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Students will work alongside an experienced attorney at the Benton County Courthouse Help Desk to help people represent themselves. Students will gain experience assisting pro se litigants with drafting pleadings. Responsibilities include conducting interviews to determine legal needs, helping people find and fill out legal forms, giving general advice on how things work procedurally, and directing people to resources. Questions at the Help Desk include issues such as divorce, name change, evictions, emancipation, deed transfer, wage garnishment, social security disability, and guardianship.
Commitment: Fridays 9am-12pm. Students must commit to coming at least three times during the semester.
Eligibility: All law students are eligible to participate. Rule XV certification is not required; no attorney client relationship is created in this work.
How to apply: Interested students should email the supervising attorney Marshall Prettyman at marshallprettyman@gmail.com.
Pro bono credit: This is an approved pro bono opportunity. In order to receive recognition for your pro bono work from the Law School, you must record your hours in GivePulse. Information about the Pro Bono program is available here: https://law.uark.edu/service-outreach/probono/index.php. Contact Professor Smith (abs006@uark.edu) if you have any questions.
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