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[DATE]
Founder and President
University Chapter
Global Law Brigades

Dear Potential Global Law Brigades Member:

Congratulations on taking the first step to becoming part of a truly rewarding team! I
(Personalize this quick intro about how you became involved with GLB) became
involved with Global Law Brigades (GLB), a program of the 501c3 non-profit
organization, Global Brigades, Inc. Currently, there are over ten Law Brigades chapters
forming at different Universities across the United States. GLB is a secular, international
volunteer network of students and law professionals who collaborate with local
organizations and developing communities to implement legal empowerment, human
rights, environmental protection, and business rights strategies for micro-enterprise
development.

GLB programs are currently based in Panama, where we work with some of the poorest
indigenous and small farming communities. This secular organization empowers college
students with the material, know-how, and support to assess and deliver legal
empowerment solutions in impoverished villages. Our student-driven model rests on
four key assumptions:

1. The world’s poorest communities need legal empowerment, human rights advocacy,
sustainable tools, training and resources to help break the cycle of poverty—not one-
time hand outs.

2. Helping a community develop and function in the formal legal sector builds
opportunities for micro-enterprise development, and promotes long-term economic
independence;

3. Students have the power to bridge gaps that prevent communities from having
access to justice and affordable legal services, and invest funds to address the legal
challenges they need to overcome in order to create stability and alleviate poverty;
4. By partnering with local organizations and legal experts, we help to serve
communities in need. We offer resources including consulting, sweat equity, financial
investment, and success metrics. What we don’t create: false dependencies or empty
promises. What we do create: infrastructure, knowledge and hope.

For the 2009-2010 academic year, we will be accepting approximately [twenty or thirty]
students for our GLB team. After the Executive Board has reviewed your application
and resume, you will be notified via email if you are invited for an interview, which will
take place [select dates for interviews].

Within a week of your interview, you will be notified if you have been extended an
invitation to join the GLB team. If you decide to apply for an open Executive Board
position as well, you must fill out the separate application and attach it to the required
documents. All application materials are due [select application deadline]. Applications
received after drop deadline will not be considered.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions at [your email] or [your phone
#]. Thank you and we look forward to receiving your application and learning more
about you and your possible contributions to our project this year!

Best Regards,

lobal Law Brigades is a secular, international volunteer network of students and law professionals who collaborate
with local organizations and developing communities to implement legal empowerment, human rights,
environmental protection, and business rights strategies for micro-enterprise development.

www.lawbrigades.org