Ithunyelwe nge-9 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2025
7: 30 am
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igqwetha lamatyala, Jan Roller, Esq., okwangoku weNgcebiso nge UPerez Morris, wayezixelele ukuba ubhubhani we-COVID umlungiselele ukuba athathe umhlala-phantsi. Kodwa endaweni yokuba athathe umhlala-phantsi, umsebenzi wakhe wokuzithandela kwiLegal Aid wanda. Wazifumana esiya kwiiklinikhi zoNcedo lwezoMthetho oluNgcaciso oluNgcaciso kunye nokuqhubeka pro bono amatyala.
“Indigcina ndixakekile,” watsho.
Ngelixa wayefunda kwi-Case Western Reserve University School of Law, uJan wafunda ngomsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho kwaye waqonda ukuba uhambelana nezakhe iinqobo ezisemgangathweni.
Andizange ndiye kwisikolo somthetho ukuze ndenze imali, yayikukunceda abantu. Ndandifuna ukubuyisela, ngoko ke ukuba livolontiya kwiLegal Aid yayilukhetho lwendalo,” utshilo uJan.
Kodwa ivolontiya ikwagcina uJan, ilungu lebhodi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho, ebandakanyeka kuluntu olusemthethweni lwaseCleveland. Oku kuquka ukudibana namagqwetha aselula, nto leyo emvumelayo ukuba abanike iingcebiso njengoko beqhubela phambili kwimisebenzi yabo.
“Kuninzi malunga nokuba a pro bono ivolontiya ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho eyonwabisayo kwaye inomvuzo. Ndifumana okuninzi kuNcedo lwezoMthetho kunokuba ndinikela ngako.”
Ngehlabathi elitshintsha ngokukhawuleza, uJan uyasiqonda isizathu sokuba umsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho uyimfuneko ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
“Kwilizwe lethu ngoku, kukho umsantsa omkhulu phakathi kwabo basweleyo nabangenayo, umsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho awunakubaluleka ngakumbi ukunceda abo bafuna isandla soncedo kunye nobuso obunobubele. "Xhasa uNcedo lwezoMthetho kuba uya kufumana ulwaneliseko nolonwabo, kunye nenjongo."
ULauren Gilbride, iGqwetha eliLawulayo leQela loNcedo loNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye neNkqubo yamaGqwetha amaVolontiya, ubiza uJan njengentshatsheli yokwenyani yoNcedo lwezoMthetho kunye nabaxumi bayo.
“UJan ligqwetha elinoburhalarhume, nokuba umela umqeshi xa egxothwa, unceda umntu kwiklinikhi yeeNgcebiso eziNgcaciso okanye ucebisa igqwetha elitsha njengoko bethatha uhambo lwabo lokuqala. pro bono kumatyala,” watsho uLauren. “Ndinethamsanqa lokuba noJan njengeqabane kubulungisa. Umyalezo wakhe onamandla malunga nokuba kuthetha ukuthini kuye ukubonelela pro bono uncedo lukhuthaze abaninzi ukuba bajoyine uNcedo lwezoMthetho kwaye basebenze nabathengi bethu kuluntu olunobulungisa ngakumbi.
Njengoko egqibezela ixesha lakhe lokugqibela njengelungu lebhodi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho, uJan uyaqaqamba xa ethetha ngalo mbutho.
Ndinebhongo kakhulu ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho lwaseCleveland. Yaziwa kuzwelonke ngomsebenzi wayo omhle kunye nokusungula izinto ezintsha ekuncedeni abanye.
Ukufunda ngakumbi malunga nokuvolontiya ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho, ndwendwela icandelo lamavolontiya kwiwebhusayithi yethu, okanye i-imeyile probono@lasclev.org.
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