Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Volunteering Through Project Helping


Outside of being a law student at Denver University's Sturm College of Law, Jacob Scholl's interests include volunteering. As a Kynd leader for Project Helping, Jacob Scholl organizes the monthly activity calendar.

Project Helping is an organization that supports volunteers through coordinating events. It aims to help volunteers improve their communities. The organization’s impact can be seen in the more than 592,000 lives that have been transformed.

The organization’s platform is simple, established to contribute to mental wellness through acts of kindness and gratitude. The organization provides people with several opportunities to contribute to the volunteering community. Kynd Leaders, for example, work closely with volunteers to make sure that events run smoothly.

Other duties that Kynd Leaders perform include being present at events to greet community members. In addition to volunteering, Leaders are the point-of-contact person. They help volunteers answer any questions and take pictures and videos of the event.

The events last between two and four hours on a regularly scheduled day (i.e. third Sunday of every month). Leaders are only required to head one event a month comprised of between five and 15 volunteers.

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Who is Gerry Spence?


Former chief marketing officer and chief operations manager of ComposiGlass, LLC Jacob Scholl is finishing his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in Denver, Colorado. Jacob Scholl also plans is to attend the Trial Lawyers College (TLC) in Wyoming after graduation.

TLC was established to educate and train lawyers and judges in obtaining justice for individuals, especially those who are challenged by corporate and government oppression. TLC is especially focused on defending the rights of “the poor, the injured, the forgotten, the voiceless, the defenseless, and the damned.”

TLC was founded by the famed trial attorney Gerry Spence, who is known throughout the country for his courtroom victories. Since 1969, Spence has not lost a single civil or criminal case. He has won for his clients' multi-million dollar verdicts. Among his most celebrated courtroom victories include the Karen Silkwood case, the Randy Weaver defense, the Imelda Marcos defense, the Miss Wyoming Kim Pring defense against Penthouse Magazine, and the Ed Cantrell and Sandy Jones defenses.

To share what he has learned throughout his career as a trial lawyer, Spence created a revolutionary method for training trial lawyers and judges at TLC. Spence and his volunteer staff at TLC impart important methods and skills to trial attorneys for the defense of people. TLC has particular training program for lawyers in defeating the death penalty.

Spence has received various recognitions throughout his lifetime. He has also authored a total of 19 published books. Although he is already in the 70’s, Spence never retired and continues to do what he loves to do.