Law students will deliver a practical, engaging lesson tailored to senior high school students at Navarro Early College High School. Volunteers will teach legal concepts and interact with students. The topic for classes on April 22 will focus on Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) by Bryan Stevenson and walk through a real-life death-penalty case.
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
Friday, April 22, 2022
- Project Time
- 1:15pm-3:00pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 3.5 hours
- Training
- Wednesday, April 20, 6pm-7pm (TNH 3.126) (dinner provided)
- Skills used
- Legal analysis; issue spotting; client communication and problem-solving; public speaking and mediation
- Project location
- Juan Navarro Early College High School, 1201 Payton Gin Road (15 mins from law school)
- 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://pipeline4-22-22.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 Navarro campus