2013 Spring Break Application

1. 2013 Spring Break Trip Application

Thank you for your interest in the Spring Break Wills Project Trip! This application is DUE BY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, AT 11:59 PM.

Please take a few minutes to review these instructions before continuing on to your application:

1. Please remember that we will likely receive a significant number of applications and will not be able to take everyone. If you are not selected, it does not mean you are unqualified. There are other opportunities to be a part of a pro bono trip.

2. Please do not include your name in the application as applications will be considered blindly. After all submissions have been ranked, the registrar's office will provide names for the corresponding PID numbers. All students not initially selected will be put on the waitlist. This includes Pro Bono Board members, who are asked to remove any language which would identify you as a member of the Pro Bono Board.

3. Failure to respect word limitations are not per se grounds for disqualification, but may reflect negatively on your application.

4. All applicants will be notified of their status by their UNC email account by TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, AT 11:59 PM.

5. Please review all of the information you have written on your application for accuracy before submitting it, particularly your PID. Your PID is our sole means of identifying you after we have made our selections. If we cannot identify you by your PID, then we will have to reject your application.

Please contact Kelly & Munashe if you have any questions – uncprobonotrips@gmail.com.

2. PID

3. Class/Year

4. What is your gender (for the purposes of assigning rooms)?

5. Have you applied for or participated in a Pro Bono Special Trip (Fall, Winter or Spring) before? If so, list the trip(s) by date (e.g. Spring Break 2012).

6. Do you have a preference for working in Eastern North Carolina (Greene, Halifax and Pitt County), or Western North Carolina (Avery and Watauga County)?

7. Please explain why you are interested in the Wills Project, including any interest you have in civil rights work, any connections you have to Avery, Greene, Halifax, Pitt or Watauga county, prior experience with low-income communities (pro bono or otherwise), desire to gain professional/practice experience, or any other factors you find relevant. (200 word max)

8. One of the goals of the Wills Project is to send a team that is representative of the diversity in the law school. Different factors that we may consider include prior pro bono experience, class year, socio-economic and/or racial background, the type of law you want to practice, and other factors. In what ways do you contribute to this goal? (150 word max)

9. I understand that being selected and participating in the Wills Project trip will require that I:
(1) attend the participant information meeting Wednesday, February 13th at noon in Room 4004;
(2) attend the trainings on Monday, February 25th and Monday, March 4th from 5:30-8:00 PM;
(3) attend the three days of the clinic (March 11,12, and 13); and
(4) help with fundraising efforts, which includes sending letters to solicit donations.