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Both projects operate as the legal arm of interdisciplinary partnerships. Volunteers in the professions of law, medicine, and social work collaborate to offer holistic problem-solving solutions to members of the Downtown and City Heights communities.
CLP Downtown
CLP Downtown is located at the First Lutheran Church near the California Western campus. The project is operated in partnership with the church's Third Avenue Charitable Organization (TACO), directed by Jim Lovell, and the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic Project, a medical clinic operated by UCSD medical students and supervised by Dr. Ellen Beck, M.D. Clinical Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD.
Professor Linda Morton and Professor Kenneth Klein, at the time pro bono director for a local law firm, helped create the project in 2004. The Executive Director of the Community Law Project is Dana Sisitsky. The Operations Director is Tammy Sumontha.
For more information about the Community Law Project, please contact Professor Linda Morton or Dana Sisitsky.
CLP City Heights
A second Community Law Project was established in City Heights the fall of 2009, based on needs identified by alumnus Emilie Farris-Sims, at the time a JD/MSW Intern, under the supervision of Professor Janet Weinstein and Dr. Dan Finnegan at SDSU. The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the School of Social Work at SDSU, the Price Charities Schools Collaborative, and CWSL. Veronica Ayesta, a volunteer and former school legal clinic liaison, has served as Director and has been assisted by CWSL students and alumni.
The Community Law Project is a holistic, school-based service that offers free legal information and referrals for students and parents at our designated school sites. The CLP holds weekly clinic hours at three schools - Hoover High School, Monroe Clark Middle School, and Rosa Parks Elementary School.
For more information about the Community Law Project City Heights, please contact Professor Janet Weinstein (jiw@cwsl.edu) or Veronica Ayesta (Voicemail: (619) 283-6281 x 2267). |
