Students will help equip parents in East Austin with information about their federal special education rights and how to access appropriate services for their children. The project aims to address disparities in special education that adversely impact communities of color and to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by addressing students’ educational needs. The Special Education Project involves a collaboration between INCLUDE, Disability Rights Texas, members of the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society, and Excellence and Advancement, a nonprofit grassroots organization that aims to break the school-to-prison pipeline.
Organization
INCLUDE Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The INCLUDE Project enables students with interests in disability and probate law to provide free legal services 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 Date
Thursday, March 8
- Project Time
- 5pm-8pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 8 hours, including training
- Training
- Monday, March 5, 6pm-8pm in TNH 2.123
- Skills used
- Community education/outreach; client interviewing/counseling
- Project location
- Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon Street, Austin (Room TBD)
- 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 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