Ithunyelwe nge-25 ka-Okthobha, ngo-2023
8: 00 am
Amavolontiya oNcedo lwezoMthetho asebenza nabasebenzi boNcedo lwezoMthetho ukwandisa ukufikelela koNcedo lwezoMthetho kuMntla-mpuma weOhio. Funda apha #MyLegalAidStory kaMike Ungar, ivolontiya elide loNcedo lwezoMthetho.
kuba UMike Ungar, Umlingane kunye no-Ulmer & Berne kunye nelungu leBhodi yabaLawuli boNcedo lwezoMthetho, kwaba "akukho ngqondo" xa wenza isigqibo sokuvolontiya ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho.
“Ndicinga ukuba sinetyala kubasebenzi bezomthetho nakuluntu ukuqinisekisa ukuba wonke umntu uyafikelela kubulungisa,” utshilo.
UMike waqala ukuva ngoNcedo lwezoMthetho kwinkqubo yezonyango ngelixa wayefunda kwiSikolo soMthetho seYunivesithi yaseBoston. “Ndalunyukiswa ukuba xa uthe wabandakanyeka kuncedo lwezomthetho, luya kungena egazini lakho kwaye luya kuhlala nawe ngonaphakade naphi na apho uya khona. Kuye kwathi kanti yinyani,” utshilo. Into eyaqala njengevolontiya yajika yaba yindima yobunkokeli xa uMike waba nguMongameli weBhodi yoNcedo lwezoMthetho ngo-2020.
“Yonke into emalunga nomsebenzi woNcedo lwezoMthetho inomtsalane kum,” watsho uMike. “Ndiphila ndize ndife ngesaci sakudala esithi: ‘Kubo banikwe okuninzi, kufunwa okuninzi.’”
Ngoku esebenza njengelungu kwiBhodi yabaLawuli yoNcedo lwezoMthetho, uMike uyaqhubeka nokwenza umsebenzi wokuvolontiya noNcedo lwezoMthetho.
“Ndiyakonwabela ukudibana nabathengi nokubanceda kwiingxaki zabo,” utshilo. “Ndisoloko ndimangaliswa yindlela ababonisa ngayo uxabiso, yaye nam ndiyathobeka, ekubeni ndilixabisa ngokufanayo ithuba lokubakhonza.”
UMike ebeya kukhuthaza nabani na onomdla wokuzinikela ukuba ayeke ukuthetha ngayo aze ayenze.
“Abathengi baya kuxhamla kweso sigqibo… kwaye nawe uya kuxhamla. Uya kukhula njengegqwetha kwaye uya kufumana amava ukuba anomvuzo kakhulu. "
Uncedo lwezoMthetho luyabothula umsebenzi onzima wethu pro bono amavolontiya. Ukubandakanyeka, ndwendwela iwebhusayithi yethu, okanye i-imeyile probono@lasclev.org.
Kwaye, sincede sibeke imbeko Umbhiyozo weSizwe we-ABA wowama-2023 Pro Bono ngokuya kwimisitho yasekhaya kule nyanga kuMntla-mpuma weOhio. Funda ngakumbi kule linki: lasclev.org/2023ProBonoVeek