Are you interested in pursuing a career in Public Interest Law? Are the reasons you decided to go to law school mostly about wanting to help people? Consider interning with Community Legal Aid’s Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP).
Community Legal Aid is the sole provider of legal assistance to low income individuals in an eight county area. The Volunteer Legal Services Program is a program within Community Legal Aid that works very closely with private attorneys providing them with a number of volunteer opportunities. Students volunteering for the VLSP can work in several areas: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, our Peace of Mind clinic which assists Uncollectible clients, Simple Contract law, Simple Estate Planning, and Family law.
For students, our program offers a variety of learning opportunities 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.
NOTE: Students are required to volunteer a minimum of five (5) hours. Students who can volunteer once or 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, and work with a private attorney to execute Simple Estate Planning Documents.
If interested, please contact VLSP Staff Attorney, Carla Boyle, at cboyle@communitylegalaid.org