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Student Associate Positions
JWC Student Associate positions provide law students the
opportunity to explore Access to Justice issues, including
the use of technology in legal services, alternative legal
services delivery models, e-lawyering and pro se litigant
assistance. The JWC will be hiring 3-5 law students to work
part time on the following JWC Projects:
Faculty Research Assistant
Work with faculty to research and prepare articles and
other publications regarding Access to Justice. This is
an exciting opportunity to explore the use of the Internet
as a support mechanism for unrepresented pro-se litigants
and in the practice of law. Research and evaluate E-Lawyering
practices currently in use and examine the ethical issues
facing those lawyers practicing law on the Internet!
To discuss getting involved in this cutting-edge research
project, please contact Professor Ronald Staudt via e-mail
rstaudt@kentlaw.edu.
To apply, submit your resume to Tony Ratliff at tratliff@kentlaw.edu.
ITC Student Associate Positions
Illinois Technology Center for Law & the Public Interest
(ITC) Student Associate positions provide law students the
opportunity to explore access to justice issues, including
the use of technology in legal services, alternative legal
services delivery models, e-lawyering and pro se litigant
assistance through the internet. ITC will be hiring 1 -
3 law students for summer 2004 to work full time, with the
possibility of continued, part time hours for the 2004 -
2005 academic year.
ITC is a statewide collaboration of legal services providers,
whose mission is to provide low-income individuals, and
the attorneys who serve them, with greater access to legal
information through the use of technology. ITC's three websites
serve pro se litigants, legal aid attorneys and pro bono
attorneys and are located at www.illinoislawhelp.org, www.illinoislegalaid.org
and www.illinoisprobono.org, respectively.
The Student Associate(s) will assist in the development
and maintenance of innovative web resources, including text
information, forms and multimedia presentations. Specific
activities include the following:
- Working with and supporting 32 expert attorneys selected
from the Illinois legal aid community to develop and maintain
legal training and practice support materials for the
Illinois legal aid communities and for pro se litigants
on three websites;
- Researching, drafting and editing of web based legal
education materials and legal forms with instructions
for attorneys and the public;
- Developing web based document assembly modules;
- Preparing and assisting with content and presentations
related to live video webcasts and archived video presentations;
and
- Editing, organizing and publishing content submitted
by attorney experts and editors throughout the State of
Illinois for the three websites.
The position will require a commitment of up to 40 hours
per week for the summer. For more information about the
position, please contact Daniel J. Rieken, Director of New
Content Development, at 312.906.5323. To apply, submit your
resume to Tony Ratliff at tratliff@kentlaw.edu.
Daley Center Self-Help Web Desk
The Self-Help Web Desk at the Daley Center is the initial
access point for the Chicago-Kent Advice Desk, the Joint
Simplified Dissolution of Marriage Module and online information
from the IllinoisLawHelp.org website.
Combining the efforts of the Chicago-Kent Law Offices Advice
Desk, the Illinois Technology Center for the Law and Public
Interest, and the Justice Web Collaboratory, the Self-Help
Web Desk provides self-represented litigants with:
- Online form assembly for the Joint Simplified Dissolution
of Marriage procedure through a customer centered guided
module;
- Online access to legal information, forms and instructions
on www.IllinoisLawHelp.org;
- Online referrals to legal services providers and private
lawyer referral services;
- Access to the Chicago-Kent Law Offices Advice Desk.
Student Associates will help self-represented litigants
use these services, collect intake information for the Advice
Desk and refer self-represented litigants to other services
within the Daley Center.
For more information about these positions, please contact
Todd Pedwell, Manager, Justice Web Collaboratory, at 312.906.5328.
To apply, submit your resume to Tony Ratliff, tratliff@kentlaw.edu.
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