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Call for Proposals

By immigrationprof

The University of Chicago Law School seeks proposals from individuals, organizations and groups interested in entering into a joint venture with the goals of: (1) providing high quality legal services to indigent immigrants and undocumented persons in the Chicago area and (2) training law students to identify and help to solve the legal problems of indigent immigrants and undocumented persons. Persons or entities making such a proposal must currently have, or demonstrate the ability to obtain, funding to support the work of the project including the salaries of the lawyers and support staff and other expenses associated with the legal work to be performed. The Law School will provide free space for two lawyers and up to two support staff in its state-of-the-art Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education. Project attorneys will receive appointments as Lecturers in Law from the University.

Proposals should include:
1. A detailed description of the legal work to be performed.
2. Demonstrated experience and expertise needed to provide high quality legal services to immigrants.
3. Evidence that the lawyers are capable of and interested in training University of Chicago law students to become effective advocates for persons with immigration-related legal problems and of understanding the social, economic, cultural and political context of the clients and the legal work
4. A detailed description of the existing or proposed funding for the project.

The Law School will arrange for twenty second and third year law students to assist the Project in performing legal work on behalf of the Project’s clients. Training and supervision of these students will be the responsibility of the Project. Project staff would be expected to work collegially with the other clinical teachers to maintain and enhance the clinical education program of the Law School. Additional information about the Law School’s clinical programs is available on the Law School website: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/academics/clinics.html.

The Project should be prepared to begin operation at the Law School on or about July 1, 2006.

Proposals should be sent, no later than December 15, 2005, to:

Mark J. Heyrman
Faculty Director of Clinical Programs
University of Chicago Law School
6020 South University Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(773) 702-9611
FAX: (773) 702-2063
Email: m-heyrman@uchicago.edu