Volunteer Interest Form - ASC Clinic Cycle 15 - Six Tuesday evenings from October 28 to December 2, 2025

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At the Asylum Support Clinic (ASC), we assist immigrants as they pursue their asylum claims pro se. ASC’s primary support is to help them to prepare and file their I-589 asylum application, declaration (personal statement), and once they are eligible, to then file their work authorization application. ASC volunteers and staff do not represent asylum seekers in court, but we do help them complete and file their asylum application, with attorney oversight.

The work at ASC takes place in cycles and Cycle 15 will be a 6-week cycle. The clinic meets at a church on the Upper West Side three hours once a week on six consecutive Tuesdays from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.

Each asylum seeker is paired with a volunteer Document Drafter and Interpreter and they work as a team throughout the clinic cycle. At the same time, childcare volunteers engage the children on another floor of the clinic and volunteer attorneys provide guidance to the teams.

Cycle 15 is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 and will proceed to meet weekly on Tuesday evenings through Tuesday, December 2, 2025.

We won’t know until sometime in mid-October if you will have a role in the upcoming cycle. Please note that priority is given to folks who are available for all six clinic sessions. Thanks in advance for signing up and for your patience while we figure out our volunteer needs for Cycle 15.

Email *

Full name *

Phone number *

Did you volunteer with ASC during previous clinic cycles, and if so, which cycles? *

What role would you like to volunteer to fill for Clinic Cycle 15? *

Document Drafter (must be able to bring your own laptop to clinic and be comfortable editing PDFs using Adobe)

Interpreter (need to be fluent)

Childcare team member

Volunteer Lawyer

Clinic set-up assistant (4:30-6:00 pm)

Country Conditions Researcher (remote)

Declaration Drafter (need to be a strong, organized writer and a good listener)

Other:

Required

If you are volunteering as an interpreter, in which language(s) are you fluent, both oral and written?

Do you have past pro se clinic experience in which you have helped draft asylum applications or interpreted for other organizations, law firms or elsewhere?

Ideally, volunteers will attend all 6 sessions of Clinic Cycle 15. Are you available to volunteer in person with ASC from 6:00 until 9:00 pm (4:30-6:00 pm for set-up assistant) on the following six Tuesday evenings: October 28; November 4, 11, 18, 25 and December 2?

Yes.

No, I would need a substitute to join my team on one or more of those clinic dates.

Other:

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If you answered that you would need a substitute, which date(s) do you expect to have to MISS?

Oct. 28

Nov. 4

Nov. 11

Nov. 18

Nov. 25

Dec. 2

If you are not available for the whole cycle, could you volunteer as a substitute?

Yes

Other:

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If you expect to volunteer as a substitute, what dates are you AVAILABLE to substitute this cycle?

Are there any details you would like to share about your availability?

If you are a new volunteer, how did you hear about ASC?

What is your home zip code? *

If you are comfortable sharing, we would love to know what you do when you are not volunteering to help asylum seekers, in case there are other ways we can collaborate together to benefit the people we serve.

Do you have any questions or additional information you would like us to know?

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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