Description:

The Education Justice Academy recruits, trains, and supports school board members to increase educational justice and equity at the district level. SLS participants will work directly with EJA cohort members. Each student will meet on a regular basis with their cohort member to discuss the member’s ideas and needs, and will also meet with other graduate (law and non-law) students involved in the EJA Fellowship. In addition to supporting their assigned EJA cohort member, SLS participants will have the opportunity to support research and writing tasks involving legal and policy research and analysis for other cohort members and to assist the EJA curriculum team as needed.

Commitment Required of Members:

Work will take place in Winter Quarter, not before or beyond. An introductory meeting, however, will take place in the Fall Quarter. Once work starts in the Winter Quarter, students will attend regular weekly meetings, each about an hour long. Students should expect about an hour of meetings per week, plus 8 to 12 hours of project work during the Winter Quarter.

Open Membership Spots: 8

Adv. Degree Student Participation: Permitted

Winter Start: All Participants Start in Winter

Eligible for Meeting NYS Bar Pro Bono Requirement: Unlikely

Project Leaders: Jeevan Kirkland