Students will meet with transgender individuals who are seeking to correct or update their names and/or gender markers on basic forms of identification. Students will collect information and documents from individuals, explain the name and gender marker change process, and draft petitions and orders to be filed with the court.
Organization
Gender Affirmation Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Gender Affirmation Project is a student-led internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program in partnership with OUTLaw.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
Friday, Nov 3 & Saturday, Nov 5
- Project Time
- Nov 3 2:30-3:30 & Nov 5, 1pm-5pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 6 hours, including training
- Training
- Friday, November 3, 1:30pm-2:30pm (TNH 2.124); the training session is mandatory for all volunteers who have not participated in GAP during the 2023-24 academic year and will be immediately followed by a work session that is mandatory for all volunteers
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; community education/outreach; document preparation; cultural competence; understanding of legal theory and related problem-solving
- Project location
- Friday, 2.124 (work session) and Sunday, room TBD, for applicant meetings
- Address
- 727 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 30
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Interest in and experience serving LGBTQ, and especially transgender, communities preferred but not required; GAP experience preferred but not required
- To Apply
- Register at https://gap11-5-23.eventbrite.com