Service Opportunities
Below are several ways to get involved. These are examples of what past students have done. We recommend that you contact the respective coordinators to get involved.
Pro Bono Law-Related Service Opportunities
- 2Q and above
- Baylor Law's National Adoption Day (contact the Baylor Public Interest Legal Society President)
- Baylor Law's People's Law School (contact Professor Leah Teague)
- Baylor Law's Summer Public Interest Fellowships
- Lone Star Legal Aid of Texas (contact Sheryl Swanton)
- CASA of McLennan County (contact recruiter@casaforeverychild.org)
- Family Abuse Center (contact Amy Reagan)
- Greater Waco's Legal Clinic (contact Kent McKeever)
- Participating in the Texas Access to Justice Commission's Pro Bono Spring Break (contact Josh Borderud)
Baylor Law Legal Clinics
- 2L and above
- Estate Planning Clinic (contact Josh Borderud)
- Immigration Clinic (contact Professor Laura Hernandez)
- Intellectual Property Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic (contact Professor Connie Nichols)
- Trial Advocacy Clinic (contact Josh Borderud)
- Veterans Clinic (contact Josh Borderud)
Pro Bono Community Service Opportunities
- Big Brothers Big Sisters (contact number: 214-441-2227; contact email: webmaster@bbbstx.org)
- Communities in School of the Heart of Texas - dropout prevention organization. (Contact Justine Lowery at 254-366-6163)
- Family Abuse Center (contact Amy Reagan)
- Habitat for Humanity (contact number: 254-756-7575; contact email: volunteer@wacohabitat.org)
- Mission Waco
- Volunteer with the Salvation Army
Pro Bono Law-Related Service Opportunities Beyond Waco
- Dallas Public Defender's Office (contact number: 214-653-3550)
- Texas Attorney General Child Support Division - Intern, Volunteer, and Outreach Program
- Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid (contact April Kubik at 512-374-2741)
For the following programs, Baylor Law staff will enter your time into Symplicity:
- Adoption Day
- People’s Law School
- Baylor Law Day of Service
- Baylor Law Legal Clinics
- For Family Abuse Center and Greater Waco Legal Services, ask the volunteer coordinator to turn in your hours to Jill Speegle.
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