Program Coordinator
661 Washington Street 3rd Floor * Oakland, CA 94607 * 510-268-7611 *
dsiskind@alameda.courts.ca.gov
Program Coordinator
661 Washington Street 3rd Floor * Oakland, CA 94607 * 510-268-7611 *
dsiskind@alameda.courts.ca.gov
JusticeCorps is an
AmeriCorps program that is currently recruiting 100 university students to
volunteer intensively in the self-help centers of the Superior Courts of:
Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. The self-help
centers help litigants, who cannot afford an attorney, help themselves
resolve their legal matters.
JusticeCorps members will participate in an orientation and training on
October 15th and 16th 2007 and receive over 30 hours of training over the
course of the year. They will commit to serve for 300 hours (including
training), which is roughly equivalent to 1 full day or 2 half days a week
over the course of the academic year.
Benefits for JusticeCorps members include:
| * | The opportunity to serve their community |
| * | A $ 1,000 AmeriCorps education award (which can be used to pay back loans or for future education). |
| * | Practical law and social services related experience |
| * | Opportunities to work with lawyers |
| * | Courtroom observation |
| * | Shadow days with judicial officers |
| * | Field project or internship credit |
| * | Letters of recommendation for law school or graduate school |
17 U.C Berkeley Students were selected to serve as JusticeCorps members during the 2006-2007 academic year. We are actively engaged in recruiting at U.C. Berkeley for Fall 2007 and will be conducting the first round of interviews in mid-April.