Ithunyelwe nge-17 ka-Epreli ngo-2023
3: 00 pm
Igalelo, ukukhula, kunye nonxibelelwano-le yimigaqo echaze i pro bono umsebenzi wegqwetha likaJones Day uRachel Ippolito.
U-Clevelander oyinzalelwane, uRachel wayefunda kwi-Case Western Reserve School of Law apho wayenamava akhe okuqala ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho njengevolontiya lomfundi wezomthetho. Njengabanye abafundi bezomthetho, uye wancedisa ekuthatheni indawo yoNcedo lwezoMthetho Iiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziMafutshane.
La mava avuselela umdla pro bono yayiza kuphumelela xa uRakeli eqalisa uqheliselo lwakhe Usuku lukaJones, iqumrhu lomthetho elinamandla pro bono inkcubeko kunye nembali enzulu ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho. Njengomntu omtsha osebenza naye kwifemu, ngoku unokucebisa abathengi kwiiklinikhi zeeNgcebiso eziNgcebiswayo ebumelwaneni.
Ukuthatha inxaxheba kukaRachel kwiNkqubo yamaGqwetha angamaVolontiya kwanda njengoko uRachel wayephucula izakhono zakhe zobungcali ngelixa ebuyisela. Uye wakhokela inxaxheba kaJones Day kwi-Right to Counsel Initiative (RTC) Initiative, bobabini bathatha amatyala e-RTC ngokwakhe kunye nokulungelelanisa amatyala e-RTC amanye amagqwetha kaJones Day athatha. Ngomsebenzi wakhe kuNcedo lwezoMthetho, uRachel uye waba ligqwetha elingcono-elimvumela ukuba asebenzise izakhono ezitsha emsebenzini wakhe kwi-Jones Day-kwaye womeleza amaqhina akhe kuluntu lwezomthetho oludlamkileyo lwaseCleveland.
Uqhagamshelo luka-Rachel kuNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye namagqwetha nabafundi bezomthetho abathe baziva becelwa ukuba bancede uluntu lwabo luye lwamvumela ukuba aqhubele phambili nomsebenzi omtsha njengenyathelo leLungelo lokuCebisa, elibonelela ngokumelwa ngokusemthethweni kubaxumi abajongene nobuthathaka bezindlu.
Unengcebiso kumagqwetha azifumana ekwimeko efanayo namhlanje: “Unesakhono namhlanje sokunikela kumanyathelo oNcedo lwezoMthetho. Kwaye iminikelo yakho yenza impembelelo enentsingiselo ebantwini kuluntu lwethu. Sikunye sinokusebenzela ukuphucula umgangatho wobomi babamelwane bethu."
Uncedo lwezoMthetho luyabothula umsebenzi onzima wethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukubandakanyeka, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu, okanye i-imeyile probono@lasclev.org.