Students will meet with transgender individuals who are seeking to correct or update their names and/or gender markers on basic forms of identification. Students will collect information and documents from individuals, explain the name and gender marker change process, and draft petitions and orders.
Organization
Gender Affirmation Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Gender Affirmation Project is a student-led internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program in partnership with OUTLaw. GAP is partnering with the Pro Bono Program at St. Mary’s Law School to host the April 20 Gender Affirmation Project session at the Pride Center in San Antonio.
Project Details
- Project Date
Saturday, April 20
- Project Time
- 11:30am-9pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 10 hours, including travel time
- Training
- Training will be scheduled by appointment
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; community education/outreach; document preparation; cultural competence; understanding of legal theory and related problem-solving
- Project location
- Pride Center San Antonio, 1303 McCullough Ave St. 160, San Antonio, TX 78212; students will carpool to project location
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 10
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Interest in and experience serving LGBTQ, and especially transgender, communities required; previous experience with GAP strongly preferred
- To Apply
- Submit an email to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu; in your email, please state whether you are willing to drive yourself and/or others, and the number of passengers you can transport, if applicable; please also include a paragraph outlining your interest in the Gender Affirmation Project, any language skills you possess, and any course work or experience relevant to LGBTQ+ issues