http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw University of Florida Levin College of Law Thu, 23 May 2013 20:51:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2012/04/center-for-governmental-responsibility-fellows-make-a-difference-with-public-service-4/ http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2012/04/center-for-governmental-responsibility-fellows-make-a-difference-with-public-service-4/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:40:54 +0000 wsmitty@ufl.edu http://www.law.ufl.edu/wpflalaw/?p=4477 The Center for Governmental Responsibility 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 nonprofit 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:

• Dominique McPherson
• Nicole Safker
• Yvette Ceandreas Wiltshire

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