Law students will deliver a practical, engaging lesson tailored to senior high school students at Eastside Early College High School. Volunteers will spend one or two periods of an elective ethnic studies class teaching legal concepts and interacting with students. The topic for classes on April 7 will focus on workers’ rights and employment discrimination.
Organization
Pipeline to Law School Program
The Pipeline to Law School Program at Texas Law works to bring law student volunteers into local AISD schools throughout the year to teach practical, participatory lessons about issues that are important and applicable to today’s youth in areas of law and democracy.
Project Details
- Project Date
Thursday, April 7
- Project Time
- 10:50am-1pm and/or 1:15pm-3:00pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 3.5 hours
- Training
- Wednesday, April 6, 6pm-7pm (TNH 3.127) (dinner provided)
- Skills used
- Legal analysis; issue spotting; client communication and problem-solving; public speaking and mediation
- Project location
- Eastside Early College High School, 900 Thompson Street, Austin, TX 78702
- Address
- 727 E. Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78705
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 8
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Students with teaching experience are encouraged to apply but teaching experience is not required
- To Apply
- Register at https://pipeline4-7-22.eventbrite.com ; Students can sign up for one or both shifts; students also must register at https://austinpartners.org/volunteer/ as part of the UT Pipeline Program in order to be admitted to the Eastside campus