Request for Proposals: Due December 23, 2005

Equal Justice Works has established the Disaster Relief Legal Fellowships Program to send up to nine experienced public interest lawyers for two years to the GulfCoastareas hardest hit by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

This new Fellowships Program will place lawyers at nonprofit organizations located in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texasand Alabamain order to help the hundreds of thousands of people left without homes, jobs and social services due to the damage from the hurricanes.

Organizations interested in hosting a Disaster Relief Legal Fellowship can access the request for proposals on the Equal Justice Works website at www.equaljusticeworks.org/disaster-relief.

If your organization is not eligible to host a Disaster Relief Legal Fellowship but has specific resources or expertise you would like to offer to his new program, Equal Justice Works would like to hear from you. Please send an email to disaster-relief@equaljusticeworks.org, describing who you are and the specific ways you can contribute to this program.