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.
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
- Website
- https://law.utexas.edu/probono/projects/special-projects/trans-legal-name-gender-marker-project/
- Project Date
Saturday, August 1
- Project Time
- 10am-12pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4.25 hours, including training
- Training
- Monday, July 27, 6pm-7pm, optional work session to follow 7pm-8pm (both virtual); all volunteers must attend training, including returning volunteers
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; community education/outreach; document preparation; cultural competence; understanding of legal theory and related problem-solving
- Project location
- Online
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 12
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Interest in and experience serving LGBTQ, and especially transgender, communities preferred but not required.
- To Apply
- Register at https://gapsu20.eventbrite.com