Student Volunteer Opportunity with KIND
January 27, 2009
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a new non-profit organization dedicated to representing unaccompanied children in the immigration system is looking for law student volunteers to assist with interpretation and client intake. See the attached document for more information. If you are interested, please contact Professor Ogilvy (ogilvy@law.cua.edu).
Pro Bono Opportunity in the CUA ElderLaw Clinic
January 23, 2009
The ElderLaw Clinic (Professor Michael McGonnigal) is representing a 68-year-old grandmother in a child custody case involving her 16-year-old grandson. The grandmother has had the grandson under her care since infancy. The grandmother has temporary legal custody. The mother of the child is fully cooperative. The father of the child has not seen him since he was two weeks old. The mother and the father lost track of each other within a year after the child was born. In the custody proceeding, the Clinic has filed a Motion to Serve by Posting on the father. A great deal of work went into it, but Judge Mitchell-Rankin thinks we need to do more to find the father. before she will allow this form of service. We need somebody who is Internet savvy and who might like playing private detective for a 16-year-old and his 68 year-old grandmother. Contact Professor Sandy Ogilvy if you would like to do some pro bono work for the Elderlaw Clinic on this matter.
Florida Bar Foundation’s 2009 Legal Services Summer Fellowship
January 14, 2009
The 2009 Legal Services Summer Fellowship application is now available on-line at:http://www.flabarfndn.org/
Click on the What’s New tab and scroll down to the 2009 Summer Fellowship Program. Other materials can also be found there.
The application deadline date is January 22, 2009.
The contacts at the Florida Bar Foundation are:
Clara Bevington (cbevington@flabarfndn.org) or
Jennifer Wimberly (jwimberly@flabarfndn.org)
They can also be reached by phone at:
1-800-541-2195 or 407-843-0045.
Summer Internship with the National Immigration Project
January 6, 2009
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild has an opening for a 2009 Summer Haywood Burns Memorial Fellowship for Social and Economic Justice. It includes a modest stipend of $2,000. Requires full-time, 10 week minimum commitment.
The application forms are available through the National Lawyers Guild’s national office at www.nlg.org.
FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE: JANUARY 16, 2009
Also see, http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org
and flyer for requirements and more information.
Rebellious Lawyering Conference – Register Online!
January 6, 2009
The RebLaw Conference is an annual, student-run conference that brings together practitioners, law students, and community advocates from around the country to discuss innovative, progressive approaches to law and social change.
Where: Yale Law School, New Haven, CT.
When: Friday, February 20-Sunday, February 22, 2009
Cost: Standard registration is $30.
(Registration is free for members of the Yale, UConn, New Haven, and Quinnipiac communities)
Go to http://islandia.law.yale.edu/reblaw/ to register.
Also check out our schedule, information, and links, including the Reblawg, updated frequently with rebellious tidbits.
Reblaw Housing & Registration
rebellious.law.housing@gmail.com
