Students will translate client declarations, birth certificates, and letters of support for clients participating in a Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) U Visa Clinic in the Rio Grande Valley. The documents will be incorporated into completed applications for U Visa status that TRLA will submit to US Citizenship and Immigration Services on behalf of its clients, who are survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. U Visas provide immigration relief to immigrant victims of crime who provide assistance to law enforcement and meet other requirements.
Organization
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
TRLA is a nonprofit organization that provides free legal services to low-income residents in 68 counties of Southwest Texas. TRLA is the third largest legal services provider in the nation and the largest in the state of Texas. TRLA serves approximately 25,000 clients each year.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
December 2016
- Approximate hours of work requested
- Hours as needed to complete translation between December 21 and January 4; translations must be completed by January 4
- Training
- No training required
- Skills used
- Document preparation/review; legal translation
- Project location
- Project may be completed remotely at location of student’s choice
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 11
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Language: Strong skills in reading and writing Spanish required
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu