Students will assist individuals with driver license holds related to unpaid legal fines and fees, thereby reducing the barriers to employment and financial stability those holds create. Students will work in pairs over a period of several weeks, during which they will meet with low-income drivers over Zoom, research the cause(s) of license suspensions, draft letters to courts requesting waiver of court debt, and explain the steps drivers must take to recover their licenses. Supervising attorneys and Pro Bono Scholars will work with students throughout the process.
Organization
Mithoff Pro Bono Program
Driver License Recovery is a student-led pro bono effort administered by the Mithoff Program.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
February 2025
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 10-15 hours including training, between training date and mid-March; after training, volunteers will complete work on their own time, with support and interim deadlines throughout the process
- Training
- Friday, February 7, 1:15pm-3pm (TNH 2.123)
- Skills used
- Client communication; records research; document preparation/review
- Project location
- Training in person, then virtual
- Address
- 727 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 36
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- None
- To Apply
- Register at https://dlr2-7-25.eventbrite.com