Students will provide Live Chat support to low-income individuals seeking legal assistance on www.TexasLawHelp.org. By gathering facts, issue spotting, and legal research, students will provide a holistic package of information and resources to help low-income Texans with legal issues. Students will empower the many individuals who cannot afford to hire a lawyer to more effectively advocate for themselves in the legal system.
Organization
Texas Legal Services Center
TLSC is a nonprofit legal office that provides assistance and training to poverty law advocates and their clients in the areas of litigation support, education and communication. TLSC sponsors projects that assist individuals in Texas and, in some cases, nationwide. TLSC manages TexasLawHelp and Texas Lawyers Help, which are statewide web initiatives to increase access to justice. In 2014, TexasLawHelp was visited by over 1.1 million unique individuals and had over 6.8 million page views.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.tlsc.org
- Project Start Date
February 2016
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 2-4 hours per week; students must schedule a regular shift between 10am-3pm, Monday-Friday
- Training
- 1 hour of training will be provided at TLSC or at the law school depending on volunteer preference
- Skills used
- Community education, legal research, client communication
- Project location
- Students can perform live chat from any location with an internet connection
- Address
- 2101 IH 35 S, Suite 300, Austin, TX 78754
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 3
- Class year preference
- 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Spanish helpful but not required
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest and language skills to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu