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Contact La'Verne Edney, Esq., MVLP's General Counsel, at LEdney@mymvlp.net or via telephone directly at 601-360-0212 for more information about ways to volunteer.
Click here to enroll online.
Please click here to print an enrollment form.
Cases available for volunteer lawyers, review here.
Below are just a few ways to get involved.
· Pro Bono Case Acceptance
· Legal Advice Hotline
· Homeless Legal Clinic
· Guardianship Legal Clinic
· Divorce Legal Clinic
· Mediation Clinic
· CLE Speaker/Trainer
· Outreach Activities
· Inner Office Legal Work
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August - September 2009
Lanesha Sims, Esq.
WORKING AT MVLP OFFICES TO HELP MISSISSIPPIANS. Ms. Sims is a native Mississippian, and a 2006 graduate of the University of Mississippi Law School. After completing her clerkship for the Honorable Carl E. Stewart on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, she joined the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project. The month that she took off before starting her career work at a law firm in Jacksonville, Florida, she gave back to Mississippi by volunteering legal services to fellow Mississippians through MVLP. She interviewed clients, prepared pleadings, attended court hearings, manned the Legal Hotline, and provided counsel and advice. She had a very very busy month. She considered this opportunity a way for her to fulfill her oath to provide legal services to those in need.
October 2009
David Strickland, Esq.
October 2009 - January 2010
Kristen Levins, Esq.
Kristen Levins is a 2005 graduate from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law. Upon graduating law school, she began advocating for the rights of children incarcerated in Mississippi's juvenile and criminal justice systems. She has dedicated her career to protecting and supporting the rights of underpriviledged people who are underserved by the legal system. As staff attorney, she has been doing many things. She interviewed clients, prepared pleadings, attended court hearings, represented clients in court, and provided counsel and advice.
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