David Son
- To Volunteer, Contact:
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Location:
900 S. CrenshawLos Angeles 90019
- Phone: 3239377818
- Website: http://krcla.org/blog/c/l/english/
- Email: David@krcla.org
Organization
The Korean Resource Center (KRC, ????) was founded in 1983 to empower Korean American community, low-income immigrant and people of color communities through a holistic model that combines education, social services, and culture with effective community advocacy and organizing. KRC is guided by the principles Live Rightly, Know our Roots, Empower Ourselves, and Live in Harmony.
Program
The Korean Resource Center (KRC) is seeking interns to work in the Immigrant Rights Program (IRP). KRC's Immigrant Rights Program was established to build up the voice of the Korean community through increased civic participation. To this end, KRC offers naturalization application assistance and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) application assistance.
Position
The IRP Intern will help KRC's IRP team process naturalization and DACA applications and give support to the IRP Staff Attorney. The IRP Intern's duties includes but is not limited to, helping to manage the DACA information hotline, conducting intake for potential DACA applicants, giving application assistance and providing administrative support in the overall execution of naturalization and DACA related activities.
- County(s) of Volunteer Opportunity: Los Angeles, Orange
- Area of law: Immigration & Naturalization, Nonprofit Organizations
- Populations Served: Children, Domestic Violence Victims, Elderly, General Public, Individuals who are not in legal immigration status, Women, Working poor and unemployed
- Opportunities For: Interpreters, Law Students, Lawyers, Paralegals
- Need for non-English services: Korean
- Hours for Pro Bono Opportunities: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
- Malpractice insurance is provided for volunteers: No
- Training Provided: Yes
- Training Required: No
- CLE credit for trainings: No
- Training / Supervision Comments: Training will be provided by KRC's Staff Attorney. All work will also be reviewed by KRC's Staff Attorney.
- CLE credit for pro bono: No
- Mentoring or supervision offered: Yes
- Volunteer lawyers need to meet a caseload or hours requirement: No
- Types of projects in need of Pro Bono help: Client intake and screening, Legal Research
- Volunteers may participate long-distance: No
