Ever since I got into law school and particularly since I started wearing my UH Law Center t-shirts and hoodies, I’ve had quite a few people -total strangers even- ask me for legal advice. Little do they know that they have a better shot at getting our President (happy birthday Georgie, by the way) to pronounce ’nuclear’ correctly than they have at me being able to save them from incarceration/financial ruin or any other such dastardly result.
Who can help however is the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. You’ve heard of volunteer firefighters well here come the volunteer lawyers. We just don’t have the beefcake calendar. Probably for very good reason: There’s nothing like law school to thin out your hair, make you have a huge beer and french fry fueled belly and have sloppy and unkempt facial hair - and that’s just the female law students!
I quite fancy being able to help out with the HVLP when I get my street cred and state licensure but if I end up doing anti-trust, which indigent multinational in Harris County would I serve? I guess it would go the way of my attempts at helping out the Houston Food Bank when I told them that instead of having me lift boxes they should probably just let me do their taxes - everyone would be better off that way.
So if you find yourself out of reach of other sources of legal help and have nowhere else to go give HVLP a call ( 713.228.0732 )
And don’t forget to say ‘thank you’ because free legal service cost someone money. Most likely one of my future colleagues that could have been using it to wine and dine future summer associates such as myself. After all as Abe Lincoln said, ” A lawyer’s time and advice are his stock in trade.”
July 9, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Yeah, something about blawging means you get at least a couple of requests each month. I suppose I should explicitly disclaim my competence to give anyone any legal advice just in case my blawg content doesn’t make that abundantly clear.
July 9, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Wow thanks for the info! I could use a good divorce lawyer.