Global Law Brigades
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- Category: RSO-Service Organizations
- Description: "Global Law Brigades (GLB) is a secular, international volunteer network of students and law professionals who collaborate with local partner organizations serving at-risk communities to improve quality of life by implementing legal empowerment, human rights, environmental protection, and business law strategies for community development." What is a Law Brigade? A Law Brigade consists of pre-law and law students who collaborate with legal professionals to work with disadvantaged communities to develop and implement legal empowerment strategies. Law Brigades are one-week experiences abroad that include hands-on work alongside community members to promote legal empowerment. Law Brigades currently operate in Panama with projects that complement Business, Environmental, and Architecture Brigades to alleviate poverty, foster human rights, and promote community development. Law Brigades programs create first-hand opportunities for youth and civil society to understand domestic and international legal issues in developing regions including international humanitarian law; migration and refugee issues; business licensing and organic and fair trade certification procedures; micro-enterprise laws; and, environmental and human rights concerns. We empower college students and law students to build relationships with established local and international legal, humanitarian, environmental, and development organizations. Law Brigades creates opportunities for volunteers to work together with communities served by these organizations.
- Website: http://globalbrigades.org
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Organization Contact
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President Name:
Yesenia Vergara
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President Email:
verga104@mail/chapman.edu
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Vice President/ Second Officer:
Tricia Halstead
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Advisor Name:
Dr. Arthur Blaser
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Advisor School Title:
Political Science Professor
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Meeting Day:
Wednesday
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Meeting Time:
7:30 pm
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Meeting Location:
varies
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What unique contribution will this organization bring to campus?:
Chapman University strives to provide a broad range of opportunities that allow the Chapman community to travel, study, and teach abroad. The genuine virtue of a global citizen of which Chapman University strives to uphold, is being culturally aware, open-minded and appreciative of our surrounding cultures. Global Brigades provides this by encouraging student involvement on global issues while nurturing an individuals passion to make an impact in the world in the process. Global Brigades ultimate goal is to extended relationships between brigades and communities that will result in not only the implementation of a variety of projects, but also the accumulation of a vast wealth of knowledge from which future students and communities can learn.
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What proposed activities does your club intend to host?:
Global Law Brigades' main event will be our trip to Panama from May 28th to June 4th 2012 where we will provide pro-bono services and collaborate with legal professionals to work with disadvantaged communities to develop and implement legal empowerment strategies.
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Will this organization be affiliated with any off-campus group or organization, national or local?:
Global Brigades, Inc. (USA)
1099 East Champlain Drive, Suite A176
Fresno, CA 93720Contact: Michelle Menclewicz
Michelle@globalbr...
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When do you transition your officers?:
Fall
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Selection Process:
The GLB membership application is available at the beginning of each semester.