Law students will teach classes in local high schools on substantive legal issues, the relationship between law and justice, and how justice can be accomplished or improved.
Organization
Street Law
Street Law is a student organization at Texas Law. Street Law sends law students into local middle and high schools throughout the school year to teach practical, participatory lessons about legal issues important to today’s youth, including law, democracy, and human rights. Street Law is operating the High School Project in partnership with the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
February 2020
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 10 hours total over the course of the spring semester; various shift times and locations available for sign up after training
- Training
- Thursday, February 13, 12:45pm-1:45pm (TNH 2.137)
- Skills used
- Legal analysis; public speaking and clear communication of laws
- Project location
- One or more high schools in the Austin area
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 25
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Register at https://streetlawsp20.eventbrite.com