Student Organizations
The University of Tennessee has an active and involved student
body. By volunteering their time and expertise to these student
organizations, our students end up learning as much as helping.
The students gain invaluable "hands-on" experience and individuals
and groups obtain invaluable legal assistance. There are a variety
of opportunities available at the College of Law for students who
are interested in volunteering while in law school. Some of the
organizations that provide legal service opportunities are listed
below (additional information about each of these groups can be
found by clicking on the name of the group). Other groups such as
the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and Law Women also regularly
work in the local community to provide not only legal assistance
but community service as well. Student organizations and projects
are subject to change depending on student interest and initiative.
UT Pro Bono
UT
Pro Bono: is a student-directed, community service organization
at the University of Tennessee College of Law that promotes and
coordinates pro bono service projects open to the entire student
body. It connects law students with area attorneys representing
indigent clients. Projects by UT Pro Bono include partnerships with
local legal services offices and the Knoxville Bar Association,
as well as independent programs through which students working under
attorney supervision can provide help to persons with limited means.
Over the years, the organization has worked with homeless persons,
prisoners asserting their innocence despite past criminal convictions,
parents of disabled children, battered women, immigrants, and others.
UT Pro Bono serves as a resource by providing law students for research,
educational, and investigatory assistance.
UT Pro Bono projects include:
Animal Rights Project
Family
Justice Project
Homeless
Project
Immigrant
Assistance Project
Innocence
Project
Saturday
Bar
VITA -
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
The Tennessee Association for Public Interest
Law
Another project under the UT Pro Bono umbrella is the Tennessee
Association for Public Interest Law (TAPIL). TAPIL promotes
and supports lawyering in the public interest and helps law
students find public interest career opportunities. It has presented
educational programs about current issues in law and public
policy, sponsored delegations to public interest career fairs
and conferences, initiated pro bono projects for law students
and raises money to fund public interest summer jobs for UT
law students.
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