Chosen from a pool of 1,536 applicants, Elon Law students Keely Sewell, Benjamin Snyder, and Michael Sprague have been chosen to participate in the Equal Justice Works 2010 Summer Corps Program.
The three students will be among 577 Summer Corps members representing 153 Equal Justice Works member law schools.
Sewell and Sprague, both rising third-year student, will be working with the Office of the Public Defender in Raleigh and Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. in Greensboro, respectively. Snyder, a rising second-year student, will be working at Legal Aid of North Carolina, Inc. in Winston-Salem, NC
Each law student will each receive a $1,000 AmeriCorps education award voucher upon completion of a minimum of 300 hours of summer service at a nonprofit public interest organization.
Summer Corps members provide critically needed legal assistance to low-income and underserved communities around the country.
In addition, Summer Corps members gain first-hand experience and legal skills in areas such as client intake, individual representation, research and writing.
Summer Corps members are engaged with a broad range of issues, including civil rights, community economic development, death penalty, disability rights, housing, domestic violence, education, public benefits and workers’ rights.
Click here for more information about the Summer Corps program.
By Danielle Appelman, L’12