This Law Student Organization is dedicated to providing legal aid to low income or indigent victims of major natural disasters. Every year, we take at least one trip to a location in the United States that has recently suffered from a major natural disaster.
Members who attend a trip commit to a week of rewarding experiences and build lasting relationships with supervising attorneys and fellow tripmates, all while strengthening their resumes with first hand experience in public interest law.
During our service trips, students (yes, even 1Ls) will:
- Gain hands-on lawyering experience!
- Deal with clients!
- Perform intake interviews!
- Produce a writing sample!
- Get real world training in the substantive areas of law that affect low-income clients.
- Past students have used NOLA week to gain legal experience with:
- Public benefits
- Landlord-tenant issues
- Employment
- Disability
- Immigration
- Student loan discharges
- Criminal defense
- Deal with clients!
- Perform intake interviews!
- Produce a writing sample!
- Past students have used NOLA week to gain legal experience with:
- Public benefits
- Landlord-tenant issues
- Employment
- Disability
- Immigration
- Student loan discharges
- Criminal defense
