YLD Service in the Community

​Current YLD Leadership Opportunities
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American Bar Association YLD Delegate
The Young Lawyers Division of the Utah State Bar is seeking applicants to serve a two-year term as the Bar's YLD representative in the American Bar Association's (ABA) House of Delegates for a term to run through the August 2022 ABA Annual Meeting.  The Bar two other representatives in the House of Delegates in addition to the representative from the Young Lawyers Division.  The ABA Members in Utah also have an elected delegate. 
 
The delegate is expected to attend the ABA's Midyear and Annual meetings and to participate in appropriate interim meetings and in conference calls as needed.  There will also be some preparation work to review issues and communicate with and report to the Bar Commission on a regular basis. The delegate also serves as an ex-officio member of the Bar Commission and would be expected to attend regular Commission Meetings.  The delegate must be an active member in good standing of the Utah State Bar and a member in good standing of the ABA and meet all eligibility requirements set forth by the ABA. 

Please send your letter of interest and resume no later than 5:00 pm, Monday, September 23, 2019 to Torie Finlinson at vbf@clydesnow.com

Southern Utah Liaison Opening
YLD is looking for a young lawyer located in Southern Utah to serve as YLD’s Southern Utah Liaison! This Board position will include marketing YLD events to young lawyers in Southern Utah, planning CLEs and events in Southern Utah, and being the voice for young lawyers in Southern Utah. If you are interested, please contact President, Torie Finlinson, at vbf@clydesnow.com.

Project Street Youth Committee Members Needed!
Project Street Youth works in conjunction with the Volunteers of America and seeks to educate and raise awareness of issues facing homeless youth. It also implements elements of the ABA YLD Project Street Youth toolkit for hosting legal clinics to help homeless youth with credit and consumer issues, public assistance and government benefits, tickets, warrants, and minor criminal matters. The committee will also be planning the annual Prom event at the VOA Youth Resource Center (always a hit!) and finding other ways to fund raise and raise awareness to the legal issues facing our community’s homeless youth.  For more information or to join as a committee member, reach out to Erika Larsen at eml@scmlaw.com or 801-322-9171
Upcoming Service Opportunities


​Landlord/Tenant Pro Se Clinic

Sign up to volunteer for the Matheson Landlord/Tenant Pro Se Calendar, a limited scope legal clinic where attorneys provide advice and representation at a single hearing for pro se individuals.  It’s an extremely effective way to do pro bono, and you’re only on the hook for a couple hours.
 
The clinic takes place Wednesdays at 12:45 p.m. and meets at Room S34 of the Matheson Courthouse.
 
This clinic is providing a much needed service to pro se individuals involved in immediate occupancy hearings.  We will have supervisory attorneys present, so don’t worry if you’re not entirely confident with landlord tenant law yet.
 
We also have a debt collection calendar and family law calendars that function the same way – if you’re interested in those areas of law, reach out and Nicholas Stiles can get you signed up.
 
To sign up, contact Nicholas Stiles at Nicholas.Stiles@utahbar.org or 801.297.7027.

Upcoming ​Service Opportunities

Wills for Heroes

Serving Our Seniors
Wills for Heroes is a service project that provides free wills, living wills, and healthcare and financial powers of attorney to first responders (police, firefighters, paramedics, etc.) and their spouses or partners. These one-day events are held every other month at a first responder department or agency in Utah. Participants are trained and provided with laptop computers that have been preloaded with specialized software that allow volunteer attorneys to take questionnaire information previously completed by the first responders and input it to create the estate planning documents.
Serving Our Seniors provides pro bono services to low-income senior citizens. Specifically, the program helps senior citizens prepare and execute critical estate planning documents, such as advanced health care directives and powers of attorney. The event is held multiple times throughout the year at senior centers around the state. Each event offers one CLE credit hour for attorney participants.

Tuesday Night Bar

Project Street Youth
The Tuesday Night Bar Coordinator promotes young lawyers’ involvement with this joint program of the Utah State Bar. Volunteer attorneys are organized by team captains and team members to provide free legal services to the community. The TNB Coordinator also helps refer clients to the Utah State Bar Modest Means Program. Each event offers one CLE credit hour for attorney participants.
Project Street Youth works in conjunction with the Volunteers of America and seeks to educate and raise awareness of issues facing homeless youth. It also implements elements of the ABA YLD Project Street Youth toolkit for hosting legal clinics to help homeless youth with credit and consumer issues, public assistance and government benefits, tickets, warrants, and minor criminal matters. 

Project Street Youth is in need of volunteers during the week from 4 to 6pm at the Homeless Youth Resource Center (888 S. 400 W., Salt Lake City) to provide consults. No expertise in any field is necessary. A consult is typically limited to issue spotting, taking down the name and information of the individual, and providing a brief description of the issue, then passing that information to Todd Livingston, the Project Street Youth Chair. The consults are provided on the first floor at a table in the corner in front of the food service area.

Veterans Clinic

West Jordan Pro Bono Clinic
The Veterans Clinic Coordinator seeks to improve Utah veterans’ access to justice by holding monthly legal clinics in Salt Lake City and St. George. The Veterans Clinic also coordinates with state and national legal aid groups and veterans organizations to identify and address areas of concern specific to veterans. 
Sign up to volunteer for the West Jordan Landlord Tenant Pro Se Calendar, a limited scope legal clinic where attorneys provide advice and representation at a single hearing for pro se individuals.  It’s an extremely effective way to do pro bono, and you’re only on the hook for a couple hours.  
 
The calendar takes places every Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the West Jordan Courthouse, and rotates through all the judges at the court.  Click here to sign up.  We’re trying to get three attorney volunteers per week. 
 
This calendar is providing a much needed service to pro se individuals involved in immediate occupancy hearings.  We will have supervisory attorneys present, so don’t worry if you’re not entirely confident with landlord tenant law yet.