Community Service Project Initiates Law Students to Importance of Pro Bono Work

Connecting with community just one aspect of Community Service Project at the Salvation Army

The first week of classes at Washburn University School of Law ushers in a spirit of camaraderie for new students beginning their journey into the field of law.

As a way to create teamwork among the members of each incoming class and to expose law students to the importance of pro bono service to communities, Washburn University School of Law requires its students to participate in a community service project.

The Community Service Project program at Washburn University School of Law allows law students to experience firsthand the importance of maintaining connections with the community while helping to foster a sense of responsibility for public service.

Twenty-three students plus faculty and staff worked together Saturday morning January 7, 2006 to assist the Salvation Army with a variety of projects, including creating food boxes, warehouse clean-up and office tasks.

In 1999, the American Association of Law Schools' Commission on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities recommended that law schools offer at least once during a student's law school career a pro-bono opportunity for students to volunteer in the community. Washburn University School of Law responded with community service projects benefiting Habitat for Humanity, Let's Help, Marian Clinic, Salvation Army, The Villages, and YWCA.

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Photograph: Topeka Salvation Army.
Topeka Salvation Army, 1320 SE 6th Street.
Photograph: Building boxes to be used later as food baskets.
Building boxes to be used later as food baskets.
Photograph: Tidying up in the children's library.
Tidying up in the children's library.
Photograph: Cleaning up the playground area.
Cleaning up the playground area.
Photograph: Prepackaging food items for use in food baskets.
Prepackaging food items for use in food baskets.
Photograph: Calculating totals from the recently completed Christmas kettle campaign.
Calculating totals from the recently completed Christmas kettle campaign.
Photograph: Fixing ceiling tiles in the meeting area.
Fixing ceiling tiles in the meeting area.
Photograph: More food items being readied for food baskets.
More food items being readied for food baskets.
Photograph: Filing and other administrative tasks.
Filing and other administrative tasks.

(Posted January 9, 2006)