FlaLaw » Center for Governmental Responsibility (CGR) Public Interest Law Fellowship http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw University of Florida Levin College of Law Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Center for Governmental Responsibility Fellows make a difference with public service http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2011/04/center-for-governmental-responsibility-fellows-make-a-difference-with-public-service-5/ http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2011/04/center-for-governmental-responsibility-fellows-make-a-difference-with-public-service-5/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:02:30 +0000 wsmitty@ufl.edu http://www.law.ufl.edu/wpflalaw/?p=5044 FellowsThe Center for Governmental Responsibility (CGR) Public Interest Law Fellowship program is a cooperative effort between The Florida Bar Foundation and CGR that began in the mid-1980s and provides low-income and indigent citizens with valuable legal assistance. The fellowships are financed by the foundation from Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) and more than $700,000 has been provided to help pay for the practical legal education of selected third-year law students.

These students, supervised by licensed attorneys, gain hands-on experience as advocates for the poor and serve non-profit and government agencies such as Florida Institutional Legal Services, Southern Legal Counsel, Three Rivers Legal Services, the State’s Guardian ad Litem program and the 8th Circuit Public Defender’s Office. Included as part of the students’ nine-month commitment are projects to promote to the law school and greater community awareness of poverty issues and public interest, and a required course in poverty law. Read each Florida Bar Foundation Public Interest Law Fellows’ article to learn more about their experience: (Photos by Nicole Safker)

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