Announcing April 18th Name Change Training and Pro Bono Opportunities

We are excited to announce that Nassau Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.’s Suffolk Pro Bono Project and the Volunteer Lawyers Project – Nassau, The Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission of the NYS Courts, Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF), Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center’s ACLU Student Group, Fostering LGBTQ+ Openness and Respect Alliance (FLORA) Student Group, Public Advocacy Center, and The Office of Diversity & Inclusion are working together to coordinate pro bono legal name change services to low-income transgender, gender non-conforming and non-binary people.

For many transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people, securing a legal name change is an important step toward making their legal identities match their lived experience. A lack of appropriate identity documents can deter people from applying for jobs, school, and public benefits, and can lead to discrimination. But securing a legal name change can be a challenging experience, involving interaction with the court system and judges that is foreign to many people. By providing transgender people with legal representation, we work to ensure that people successfully complete the process and move forward with their lives.

Are you an attorney, law graduate pending admission, or law student interested in joining us to learn how to provide legal name change services to transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary members of your community? On April 18, we will be holding a training session outlining how to provide legal name change services to transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary members of your community.

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Join us in this effort and support transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary people!

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Interested in learning how to provide legal name change services to transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary members of your community?

Register for the April 18, 2023 training here:

Name Change Training Sign-Up

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For someone who is transgender, gender non-conforming or non-binary, a name change can be life changing. Securing a legal name change is an important step toward making their legal identities match their lived experience. Your efforts can make a difference!

Sign up to assist someone with their name change and gain practical experience navigating the legal name change process here:

Name Change Volunteer Sign-Up

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