David Raban, '20, Selected as Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellow
Equal Justice Works and Legal Services Corporation Select Student Fellows for Rural Summer Legal Corps
WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 22, 2019—Equal Justice Works, the nation’s largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law, and the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), the nation’s single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans, today announced the selection of 30 law students for its Rural Summer Legal Corps (RSLC).
“The Rural Summer Legal Corps allows legal aid programs in rural America to serve significantly more people than they could otherwise,” explains LSC President James J. Sandman. “The 30 Student Fellows are smart, passionate, and committed to providing excellent service, and we hope that they will become part of the next generation of career legal aid lawyers.”
Launched in 2016, RSLC places law students at LSC-funded civil legal aid organizations that serve rural and isolated communities across the United States and its territories. Student Fellows spend eight to ten weeks during the summer gaining hands-on experience helping to provide direct legal services, engaging in community outreach and education, and building capacity at the organizations where they serve.
“The Rural Summer Legal Corps addresses the access to justice crisis for people living in rural communities and provides a terrific opportunity for passionate public-minded law students to explore a career in civil legal aid,” says David Stern, executive director at Equal Justice Works.
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David Raban, University of Chicago Law School
Hosted by Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of KY, Inc., David will assist attorneys in helping clients who are facing reviews of their Social Security Disability and/or SSI benefits as a result of fraud.
Read more at Equal Justice Works News Release