The 2009 AmeriCorps Legal Fellow Forum is now ready for all of you to use! You can can access the forum through this page, the resource column on the right, or at the top of the page.

The AmeriCorps Forum is an online, interactive site that allows every AmeriCorps Fellow to access information about this program as well as communicate with any or all members across the country. This forum is designed specifically for you as an AmeriCorps Legal Fellow and is password protected. If you lost, or did not receive the password, please email Martin Costello. 

AmeriCorps Legal Fellow Highlights

• Your education award and student debt - All of the information you need to understand the Segal Education Award and student debt issues.
• Contact Information - To begin, we provide you with the business contact information for every AmeriCorps Legal Fellow.
• Post-graduate employment - Information and tips for securing a placement after your term of service is complete.
• The Class Representative program - Information will be posted shortly about the class reps, including the new exchange program.
• Resource sharing - You can share resources and have conversations about the new Recovery Grant, foreclosure program, or any other topic you wish. Please look for information shortly about how to access sample legal documents, such as briefs, motions, and other pleadings from national databases.

Feel free to post general questions if you cannot find what your need. I will respond on the forum so all of you have access to the same information. You will need to visit www.equaljusticeworks.org/forums and signup to get access to all of this information. Registration takes about 30 seconds.

Other Important Forums

• Student Debt Relief - A great resource about law school debt, CCRAA, IBR, public service loan forgiveness and other issues. If you are not familiar with these issues and terms, you NEED to start checking out the discussion!
• Open Discussion - Topics on various legal issues with people all over the country.

Forum Tools

You now can keep better tabs on what is happening on our forums without logging in to the forum to look for postings. 

• Email Delivery - To subscribe to a forum (after creating your account) to have emails of posting delivered right to your inbox, click the 'Forum Tools' link in the forums above the list of threads then select 'Subscribe to Forum'. You will then have the option to choose the subscription mode for this forum (daily weekly or even instant emails).Use this tool for the password protected AmeriCorps Forum.
• RSS Reader - If you currently use an RSS reader, you may now subscribe to Equal Justice Works Forums and receive updates to your reader. Please visit the RSS Page on the Forum. You can use this tool for any of the open forums (non-password protected).

More detailed information about subscriptions and feed can be found in the forum.