Students in the Civil Rights Clinic represent diverse clients in a range of civil rights matters relating to abusive law enforcement practices; the rights of people who are incarcerated; discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations; and freedoms of speech, religion, and association. The Family Preparedness and Power of Attorney Workshop is a collaboration between the Civil Rights Clinic and Mano Amiga. Mano Amiga is an immigrant advocacy organization based in San Marcos, Texas that organizes for systemic and cultural change around issues of criminalization and immigration.
Organization
Texas Law Civil Rights Clinic
Students in the Civil Rights Clinic represent diverse clients in a range of civil rights matters relating to abusive law enforcement practices; the rights of people who are incarcerated; discrimination in housing, employment or public accommodations; and freedoms of speech, religion, and association. The Family Preparedness and Power of Attorney Workshop is a collaboration between the Civil Rights Clinic and Mano Amiga. Mano Amiga is an immigrant advocacy organization based in San Marcos, Texas that organizes for systemic and cultural change around issues of criminalization and immigration.
Project Details
- Project Date
Friday, March 29
- Project Time
- 4pm-6pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 3 hours including training, plus travel time to San Marcos if students choose to attend the workshop in person
- Training
- Thursday, March 28, 5pm-6pm (Law School, Room TBD)
- Skills used
- Oral communication, community engagement, document preparation
- Project location
- San Marcos Public Library, 625 E. Hopkins Street, San Marcos, TX (students can attend workshop in person or participate remotely via Zoom; the Clinic may be able to assist in arranging carpools for students who would like to attend in person but do not have their own transportation)
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 5
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Spanish language skills are strongly preferred but not required
- To Apply
- Submit email briefly stating (1) your interest in this project, (2) any language skills, and (3) your interest in participating in-person or via Zoom and any related transportation needs to mackenzierhine@utexas.edu and loyagabriel@utexas.edu; application emails received by Thursday, February 29 will receive priority consideration