{"id":17902,"date":"2013-12-09T08:41:59","date_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=17902"},"modified":"2013-12-09T08:41:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T13:41:59","slug":"alternative-spring-break-pro-bono-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2013\/12\/09\/alternative-spring-break-pro-bono-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternative Spring Break &#8211; Pro Bono Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Action Law Society at the University of Memphis is hosting the Fifth Annual Alternative Spring Break Program in March 2014.\u00a0 The Alternative Spring Break Program has grown each year, and we anticipate hosting over eighty students from law schools across the nation for this year\u2019s program.\u00a0 Participants will have the opportunity to work with clients in one of seven specialized pro bono tracks, ranging from advanced directives to immigration.\u00a0 One of this year\u2019s tracks is a research and writing track that will give students the opportunity to work with the Shelby County Juvenile Court to draft documents in connection with reforms to the juvenile justice system focused on the protection of the constitutional rights of children appearing before the Shelby County Juvenile Court.\u00a0 The reformed Shelby County juvenile justice system is expected to provide a model for juvenile courts across the nation.\u00a0 Additional information about the Alternative Spring Break Program is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/memphis.edu\/law\/career\/asb-2014.php\">http:\/\/memphis.edu\/law\/career\/asb-2014.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The application deadline for the Alternative Spring Break Program is January 17, 2014.\u00a0 A limited number of scholarships may be awarded to out-of-town students to cover hotel costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Action Law Society at the University of Memphis is hosting the Fifth Annual Alternative Spring Break Program in March 2014.\u00a0 The Alternative Spring Break Program has grown each year, and we anticipate hosting over eighty students from law schools across the nation for this year\u2019s program.\u00a0 Participants will have the opportunity to work &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2013\/12\/09\/alternative-spring-break-pro-bono-opportunity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alternative Spring Break &#8211; Pro Bono Opportunity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1254,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pro-bono-community-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17906,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17902\/revisions\/17906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}