Boyd Offers Free Legal Education Classes on Community Law Day
The UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law held its 3rd Annual Community Law Day on Aug. 18.
The on-campus event, which was free and open to the public, featured a series of free legal education classes and helped 176 people this year, according to Associate Dean Christine Smith.
“I think it went great this year. The turnout of the community was a lot better than when we were taking [the legal classes] on the road,” Smith said.
Nevada Legal Services and the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada partnered with the Boyd School of Law on the program. The event was further supported and attended by students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The event offered seven classes, including one on Family Law that was taught in Spanish. Additionally, all class materials were made available in Spanish.
Other classes included Bankruptcy, Family Law – Divorce, Guardianship, Small Claims/Tenants’ Rights, Family Law – Paternity/Custody, and Foreclosure: What Are Your Options.
Smith said that the preparation for the event was mostly getting the word out to the public.
“The biggest task was advertising and organizing the volunteers,” she said.
Individuals who attended the classes were allowed to apply for pro bono assistance while there. Over the last 14 years, Boyd-sponsored legal education classes have helped more than 45,000 people in the community.
Smith said she hopes to keep the attendance figures high and growing.
"We are the state's law school, and we take seriously our commitment to the community," she said in a press release. "Making sure that our students learn, early on, how important lawyers can be to people in need is one of our key missions, and we're so glad that our students can work hand-in-hand with alumni and with attorneys with our community partners—Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and Nevada Legal Services—on this important project.”
Below is a list of volunteers at this year’s Community Law Day:
Students
Michael Alires
Emily Anderson
Elias Askins
Danielle Barraza
Krystopher Benyamein
Bailey Bortolin
Brady Briggs
Sean Daly
Lauren Davis
Katie Derjavina
Pauline England
Tanya Fraser
Genevieve Generaus
Kylee Gloeckner
Laure Guidry
Saira Haseebullah
Rami Hernandez
Kyle Hoyt
Lawrence Ita
Stephen Jackson
Kerry Kleiman
Kostan Lathouris
Robert Loftus
Geordan Logan
Virgilio Longakit
Maria Menchaca
Victoria Mullen
Erica Nannini
Michelle Newman
Michelle Nisce
Michiko Nozawa-Joffe
Joseph Peacock
Jessica Perlick
Shannon Phenix
Shaina Plaksin
Keivan Roebuck
Shaun Rose
Jason Sadow
Neil Sansone
Zacchary Sayer
Tasha Schwikert-Warren
Gregorio Silva
Doug Smith
Michael Smith
Casey Stiteler
Elijah Tredup
Michael Van Luven
Brian Vasek
Allison Vitangeli
Edward Wynder
Jonathan Yu
Elena Zarubo
Attorneys
Kris Bergstrom
Lynn Etkins
Silvina Gimenez
April Green
Dawn Miller
Susan Myers
Christine Miller
Arlene Rivera
Faculty and Staff
Catherine Bacos
Betty Campbell
Tera Hodge
Kay Kindred
Francine Lipman
Cliff Marcek
Derrick Minor
Angela Morrison
Michael Hua
Jean Whitney