This past summer, UBSPI (in conjunction with the Maryland Legal Services Corporation and the University of Baltimore School of Law), funded 15 UB Law students to intern at public interest organizations to gain first-hand legal experience serving a variety of communities. Over the next few months, their stories will be highlighted on Out in the Streets.
1Ls and 2Ls: Are you interested in applying for a $4,000 grant to support your public interest work this summer? Applications for 2012 grants are available here. Remember: Much of our funding comes from our annual public interest auction, to be held this year on March 9.
Benjamin Stirling, 2L, University of Baltimore School of Law - Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Spending the summer of 2011 helping the indigent of Baltimore City at the Office of the Public Defender was a rewarding experience. Assisting with cases at the district court level provided the opportunity to positively impact the lives of many people on a daily basis. It also offered the chance to observe first-hand the systemic problems facing Baltimore City, specifically the high incidence of drug abuse. I learned a tremendous amount about Maryland’s criminal process, and doing investigations gave me a chance to get out on the streets and gather evidenceto be used in trial and interview witnesses. By my third day I was on the witness stand testifying about photograph’s I’d taken the day before, while investigating a trespassing case. This was an excellent summer, spent with great people from whom I learned much about law, life and Baltimore.
Benjamin Stirling, 2L, University of Baltimore School of Law - Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Spending the summer of 2011 helping the indigent of Baltimore City at the Office of the Public Defender was a rewarding experience. Assisting with cases at the district court level provided the opportunity to positively impact the lives of many people on a daily basis. It also offered the chance to observe first-hand the systemic problems facing Baltimore City, specifically the high incidence of drug abuse. I learned a tremendous amount about Maryland’s criminal process, and doing investigations gave me a chance to get out on the streets and gather evidenceto be used in trial and interview witnesses. By my third day I was on the witness stand testifying about photograph’s I’d taken the day before, while investigating a trespassing case. This was an excellent summer, spent with great people from whom I learned much about law, life and Baltimore.
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