Students will help parents navigate the administrative process for special education requests and access appropriate services for their children. Students will work in teams to review relevant documents, conduct legal research, analyze potential claims/demands for service, and prepare detailed case plans for parents. Some students have the opportunity to attend mediation with a parent and supervising attorney.
Organization
INCLUDE Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The INCLUDE Project enables students with interests in disability and probate law 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 2018
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Students should expect to spend approximately 25 hours total on special education case work, including training; after training, students will be assigned to case teams and work with team leads to allocate hours and responsibilities
- Training
- Tuesday, September 11, 5pm-8pm, in TNH 2.124
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; document review; legal research and writing
- Project location
- Students will work with Prof. Lucy Wood at the law school; students also may work with parents at schools and other locations
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 16
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong English skills required; Spanish helpful but not necessary; students with an interest in social justice, education, and/or disability law are strongly encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest, any language skills, and any work experience touching on education or disability to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu