How You Can Help
Volunteer Application
The DRLC needs enthusiastic volunteers for all our programs. Please call 213-736-1479 to volunteer. If you have skills and talents in areas not listed below, just let us know!
Intake: Return phone calls regarding disability-related disputes, consult with attorneys on recommendations and write letters to callers providing resources and referrals. This does not require legal knowledge or law degree, just the ability to ask a set of questions, listen sympathetically, take notes of the caller’s issue and consult with an attorney as to what course of action DRLC will take. This is a great opportunity to help someone in a difficult situation!
We need Volunteers to assist with calls to the DRLC general telephone line and to the Cancer Legal Resource Center information line. We provide training in interviewing skills, data entry and common legal issues.
Minimum commitment = ½ day (weekdays only). We especially need volunteers in January (January 2-24), May, August, September, and December.
Administration Assist with filing documents, organizing press packets, putting together resource packets, creating address labels and data entry. We also need paralegal assistance with case files.
Event Planning: Enjoy planning parties? This is the opportunity for you! We need volunteers to assist with planning outreach events (health fairs, open houses, training events). You work with staff to create the theme, find location, service providers, entertainment, décor, etc. You can work on the entire event or just one part of it. You can work from your own home/office on your own schedule.
Outreach: Help us by spending a sunny weekend afternoon under an umbrella at a community outreach event or health fair. We train you to distribute DRLC information, answer simple questions and collect information. Minimum Commitment = ½ day (mostly evenings and weekends).
Attorneys: We need volunteer attorneys to assist with special education advocacy, co-counseling in civil rights cases and consulting on cancer-related legal issues (health care, employment, insurance).
*For more information please contact: Naomi Arakawa – 213-736-1479; naomi.arakawa@LLS.edu