Law student volunteers will serve as trial court judges, trial court evaluators, or appeals court evaluators at the YMCA Youth and Government Program’s District Conference, which aims to create an environment in which students can increase their political awareness and understanding while learning the meaning of social action through an actual hands-on experience in government. Trial court judges will serve as the courtroom judges in 90-minute trials between high school mock trial teams. Trial and appeals court evaluators will evaluate student performance, and will be given evaluator packets with the case, program procedures and rules of evidence to review prior to the conference. Additional information about volunteer roles can be found at http://www.austinymca.org/programs/volunteers-youth-government.
Organization
YMCA of Austin
The YMCA of Austin is a community of over 65,000 members who work together to strengthen Austin and transform lives.
Project Details
- Website
- http://www.AustinYMCA.org
- Project Date
Saturday, November 12
- Project Time
- 8:30am-4:45pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 4-8.25 hours; Students may sign up to work 8:30am-12:30pm, 12:30pm-4:45pm, or 8:30am-4:45pm
- Training
- Training will be provided onsite for evaluator positions
- Skills used
- Community education
- Project location
- Austin High School, 1715 West Cesar Chavez Street
- Address
- 3208 Red River, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78705
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 15
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- Required skills
- Strong understanding of courtroom procedures required for trial court judge volunteer positions
- To Apply
- Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf9guko805egr9Cc0t5LaygDeQFju-BMuKKmv7y1pi9TRE64A/viewform (you must register for trial court judge, trial court evaluator, or appeals court evaluator roles in order to receive pro bono credit); please email Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu immediately after the conference to report your hours