizations that work with homeowners impacted by these issues. The student will translate Professor Way’s slides into Spanish, translate the transcript of the presentation that goes with the slides, and then record the full presentation in Spanish with the translated slides and transcript to create a complete Spanish-language version of the webinar.
Organization
Texas Law Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic
The Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic provides transactional business law representation to entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and community groups. The ECDC’s clients are strengthening their communities through job creation, the production and preservation of affordable housing, asset building strategies for low-income individuals, and the provision of innovative and valuable goods and services for their communities.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
February 26-March 8, 2021
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Approximately 10-15 hours between February 26 and March 8
- Skills used
- Legal translation
- Project location
- Virtual
- Address
- 727 East Dean Keeton, Austin, TX
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 1
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Student must be fluent in Spanish (speaking and writing)
- To Apply
- Upload a brief statement of interest containing information about (1) your Spanish-language skills (speaking and writing), (2) any experience you have with translation, and (3) any experience you have with the video platform Panopto to Box at this link https://utexas.app.box.com/f/2da12e9384014ce48d885d03a5b0e7b8 with files labeled “[Your Name] Statement of Interest”; applications received by noon on Friday, February 26 will receive priority consideration