ACLU Legal Observer- volunteer opportunity

ACLU-SC Legal Observer

The ACLU has long had a history of trained volunteer serving as legal observers during elections, protests and demonstrations. The SC Chapter is organizing volunteers to serve in this role during the recent protests, If you are interested please contact me ASAP and I will send you the following items:

1—ACLU SC Legal Observer Training.  The primary material reviewed in today’s training.

2—A Quick history…

3—Training Observer Waiver

4—Name Tag

5—Incident Report

6—Legal Observer Checklist

7—Covid-19 Instructions

The training is a PowerPoint that takes about 30 minutes to read and understand. The training is practical advice which should equip you with the knowledge and awareness of your role and how to accomplish the task of documenting any incidents.  You will be required to read, understand and sign a waiver before you can officially attend a protest in the name of the ACLU.

There will be an area coordinator who will serve as your local contact,  This person will also have t-shirts available to help identify you as an ACLU Legal Observer.

As a Legal Observer you are serving in a non-partisan role.  If you believe that you must use your voice to protest in a specific way, please do so and know that ACLU Legal Observers are present and can be an independent and trained  documenter of any incidents, Watch for them

If you are interested please contact me so I can send you the files to review,  Just expressing an interest does not commit you to serving,

Pamela Robinson

Robinspd@law.sc.edu

News

There is so much happening right now that I can hardly keep up but I wanted you to know that I am in the process of developing several pro bono opportunities resulting from recent events and challenges,  Watch this space for more information and to sign up to help, Please know we want to respond in an effective manner, and in a way that provides you, the law student with excellent opportunities to make a difference, If you have a specific concern or interest or even an idea, please share now. Robinspd@law.sc,edu

Take care or yourself and reach out to friends and family.

Pam Robinson

Stress as your friend!

When this TED Talk popped up in my Inbox, I let it sit there for a few days. Definitely interesting but I was a suspicious but after watching the full talk I could see her point of view and realized that some stress could be a good thing.

As we all face this new normal and feel the stress building, take a moment and rethink things

Enjoy

https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Pam

Staying home and staying busy

This stay at home thing will end!  but while you are stuck on the couch consider checking out the Equal Justice Works  site. Considering a summer or post graduate fellowship? Check out their resources and applications for these amazing public interest jobs.

Debt load got you down!  Check out their resources on debt relief and loan forgiveness. This is a good time to get active! You can only binge watch Netflix so much!