Students will meet with transgender individuals who are seeking to modify their name and gender marker on basic forms of identification. Students will collect information and documents from individuals and explain the name and gender marker change process.
Organization
Trans Name and Gender Marker Project, Mithoff Pro Bono Program
The Trans Name and Gender Marker Project is a student-led internal project of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program in partnership with OUTLaw.
Project Details
- Website
- http://law.utexas.edu/probono/projects/special-projects/trans-legal-name-gender-marker-project/
- Project Date
Saturday, September 30
- Project Time
- 11am-2pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 5 hours, including training
- Training
- Thursday, September 28, 6:30pm-8:30pm (TNH 2.137); returning volunteers who worked at an intake session in spring 2017 are not required to attend training but are encouraged to do so
- Skills used
- Client interviewing/counseling; community education/outreach; document preparation; cultural competence; understanding of legal theory and related problem-solving
- Project location
- Travis County Law Library, 314 W. 11th Street
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 18
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Interest in and experience serving LGBTQ, and especially transgender, communities preferred by not required
- To Apply
- Submit an email stating interest to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu; if you are a returning volunteer, please note that and whether you plan to attend training