Fordham Law School - Veterans Rights Project Coordinator (AmeriCorps Position)

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Recruiting Organization: Feerick Center for Social Justice of Fordham Law School

The AmeriCorps VISTA LEEAP Project at Fordham Law School’s Feerick Center for Social Justice aims to expand Center and partner organization capacity to promote the rights and address the problems facing marginalized and low-income New Yorkers. The Feerick Center Veterans Rights Project (the "Project") Coordinator will recruit, train, and support volunteer attorneys and law students to provide legal information to low-income veterans at colleges and with community partners throughout New York State. The Feerick Center for Social Justice is committed to recruiting, hiring, and retaining a staff from different cultures, races, educational backgrounds, life experiences, socio-economic classes, sexual orientations, ages, genders, and abilities.

Member Duties:

The VISTA will identify and work with established nonprofits that serve veterans and provide high-quality legal services, and identify and coordinate with community-based partners to explore and develop remote (and, depending on public health conditions, in-person) programming. The VISTA will also organize community education workshops for veterans conducted by volunteers focused on VA benefits, consumer issues, family law, housing, and other relevant civil legal services needs at colleges in New York State and other venues where low-income veterans either live, study, work or receive services, and organize an annual Veterans Day Clinic.

This position is a part of an 11-member VISTA cadre at FC and 3 other Project Sites. You will also have monthly check-ins with the FC senior staff, weekly program meetings with senior staff, monthly professional development workshops led by the VISTA Leader, and opportunities to attend NYC networking and training events. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone considering a career in the law, particularly public interest law.

Benefits:

Health Benefit, Living Allowance, Relocation Allowance, Training, Unlimited Metrocard, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend

Terms:

Permits attendance at school during off hours, permits working at another job during off hours

Service Areas:

Community and Economic Development , Community Outreach

Skills:

Leadership, Recruitment, Team Work, Public Speaking, Community Organization, Law, Non-Profit Management, General Skills, Computers/Technology, Fund raising/Grant Writing, Communications, Writing/Editing

Stipend Provided

Training Provided

Housing AvailableFalse

Language/Cultral Support AvailableFalse

Wheelchair AccessibleFalse

Fee RequiredFalse

Fee Amount: None

This opportunity is recurring