The Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP) at Community Legal Aid offers a variety of limited means opportunities for students interested in developing skills in the following areas: client interviews, client meetings, document review, case management, determining the correct address for service and notice, drafting simple estate planning documents, drafting advice letters, completing public record searches.
Students volunteering for the VLSP will work in several areas of law: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Simple Contract law, Simple Estate Planning, and Family law.
NOTE: Students are required to volunteer a minimum of five (5) hours. Students who can volunteer twice a week (5-8 hours total per week) for the entire semester will be provided with more substantive training along with an opportunity to attend a 341 Hearing, sit in on a bankruptcy petition signing, attend a call day at U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and work with a private attorney to execute Simple Estate Planning Documents.
If interested, please contact VLSP Paralegal, Cindy Adair, at cadair@communitylegalaid.org.