Copyright ©2014 Law Students for Reproductive Justice. All rights reserved. Law Students for...

Copyright ©2014 Law Students for Reproductive Justice. All rights reserved.

Law Students for Reproductive Justice

WELCOME2014 Summer Intern Training onReproductive Rights Law & Policy

Thank you National Women’s Law Center

Introduction to LSRJ

Lillian HewkoReproductive Justice Fellow

Former Director on LSRJ National Board




Overview

Nationwide network of law students, professors, and lawyers

Trains and mobilizes law students and new lawyers across the country to foster legal expertise and support for the realization of reproductive justice.

LSRJ National Office Staff

Oakland




Issues & Values

Comprehensive reproductive healthcare

Sex and sexuality education Free from coercion, discrimination

and violence Identity impacts one’s access to

reproductive justice



Issues & Values

Reproductive Justice will exist when… all people can exercise the rights and

access the resources they need to thrive

to decide WHETHER, WHEN, and HOW to have and parent children

with dignity, free from discrimination, coercion, or violence.

LSRJ values: Dignity, Empowerment, Diversity, Intersectionality, Equality, Law & Autonomy



Action Areas

Curriculum Enrichment

Campus Organizing

Professional Training

Community Building



Action Areas Curriculum Enrichment

Course Campaign Support Constitutional Law & Human Rights Law

Primers Issue-Specific Fact Sheets Sarah Weddington Writing Prize Online Resource Guide Summer RJ Webiners (CLE Credit) Webinar Wednesdays in October



Action Areas

Campus Organizing Support and advise students on 100+

campuses Easy-Events-in-an-Envelope

(email [email protected])



Action Areas

Professional Training Internship & Fellowship Guide National Office Legal Internship

([email protected]) Multi-city Summer Intern Trainings Summer Networking Lunch Series NEW: RJ Legal Research Initiative



Action Areas

Professional Training Reproductive Justice Fellowship

Program New RJ-HIV Fellowships www.RJFP.lsrj.org



Action Areas

Community Building Alumni Network Regional Conferences www.LSRJ.org Facebook + Twitter RepoRepro Blog (RepoRepro.lsrj.org) 2014 Leadership Institute

at George Washington Univ.(July 19-20)



Get Involved

Start or join a chapter Regional Coordinator National Board of Directors Intern: Fall, Spring & Summer Compete for the Writing Prize Apply for the RJFP Blog for us at RepoRepro Award Selection Committees LI Steering Committee



For More Information

www.LSRJ.org Blog – RepoRepro EEEs Fact Sheets Internship Guide Publications Resource Guide Speakers Directory Trainings and Events

Email us

[email protected]

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