El Depa: The Experience
By: Ariyana DeWitz ’24, Student Attorney, Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic After this trip, when I think of Puerto
Tag: #PuertoRicoRecoveryAssistanceLegalClinic
#UBLawResponds Heading Back to Provide Legal/Policy and direct Service in Puerto Rico this January 2023!
Five years ago this month, ten student attorneys from the #UBLawResponds Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic studied for weeks, then traveled
#UBLawResponds Wraps Trip Five, and Promises Continued Service
When naming our clinic (the University at Buffalo’s Puerto Rico Recovery Assistance Legal Clinic), the #UBLawResponds team was focused on
Shaky Spaces: January 2020 Observations on Camps in Southern Puerto Rico
The recent clusters of earthquakes along the southern coast of Puerto Rico have added immense chaos to an already unstable
A Reflection on Puerto Rico’s Home Pride & Community Activism
On the first night in Puerto Rico I found myself dancing, singing, and parading through the streets of Old San
A New Normal: “Please Note the Emergency Exit, in Case It Becomes Necessary”
As our team entered the beautiful legal clinic, one of the very first things the Director said to us was
To the People with a Sense of Statelessness
“Somos dueños de un país sin dueño” We are the owners of a country without a Master (René Juan Pérez)
#UBLawResponds Is Feeling the Earthquakes, Standing With #PuertoRico
Most of our #UBLawResponds team felt the first earthquake. We were doing a short refresher on trauma-informed lawyering and service
Volunteer Staff Attorney Octavio Villegas VLOG from Puerto Rico
Octavio Villegas, University at Buffalo School of Law Class of 2015, has participated in every service-learning trip of the Puerto
Longing to Go Back
My trip to Puerto Rico as a student attorney in the University at Buffalo School of Law’s Puerto Rico Recovery
UB School of Law Responds 