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Volunteer Opportunities
Police Abuse Litigation Corps: Police Misconduct Litigation Training Beginning Late February 2022/Early March 2022
A coalition of local and national civil rights organizations is mobilizing an unprecedented movement of lawyers and other advocates across the country to challenge unlawful police abuse. The Police Abuse Litigation Corps will train those individuals through a program crafted by national civil rights experts, match them with survivors of police abuse, and provide resources, mentorship, and connection to the broader community of police abuse litigators/organizers as they represent those survivors in lawsuits. This is an abolitionist, antiracist project, which will take its lead from movements and organizers. We are partnering with grassroots organizations, community organizers, high-profile law firms, and lawyers at all levels of practice to wield the power of the Bar to confront and combat police abuse like never before.
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Participants will also engage in training, which will consist of 2-4 hours of training per week for 12 virtual sessions.
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Spring 2022: The Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Advocacy Competition is an annual oral and written advocacy program sponsored by the National Bar Association and the National Bar Institute designed to motivate high school students to excel in education. The Competition encourages students to express their views on a pre-selected topic and focuses on the ability of the students to communicate orally and in writing. The contest is also designed to give young people experience in public speaking and reviewing legal documents as well as provide an opportunity for them to obtain some financial support to continue their education.
Winners will be chosen at the national Competition during the 97th Annual Convention taking place July 24-29, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee. Stay tuned regarding additional details.
