/ en /i-am-grantee/model-practices-innovations/provide-legal-services/shaping-future-lawyers-rural-summer-legal-corps-fellows-share-their-experience <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Shaping Future Lawyers: Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows Share Their Experience</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>sierra-chacona…</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2025-09-24T12:52:56-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - 12:52" class="datetime">Wed, 09/24/2025 - 12:52</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">In this project brief, hear from three former Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows who share how the Fellowship shaped their understanding of the legal aid field and influenced their career trajectories.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraph-types field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--text-and-image paragraph--text-and-image--default paragraph--type--text-and-image paragraph--view-mode--default align-left" id="rural-summer-legal-corps-fellows-share-their-experience" data-title="Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows Share Their Experience"> <div class="paragraph--content"> <div class="paragraph--column"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div> <img src="/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2025-09/ejw_rural-1.jpg?itok=niq-X-Z9" width="500" height="500" alt="RSLC 2025 Fellows" loading="lazy" class="image-style-hero"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph--column"> <h2>Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellows Share Their Experience</h2> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Three former Rural Summer Legal Corps (RSLC) Fellows share with ��è��Ƶ grantees:</p><p>1. Their project areas of focus during their fellowships,</p><p>2. The fellowships' impact on their careers, and</p><p>3. Advice they would offer future RSLC Fellows.</p><p>Read about the contributions each Fellow made to their host organizations' work and how the Fellowship can help law students understand the importance of civil legal aid.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--call-to-action paragraph--call-to-action--default paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--default" id="call_to_action" data-title="call to action" data-original-title="call to action"> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--link paragraph--link--default paragraph--type--link paragraph--view-mode--default" id="link" data-title="link" data-original-title="link"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="https://lsc-live.box.com/s/8h7b4dvc3mfb8hgcf2yof90ivdn6oae8">View Project Brief</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="text-respect fade-in-right"> <img src="themes/lsc/img/decor/respect.svg" alt> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="field field--name-field-pull-quotes-slider-quotes field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="pull-quotes-container"> <div class="pull-quote-slide"> <div class="pull-quote-content"> <p class="pull-quote-text"> </p><p><span segoe>“Learn not to take no for an answer. Always think about the people you're fighting for and the community you're trying to create access for and use that as motivation.”</span></p> <p class="pull-quote-author"> <strong>Hana Lewis</strong> </p> <p class="pull-quote-role">RSLC Class of 2024</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--tile-container paragraph--tile-container--default paragraph--type--tile-container paragraph--view-mode--default" id="related-content" data-title="Related Content" data-original-title="Related Content"> <div class="field field--name-field-plain-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Related Content</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-long-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span segoe>Resources relating to providing legal services:&nbsp;</span></p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-tiles field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden 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field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--call-to-action paragraph--call-to-action--default paragraph--type--call-to-action paragraph--view-mode--default" id="call_to_action" data-title="call to action" data-original-title="call to action"> <div class="field field--name-field-call-to-action field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--link paragraph--link--default paragraph--type--link paragraph--view-mode--default" id="link" data-title="link" data-original-title="link"> <div class="field field--name-field-link field--type-link field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/i-am-grantee/model-practices-innovations">Explore Model Practices and Innovations Resources</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field field--name-field-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items field__tags"> <a href="/taxonomy/term/114" hreflang="en">Outreach</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/112" hreflang="en">Rural</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/205" hreflang="en">Rural Summer Legal Corps (RSLC)</a> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-section-dropdown field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">0</div> Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:52:56 +0000 sierra-chacona@lsc.gov 4712 at /events/rural-summer-legal-corps-may-training <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Rural Summer Legal Corps May Training</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>riversj@lsc.gov</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-03-17T16:13:10-04:00" title="Thursday, March 17, 2022 - 16:13" class="datetime">Thu, 03/17/2022 - 16:13</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-date-range field--type-daterange field--label-hidden field__item"> May 24, 2022 | 12:00am - May 27, 2022 | 11:59pm • </div> <div class="field field--name-field-short-plain-text field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Washington, DC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-event-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/166" hreflang="en">Conference / Forum</a></div> <div class="field field--name-field-event-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">In-Person</div> <div class="field field--name-field-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/198" hreflang="en">Grant Program</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/205" hreflang="en">Rural Summer Legal Corps (RSLC)</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/112" hreflang="en">Rural</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/201" hreflang="en">Training</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:13:10 +0000 riversj@lsc.gov 3833 at