Volunteer Opportunity for Students – VET Fest Community Event
Volunteer opportunity for students seeking service hours or community engagement experience. Bay Area Legal Services is hosting VET Fest, a community event honoring veterans and connecting them with vital resources, and we’re inviting students to support the event in various roles.
Event Details: VET Fest
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
- Time: 3:00PM-7:00PM
Location: 222 22nd Street S., St. Petersburg, FL 33712
Volunteer Roles: Setup, hospitality, vendor support, and cleanup
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Anastasia Jones at [email protected].
Volunteer Opportunity for Students – VET Fest Community Event
Volunteer opportunity for students seeking service hours or community engagement experience. Bay Area Legal Services is hosting VET Fest, a community event honoring veterans and connecting them with vital resources, and we’re inviting students to support the event in various roles.
Event Details: VET Fest
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
- Time: 3:00PM-7:00PM
Location: 222 22nd Street S., St. Petersburg, FL 33712
Volunteer Roles: Setup, hospitality, vendor support, and cleanup
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Anastasia Jones at [email protected].
Volunteer Opportunity for Students – VET Fest Community Event
Volunteer opportunity for students seeking service hours or community engagement experience. Bay Area Legal Services is hosting VET Fest, a community event honoring veterans and connecting them with vital resources, and we’re inviting students to support the event in various roles.
Event Details: VET Fest
Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
- Time: 3:00PM-7:00PM
Location: 222 22nd Street S., St. Petersburg, FL 33712
Volunteer Roles: Setup, hospitality, vendor support, and cleanup
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Anastasia Jones at [email protected].
November Public Interest Newsletter
In case you missed it! Download the Public Interest Newsletter (below) for information about some of the latest pro bono, internship, and post-graduate opportunities in the public interest and public service fields.
November Public Interest Newsletter
Download the Public Interest Newsletter (below) for information about some of the latest pro bono, internship, and post-graduate opportunities in the public interest and public service fields.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Featuring Michael Grunwald
Join us for the November 2025 Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture with acclaimed author Michael Grunwald. Grunwald will explore the themes of his latest book, We Are Eating the Earth, examining how our global food choices shape the planet and influence the climate.
November 18, 2025, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Mann Lounge. Lunch will be served!
RSVP HERE by November 14 for a chance to win a copy of We Are Eating the Earth or Grunwald’s award-winning bestseller The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, to be distributed at the event.
November Family Forms Clinic – Legal Pro Bono Opportunity
Bay Area Legal Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Program is seeking law student volunteers to participate in the Family Forms Clinic at the George Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa (800 E Twiggs St, Tampa, FL 33602).
The Family Forms Clinic is a free program that provides assistance to people representing themselves in family law cases in Hillsborough County. As a student volunteer, you will help pro se family law litigants complete family law forms. No experience or expertise is needed. All hours are eligible for legal pro bono.
In November, the clinic will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am-2pm. Once you select the dates you’d like to attend, you will receive an email confirming your selected dates. Sign-up for 1 or more clinic dates here. You can sign up for as many available dates as you’d like.
Grant Writing Legal Pro Bono Opportunity
The Sunny Center Foundation USA is a registered 501c3 nonprofit organization seeking pro bono support with grant writing to help us secure funding for our programs. Our organization provides transitional housing and reentry support to persons coming out of a long length of incarceration of wrongful conviction. The grant we are currently applying for is the Second Chance Act in 2026, which would enable us to expand these critical programs and better serve those in need. If you have experience with grant writing and are interested in volunteering your skills to make a meaningful impact, we would love to connect. Your support could help us provide new opportunities and hope for individuals working to rebuild their lives after injustice. You can learn more about our organization at sunnycenter.org. If interested please email resume and email expressing interest to [email protected].
2026 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship – Paid Summer Opportunities
The deadline for law students to apply for an FFLA 2026 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship is next Friday, November 7.
- The Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program offers law students a 10-week full-time paid summer fellowship at a Florida legal aid organization.
- View fellowship projects, from organizations including Legal Services of North Florida, Gulfcoast Legal Services, Bay Area Legal Services, Florida Rural Legal Services, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and many more.
- Students can apply here: https://form.jotform.com/252095250994160
- Summer stipends for students are $9,000. 1Ls are also eligible to apply.
Fellowship offers will be released on a rolling basis beginning December 15. Questions? Contact Stephanie Storke, Associate Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected].
November Family Forms Clinic
Bay Area Legal Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Program is seeking law student volunteers to participate in the Family Forms Clinic at the George Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa (800 E Twiggs St, Tampa, FL 33602).
The Family Forms Clinic is a free program that provides assistance to people representing themselves in family law cases in Hillsborough County. As a student volunteer, you will help pro se family law litigants complete family law forms. No experience or expertise is needed. All hours are eligible for legal pro bono.
In November, the clinic will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am-2pm. Once you select the dates you’d like to attend, you will receive an email confirming your selected dates. Sign-up for 1 or more clinic dates here. You can sign up for as many available dates as you’d like.
November Family Forms Clinic
Bay Area Legal Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Program is seeking law student volunteers to participate in the Family Forms Clinic at the George Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa (800 E Twiggs St, Tampa, FL 33602).
The Family Forms Clinic is a free program that provides assistance to people representing themselves in family law cases in Hillsborough County. As a student volunteer, you will help pro se family law litigants complete family law forms. No experience or expertise is needed. All hours are eligible for legal pro bono.
In November, the clinic will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am-2pm. Once you select the dates you’d like to attend, you will receive an email confirming your selected dates. Sign-up for 1 or more clinic dates here. You can sign up for as many available dates as you’d like.
2026 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowships
Funding Florida Legal Aid is accepting applications for their Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program!
- Selected fellows gain valuable legal service experience at a Florida non-profit legal service organization for a 10-week full-time paid summer fellowship.
- Stipends for students are $9,000. A cost-of-living adjustment may be provided to eligible students.
- The organization and the summer fellow are matched using the preferences in their applications.
- The deadline to apply is November 7 at 11:45 pm. Learn more and apply here.
- Up to 30 Summer 2026 fellowships will be offered.
Have questions? Contact Stephanie Storke, Associate Director of Public Interest Careers & Pro Bono, at [email protected].
Mid-October Public Interest Newsletter
In case you missed it! Download the Public Interest Newsletter (below) for information about some of the latest pro bono, internship, and post-graduate opportunities in the public interest and public service fields.
Mid-October Public Interest Newsletter
The latest edition of the Public Interest Newsletter is here, packed with valuable information on pro bono, internship, and post-graduate opportunities in the public interest and public service fields.
Highlights in this mid-October issue:
- Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office is hosting a Lunch & Learn on Oct. 23 at noon in FR Courtroom on their Smart Justice and spring break program. Learn how to earn legal pro bono hours with Miami SAO during spring break.
- The ACLU’s Southern Collective is accepting applications for the ACLU-NBLSA Southern Legal Internship Program. The priority deadline is Oct. 31.
- Applications for Clinics & Externships, including the Veterans Advocacy Clinic and Jacobs Law Clinic, are open. Apply by Oct. 29 for Spring ’26 Clinic and Externship opportunities.
- Stetson Law’s Pro Bono Fair will take place in the Great Hall on Oct. 23, from 4:30-6:30pm. Attend to meet representatives from public interest and government organizations to learn about pro bono, internship, and post-graduate employment opportunities.
Download the Newsletter below to get all the details.
RSVP Now: Faces of the Innocent Event!
VOLUNTEER LAWYERS PROGRAM OF BAY AREA LEGAL SERVICES – SPRING/SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
BALS is accepting applications for spring and summer internship opportunities.
- For spring, they are seeking an intern to work with the family law team out of their Ybor office. Spring internships are unpaid.
- For summer, they will have openings for paid clerkships in the following offices: Plant City, Dade City, the Advocacy department (ABLE) in Ybor, and the Family Law office in Ybor. Summer clerks gain hands-on experience in public interest law, receive mentorship and training, network with legal professionals, and make a meaningful impact in the lives of clients. Clerkship positions are limited to rising 3Ls or higher and recent graduates.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and early submission is encouraged. Learn more, including how to apply, at the flyer below.
Children’s Dream Fund Benefit – Volunteers Needed
Cornhole Classic on November 22nd to benefit the Children’s Dream Fund, volunteers are needed for the event. These hours would qualify for non-legal community service hours.
The tournament will take place from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM at 8223 Verna Bethany Rd, Myakka City, FL 34251. We anticipate needing around 12–15 volunteers to help with the following:
- Parking
- Running and scoring cornhole games
- Assisting at the registration table
- Monitoring the raffle table
- Helping with lunch service
If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to Matt at [email protected] or 941.400.7965.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
We Are Eating the Earth
Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald will discuss his new book, We are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix our Food System and Save our Climate. His book examines how our food system is colliding with the climate crisis. He exposes false solutions making the problem worse while spotlighting the scientists and entrepreneurs pioneering real innovations.
November 18, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in the Mann Lounge
Lunch will be served. RSVP HERE
RSVP to Public Interest Job Search 101
Join the Office of Career and Professional Development for an overview of the public interest and government job search. We’ll cover key timelines, application strategies, and resources to help you find meaningful opportunities with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and legal aid providers, including summer internship and postgraduate opportunities.
