Lead student counselors will work closely with a Supervising Attorney and Mithoff Pro Bono Scholars to manage applicants and clinic documents. Students will schedule individual appointments, prepare for sessions, answer applicant questions, and prepare petitions, orders, and Statements of Inability to Pay Court Costs. Lead student counselors will be responsible for communicating with an assigned applicant and scheduling an appointment to work with the applicant while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to UT requirements for data security. The Gender Affirmation Project provides helps people in the trans community change their name and/or gender marker on basic forms of identification.
Organization
Gender Affirmation Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Gender Affirmation Project is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program in partnership with KIND Medical Legal Partnership.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
March 2021
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Up to 10 hours during the spring semester, in addition to the required training and clinic sessions
- Training
- Training will be scheduled based on availability of selected students; applicants are encouraged but not required to attend the next GAP Training and Work Session (Monday, March 1, 5pm-7pm) (NOTE: Volunteer openings for the March 1 session are full but LSC applicants who are able to attend will be provided a link to participate as observers)
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; communication about client’s legal needs; document preparation and review
- Project location
- Virtual
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 3
- Class year preference
- 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Prior GAP experience required
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest, any language skills, and indicating which Clinic Session(s) you have previously attended to ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu