2008 Alternative Spring Break Activities
Spring Break 2008 - Where are we going?
This year, we are again planning to do a spring break - this year’s trip will be much bigger. We are going to send students to three different destinations: the Gulf Coast - New Orleans, LA/Biloxi, MS, Washington, D.C., and Boise.
Here is a short description of the different projects we will be working on:
New Orleans, LA/Biloxi, MS
We will again be returning to the devastated Gulf Cost region. As New Orleans continues to rebuild, many of the outlying areas are being neglected. This year we will be flying into New Orleans, and then working on the legal needs of the people in these outlying areas.
- New Orleans portion - Physical Labor - Help with Rebuilding
- Biloxi, MS
- Mississippi Center for Justice
- Housing Issues created by Katrina
- Landlords who can raise rent in an impossibly tight market,
- Foreclosures, Insurance disputes,
- Contractor Issues
- FEMA benefits
- Mississippi Center for Justice
Boise
- Idaho State Bar’s Volunteer Lawyer Program
- Matching attorneys with pro bono projects
- Idaho Legal Aid
- Indigent civil legal service
- ACLU
- civil rights and civil liberties
- State of Idaho Appellate Public Defender
- Public Defense Appeals
- Advocates for the West
- Environmental law
- Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
- Sexual & Domestic Violence
Washington, DC
- National Veterans Legal Services Program
- Legal Consultation and Assistance for Veteran’s Claims
The UI College of Law will be sending 27 students to these destinations - that’s almost 10% of Idaho law students!
If you would like to donate please send a check to:Pay to “University of Idaho College of Law” with “PILG” in the memo line.
Address
University of Idaho
College of Law
P.O. Box 442321
Moscow, ID 83844-2321
Tax Deductions - All donations made are tax deductible. The UI Gift Administration office sends out the applicable statements.
Jordan Taylor
President - Public Interest Law Group
jordan.taylor@vandals.uidaho.edu
(20 
305 - 2991
