Logo UPR Resiliency Law Center (RLC). Compuesto por el nombre y siglas del Centro.  Continuo a mano izquierda del nombre se encuentra un globo terráqueo en los colores vino y rosa con una balanza de justicia color blanco.

Resiliency Law Center

We are hiring!

Disaster Resilience Program Fellowship with Equal Justice Works – Fellow will provide legal services to communities in disaster-prone areas creating policy and strategic advocacy to improve preparation and resilience prior to and in the wake of disaster.

Application Deadline – December 17, 2023
Submit Your Resume and Cover Letter to: resiliencylawcenter.derecho@upr.edu

Requirements

    • Juris Doctor from an accredited law school; licensed to practice law in Puerto Rico.
    • 0-5 years of legal services experience (including civil legal aid, law school clinics, and/or internships)
    • Demonstrate commitment to social justice
    • Outstanding verbal and written communication.
    • Exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills.
    • An ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting to facilitate a coordinated community response and provide holistic services to clients.
Disaster Resilience Program Fellowship with Equal Justice Works - Fellow will provide legal services to communities in disaster-prone areas creating policy and strategic advocacy to improve preparation and resilience prior to and in the wake of disaster. Application Deadline - December 17, 2023 Submit Your Resume and Cover Letter to: resiliencylawcenter.derecho@upr.edu Requirements Juris Doctor from an accredited law school; licensed to practice law in Puerto Rico. 0-5 years of legal services experience (including civil legal aid, law school clinics, and/or internships) Demonstrate commitment to social justice Outstanding verbal and written communication. Exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills. An ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary setting to facilitate a coordinated community response and provide holistic services to clients.

Who are we and what do we do?

The UPR Resiliency Law Center is an initiative aimed at shifting the balance of power to local communities in order to ensure that disaster recovery and rebuilding in Puerto Rico is effective, fair, and resilient. To achieve this, we will establish an advocacy center for disaster recovery and climate change awareness, train students, lawyers and other professionals in legal techniques for a resilient recovery and to fight climate change and, also, provide counseling, legal representation and education to individuals and leaders of communities affected by natural disasters and climate change.

The Center focuses on three mayor components: capacity building, advocacy center and legal services. Through our capacity building program, we will train students, lawyers and other professionals on federal recovery funds, contracts and advocacy techniques, building the capacity of local organizations to participate in federal funds and programs, and also advocate for an inclusive and just recovery. On the other hand, the advocacy center will work to promote an effective and equitable recovery and climate risk reduction and awareness, resulting in projects for faster recovery. And lastly, the legal services are to provide counseling and legal representation to entities that are in the process of getting grants and contracts for recovery and to prevent climate change.

The work in the Center will promote a faster recovery in Puerto Rico, ensuring a just and resilient distribution of aid to promote wealth creation among disfranchised communities.  We are striving to develop in this way a repeatable framework for future disaster recovery in Puerto Rico and a more active and educated community in processes of advocacy and good governance.

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