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A Partnership Linking Students and Legal Professionals through

Volunteer Opportunities

In the fall of 1999, the Volunteer Lawyers Program and the University of Arizona

James E. Rogers College of Law formed a partnership, VLP Advocates, to help

deliver legal services to those Pima County residents most in need of civil legal

help.  The idea behind the partnership began to take shape when law students

who serve on the University's Community Service Board began to discuss ways

in which law students could get involved in law-related community service. 

To date, more than 480 law students have volunteered with the VLP.  In 2005

alone, 124 law students volunteered their time through the VLP, up from 110 in

2004 and 77 in 2003.  These law students will touch approximately 1,000 cases

this year, almost one third of the total cases handled by the VLP annually.