Law students volunteering as Street Law Fellows will design lessons and teach classes at Austin Independent School District high schools and other youth facilities on topics including constitutional law, civic engagement, and human rights. Street Law Fellows will have the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships with high school-aged students during a year-long engagement. Street Law Fellows also will be leaders for the Street Law project and educational equity in the law school, and help recruit other Street Law pro bono volunteers.
Organization
Street Law
Street Law is a student organization at Texas Law that aims to disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline by educating youth about their rights and the legal and other systems that affect their daily lives. Street Law sends law students into local 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 operates in partnership with the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
October 2018; Street Law Fellows must commit to working with the project in both the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 25 (10 in the fall semester, 15 in the spring semester)
- Training
- A 1.5 hour training session will be held during the week of October 8 at a time selected after review of the schedules submitted by student volunteers
- Skills used
- Legal analysis; public speaking and clear communication of laws
- Project location
- Akins High School, 10701 S. 1st Street, Austin, TX 78748
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 20
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Submit an email (1) discussing why you would like to be a Street Law Fellow and (2) listing your class schedule and any other regular commitments (work, student organization meetings, child care, etc.) to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu by noon on Monday, October 1