WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As a lawyer and Concord Law School administrator, Shaun Jamison impresses upon his law students the importance of giving back and being a force for good.
Jamison, of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, serves as Concord’s associate dean of academic affairs and provides pro bono services through Minnesota Legal Advice Online.
Jamison has supervised three Concord students who completed their externships with the online legal service. The students helped people in need of free legal guidance regarding housing, employment, child support, benefits, consumer rights and debt collections. Jamison also was recently recognized by the Minnesota State Bar Association in the May/June 2023 edition of Bench & Bar Magazine for providing 50 or more hours of pro bono legal services in 2022.
While pro bono work is not a graduation requirement, Jamison says it can be a way for students to explore various legal areas. Students can volunteer on their own or do pro bono work at legal aid offices, with public defenders or at other non-profit organizations serving low-income legal clients. They can earn academic credit for doing so if they complete 70 hours of such work over the course of a semester through Concord’s Legal Education Experience Program, or LEEP.
“Pro bono work is one way for law students and the legal community to help individuals who are in need and might not otherwise be served,” Jamison...
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