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Originally published in Student
Lawyer magazine, October 2003 (Vol. 32, No. 2). All rights
reserved.
Reach Out to Your Community With Work-A-Day
Law students across the nation will join forces on the last Saturday
of October to serve their communities through the ABA Law Student
Division's Work-A-Day
program. Founded at the University of Illinois College of Law in
1991, Work-A-Day encourages students to volunteer for public service
projects in their communities.
This year's theme is "Law Students for Literacy." Examples
of projects include helping elementary students with their homework
through after-school programs and teaching people to read through
local literacy programs. Students traditionally do Work-A-Day projects
on the last Saturday of October, but many schools do so throughout
the month or the year.
One of the ABA's most important goals is to encourage public service
among lawyers. The Law Student Division supports the Work-A-Day
program as a way to help prepare law students for a lifetime of
public service and volunteer work.
Students interested in participating in the Work-A-Day program
should contact Alexandra Jachimczyk, chair of the Law Student
Division's Public Interest Committee, at alexandraj@ abanet.org,
or visit www.abanet.org/lsd/work-a-day.html.
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