{"id":45406,"date":"2022-02-08T13:37:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/students\/?p=45406"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:37:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T19:37:44","slug":"disaster-resilience-program-equal-justice-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/students\/2022\/02\/08\/disaster-resilience-program-equal-justice-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Resilience Program – Equal Justice Works"},"content":{"rendered":"
Disaster Resilience Program – Equal Justice Works <\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Explore your passion for equal justice by providing legal support to underserved communities in California, Louisiana, and New Mexico as they work to rebuild their lives and prepare for the next disaster.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, devastate lower-income communities, creating new poverty and further entrenching inequality. As a law student, you have an opportunity this summer to play a critical role in improving disaster preparedness and recovery by working alongside an Equal Justice Works Fellow in our Disaster Resilience Program.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The need for legal services is especially critical for parts of the country hard hit by the pandemic and prone to natural disasters such as hurricanes, flooding, and wildfires. Our Disaster Resilience Program mobilizes full-time lawyers (Equal Justice Works Fellows) to provide free civil legal aid in disaster-prone areas to ensure vital legal services are accessible to rebuild lives, stabilize communities, and create resilience. As a current law student, you have an opportunity to support an Equal Justice Works Fellow as a Student Fellow.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If you are a 1L or 2L law student, apply to the Equal Justice Works Disaster Resilience Program to be a Student Fellow this summer and work alongside a current Equal Justice Works Fellow at their host organization (<\/span>virtually and\/or hybrid; see host site preferences and accommodations<\/span>) to help communities navigate legal issues before, during, and after disasters. This is an eight- to ten-week position available to\u00a0eleven\u00a0law students during the summer of 2022. Upon completion, Student Fellows will receive a $5,000 stipend.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Through the program, Student Fellows will have the opportunity to:<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n