Lead student counselors will work closely with a Supervising Attorney and Mithoff Pro Bono Scholars to manage applicants and clinic documents. Students will help with individual appointments, prepare for sessions, answer applicant questions, and prepare petitions, orders, and Statements of Inability to Pay. 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
The Gender Affirmation Project is an internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program in partnership with OUTLaw.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
October 2019
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Up to 5 hours during the fall semester, in addition to the required training and clinic sessions. Lead student counselors must attend one GAP Training Session (Thursday, October 10, 6pm-8pm, TNH 2.124) AND at least one GAP Clinic Session (Saturday, October 12, 10:30am-2pm in Austin or Saturday November 9 in San Antonio)
- Training
- Students must attend the next GAP Training Session (Thursday, October 10, 6pm-8pmpm); students also must attend a separate training for lead student counselors that will be scheduled based on student availability
- Skills used
- Client interviewing; communication about client’s legal needs; document preparation and review
- Project location
- The Austin session is at Travis County Law Library, 314 W. 11th Street (October 12), and the San Antonio session is at the Pride Center (November 9); individual appointments with service recipients are conducted at the law school.
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 2
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Prior GAP experience helpful but not necessary
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest and indicating 1) which Clinic Session you would like to attend and 2) whether you can attend the 10/10 training session to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu