Please submit byThursday,June 15, 2017 to Diana DiGennaro, the Pro Bono Program Director,
Your responses to Question Nos. 1, 4, 5 and 6 will be published on the Berkeley Law website and in SLPS informational materials. This is your opportunity to describe the great work done by your project and attract new students.When describing your project, please be sure not to disclose any confidential or privileged information.
1. Name of your SLP.
2. Name, email address, and graduation year of all 2017-2018 leaders.
3. Name, email address, affiliated organization, and mailing address of all 2017-2018supervising attorneys.
Please do not list anyone as your supervising attorney unless you have actually spoken to them and confirmed that they will supervise the project this year, regardless of whether that person supervised your project in the past. Please also make sure they understand their responsibilities as a supervising attorney: they must review and take responsibility all student work product before it is presented to a client or to the public.
4. Organizational email address for your SLP.
If you haven’t done so already, please create an organizational email address for your SLP (law.berkeley.edu or gmail) to preserve institutional memory for future leaders and to create an account that multiple people can access.This email address will be published on the website and in informational materials.
5. Description of the work your SLP will be doing during the 2017-2018 academic year.
For example, will you be continuing clinics from last year? If research-based, do you know your the topics? What kind of work will students be doing?Please include the lawyering skills students will have an opportunity to learn and use.
6. Your most accurate estimate of the time commitment (including trainings) and any other expectations for student members. Please specify whether that time commitment is weekly, monthly, or per semester.
7. Application questions specific to your SLP (in addition to the general questions asked of all applicants).
If your SLP meets on regular basis at a specific time (e.g., weekly clinics or research meetings), please include a question regarding applicants’ availability to volunteer during those times. For your reference, the general questions are on pages 3-4 of this form.
8. Any other comments or notes.
SLPS Application General Questions (required for all applicants)
For reference only
1.First Name
2.Last Name
3.Graduation Year
4.Program and Class Level (JD 1L, JD 2L, JD 3L or LLM)
5.Preferred Email Address
6.Permanent Email Address
7.First Choice SLP
8.Second Choice SLP [or “none”]
9.Third Choice SLP [or “none”]
10.Fourth Choice SLP [or “none”]
11.Fifth Choice SLP [or “none”]
12.Do you speak any language other than English?
13.If yes, which one(s)? [Check boxes and/or write in “other”]
a.None/Not Applicable
b.Arabic
c.Chinese – Cantonese
d.Chinese – Mandarin
e.French
f.Hindi
g.Japanese
h.K’iche’
i.Korean
j.Farsi
k.Mam
l.Russian
m.Spanish
n.Tagalog
o.Tamil
p.Thai
q.Turkish
r.Vietnamese
s.Other
14.Are you able and willing to assist clients in that language?
15.Do you have access to a vehicle?
16.If you have access to a vehicle, how many passengers are you willing and able to take with you?
17.What other activities do you plan to participate in this year?
a.Boalt Hall Student Association
b.Board of Advocates
c.Clinic
d.Intramural Sports
e.Journal
f.Paid employment/work
g.Student organization(s)
h.Volunteer work/community service other than SLPS
i.Not sure yet
j.Other
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