GSU COL Pro Bono Program

Project Description:
The Amica Center for Immigration Rights, formerly the CAIR Coalition, strives to ensure equal justice for all immigrant adults and children at risk of detention and deportation across the country, including in Georgia. The Amica Center provides direct legal representation, know your rights presentations, impact litigation, advocacy, and the enlistment and training of attorneys to defend immigrants.

Amica Center volunteer translators help ensure all immigrant individuals, regardless of the language they speak, can meaningfully participate in their cases. Translation opportunities involve translation of court documents such as birth certificates, declarations, letters of support, and news articles. No certification is required to be a volunteer translator or interpreter; however, strong proficiency is preferred.

This project will operate as a translator bank for the Amica Center to reach out to volunteers as needed. Volunteer opportunities are shared via email on a weekly basis, and opportunities are flexible – the volunteer can choose their own time commitment on a weekly basis.

How to Sign Up:
Sign up to be included in a pool of potential volunteers who will be contacted on an as-needed basis here: https://amicacenter.givepulse.com/group/1141968-Document-Translation.

Contact Adina Rombro at adina.rombro@amicacenter.org for further information, details, or questions about this project.

After the Project:
Be sure to track your hours here on Track It Forward (click on Log Hours tab at the top of the page) AND track your hours on Inside Law for credit towards your graduation distinction. You can track your hours on Inside Law here: https://law.gsu.edu/student-experience/pro-bono-service-in-the-community/. Click on the blue "Log Pro Bono Hours" button. If you have any questions about logging your hours, please email probono@gsu.edu.