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Veterans Legal Clinic
Meghan Brooks, Director, Veterans Legal Clinic
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Email: meghan.brooks@sc.edu | https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/law/academics/experiential_learning/clinics/veterans_legal_clinic/
Send application materials to: Meghan Brooks
Recruiting for office(s) in: Columbia, SC
Type of organization: Public Interest
Job Title: Rural Access to Justice Fellow
The Joseph F. Rice School of Law’s South Carolina Rural Access to Justice Fellowship (SCRAJ) funds recent law school graduates motivated to serve rural communities in our state. Working closely with the Faculty Director of the Veterans Legal Clinic (VLC), the SCRAJ Fellow will establish intake procedures for and client counseling sites in rural areas with significant unmet civil legal services needs. In addition to providing client direct representation in VLC’s core practice areas of veterans benefits appeals, discharge upgrades, family law, and other income and housing stability matters, the Fellow will engage in broader activities such as advice and counsel and community legal education. Throughout this two-year fellowship, the SCRAJ Fellow will train and work under the limited supervision of the VLC Faculty Director, and collaborate with Clinic staff and students in person and remotely to reach underserved rural communities and deliver excellent legal services.
Time period of employment: full time, ongoing
- Deadline to apply: 29 April 2025
- Anticipated start date: 08/15/2025
- Response method(s): Email
- Materials requested: Résumé, Cover letter, 3
Hiring criteria
Excellent writing and verbal communications skills.
Ability to travel and work independently in rural areas of the state.
Ability to collaborate with law school faculty, staff and students, and with community partners or site hosts.
Ability to work with diverse clients and host communities.