Job’o’th’Week (Fellowship Edition)
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The Organization
The history of the Marquette University Law School dates to the fall of 1892 when students seeking legal education in Milwaukee founded what was to be known as the Milwaukee Law Class. The Law School, which became a part of Marquette University in 1908, is the only law school in the City of Milwaukee. The Law School became a member of the Association of American Law Schools in 1912 and received American Bar Association approval in 1925, shortly after the American Bar Association program of accreditation began. Marquette University enjoys the highest form of accreditation available from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools: accreditation as a mature doctoral granting institution.
The Position
- Train, supervise, and schedule all volunteer law students and lawyers engaged in work with the estate planning clinic.
- Maintain all client files as required.
- Respond to all client requests for estate planning clinic services.
- Schedule estate planning clinic appointments for clients and communicate relevant details to clients and volunteers.
- Attend all estate planning clinics to ensure support and required technology are properly provided for all volunteers and clients.
- Attend community meetings and gatherings for legal aid providers or prospective clients, including but not limited to the Coalition for Access to Legal Resources (CALR) quarterly meeting and the Wisconsin Department of Human Services Office on Aging work group focused on the legal needs of the elderly.
- Assess and recommend for consideration additional estate planning clinic locations and services.
- Participate in the more general but relevant work of the Law School’s Office of Public Service
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as required, assigned, or requested.