The University of Alabama School of Law, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama, and the local office of the state’s parole board recently opened a new monthly law clinic for former inmates.
Student volunteers help run the clinic that is the first of its kind in Alabama. It is designed to help former inmates re-enter the community, Jeremy Sherer, community outreach coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, told The Tuscaloosa News.
About 10 students collect information about participants and refer them for legal and other services within Tuscaloosa.
“The needs determine how the students help them,” said Glory McLaughlin, assistant dean for Public Interest.
For more, read “New Clinic Provides Legal Services to Former Inmates.”
