If you are interested in finding a community service engagement, consider investigating the following student groups, or meet with Holly Eaton to discuss possible placements:

Georgetown Outreach - Outreach is a student-run organization that gets students away from campus and into the community by participating in a variety of exciting projects throughout Washington, DC. Monthly and semi-annual service projects provide students with the opportunity to volunteer in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and public schools.

Habitat for Humanity - Each semester, the Habitat for Humanity group on campus organizes approximately two build days. These trips provide students in the Law Center community the opportunity to get off campus for a bit and help out in the greater community in a non-legal way. Habitat also coordinates a trip to North Carolina each spring break for a weeklong building trip.

Georgetown Human Rights Action - Georgetown Human Rights Action increases awareness within the Georgetown community of human rights violations around the globe. The group has helped to hold teleconferences with Guantanamo detainees and held events commemorating the beginning of the Iraq War. Additionally, the group sends students on fact finding missions to foreign countries to research the human rights implications of different policies; students have gone to Ecuador, Guatemala, and Haiti.

Georgetown Youth Advocacy Project - Each year, this group holds various events for those students interested in working in youth/children’s advocacy. They also put together mentoring pairs for clients in the Juvenile Justice Clinic and they collect school supplies from the Law Center community for at-risk children.

Workers' Solidarity Group - The Workers' Solidarity Group works to build community with and support the Law Center's hourly employees. The Workers' Solidarity Group runs English as a Second Language classes for Georgetown employees. The group also runs a pro bono legal referral service for Georgetown employees.

Amnesty International - Amnesty International is centered around working for the release of prisoners of conscience who have neither used nor advocated violence. The group campus organizes panels and meetings for students interested in international human rights.

Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF) - SALDF holds events to educate the law school community about animal rights and the legal issues surrounding animal welfare. Their events include meetings and symposiums with experts who work in the legal animal rights field. And of course, there is always delicious vegan food for those attending the meetings.

 

* Community service done for class credit or as a journal requirement cannot be counted towards the Pro Bono Pledge; however, hours in excess of those required can be counted (for example, your education class requires two hours per week of volunteer work at a local school, and you put in five - you can count the extra three hours towards the Pledge).

Revised 1/11/11 (MLM)