The University of Arkansas School of Law promoted a free “name and gender correction” pro bono session on Thursday that involved law students helping out.
The law school said the event would provide “free legal assistance” to people who wanted to change their legal name and gender designation.
Trans-identifying people often legally change their name and gender on their government documents — a man who identifies as a woman might change his gender to “female” and his name to “Sarah,” which would show up on his driver’s license, for example.
The event was scheduled for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Fayetteville Public Library and was hosted by Legal Aid of Arkansas, a nonprofit that provides free legal aid to low-income people.
“Volunteer law students and local attorneys will provide free legal assistance to those seeking name or gender marker changes. This…