FR Courtroom
October 16 @ Noon
Lunch Provided
Sixth Circuit Legal Fair – Legal Pro Bono Opportunity
The Clearwater Bar Foundation is seeking law student volunteers to assist with the Sixth Circuit Legal Fair. The Legal Fair will take place on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 11:00am-3:00pm in Clearwater. Law student volunteers will assist attorney volunteers, who will provide guidance to members of the community on issues related to a wide range of practice areas, including family law, guardianship, bankruptcy/tax, social security, and more. Scan the QR code on the flyer below to sign-up.
RSVP to Public Interest Job Search 101
Join the Office of Career and Professional Development for an overview of the public interest and government job search. We’ll cover key timelines, application strategies, and resources to help you find meaningful opportunities with nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and legal aid providers, including summer internship and postgraduate opportunities.
FR Courtroom
October 16 @ Noon
Lunch Provided
Seeking Nominations for AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll
We are seeking nominations for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Pro Bono Honor Roll. The Pro Bono Honor Roll acknowledges and highlights the exceptional work of individuals engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting their law school community in providing pro bono legal services. Each year, our law school may select up to three individuals to be honored—one faculty member, one student, and one staff member.
Nomination Process: You may nominate yourself or another faculty member, staff member, or student. Each nomination submission should include:
(i) the name of the person being nominated;
(ii) their role (faculty, student, or staff); and
(iii) the reason for nomination, highlighting the significance of the nominee’s work engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting the Stetson law community in providing pro bono legal services (no more than 500 words).
For purposes of this award, pro bono is defined as work that is primarily legal in nature, supervised by a licensed attorney (for law students), not for pay or academic credit, and of service to underserved individuals, groups, or those with barriers to access to justice.
Please submit your nomination(s) in a PDF or Word format to Stephanie Storke, Associate Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected]. You may nominate as many individuals as you would like.
Deadline for Nominations: Please note that all nominations must be submitted by Monday, October 13 at 5:00 p.m.
Stetson Law’s Pro Bono Committee will review all nominations and select three individuals to be added to the honor roll. Recipients’ names will be publicized through the AALS electronic newsletter, website, and at the annual conference.
We look forward to receiving your nominations and celebrating the incredible pro bono work being done within our community. Please nominate someone today!
Children’s Dream Fund Benefit – Volunteers Needed
Cornhole Classic on November 22nd to benefit the Children’s Dream Fund, volunteers are needed for the event. These hours would qualify for non-legal community service hours.
The tournament will take place from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM at 8223 Verna Bethany Rd, Myakka City, FL 34251. We anticipate needing around 12–15 volunteers to help with the following:
- Parking
- Running and scoring cornhole games
- Assisting at the registration table
- Monitoring the raffle table
- Helping with lunch service
If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to Matt at [email protected] or 941.400.7965.
Children’s Dream Fund Benefit – Volunteers Needed
Cornhole Classic on November 22nd to benefit the Children’s Dream Fund, volunteers are needed for the event. These hours would qualify for non-legal community service hours.
The tournament will take place from 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM at 8223 Verna Bethany Rd, Myakka City, FL 34251. We anticipate needing around 12–15 volunteers to help with the following:
- Parking
- Running and scoring cornhole games
- Assisting at the registration table
- Monitoring the raffle table
- Helping with lunch service
If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to Matt at [email protected] or 941.400.7965.
Seeking Nominations for AALS Pro Bono Honor Roll
We are seeking nominations for the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Pro Bono Honor Roll. The Pro Bono Honor Roll acknowledges and highlights the exceptional work of individuals engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting their law school community in providing pro bono legal services. Each year, our law school may select up to three individuals to be honored—one faculty member, one student, and one staff member.
Nomination Process: You may nominate yourself or another faculty member, staff member, or student. Each nomination submission should include:
(i) the name of the person being nominated;
(ii) their role (faculty, student, or staff); and
(iii) the reason for nomination, highlighting the significance of the nominee’s work engaging in, expanding, and/or supporting the Stetson law community in providing pro bono legal services (no more than 500 words).
For purposes of this award, pro bono is defined as work that is primarily legal in nature, supervised by a licensed attorney (for law students), not for pay or academic credit, and of service to underserved individuals, groups, or those with barriers to access to justice.
Please submit your nomination(s) in a PDF or Word format to Stephanie Storke, Associate Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected]. You may nominate as many individuals as you would like.
Deadline for Nominations: Please note that all nominations must be submitted by Monday, October 13 at 5:00 p.m.
Stetson Law’s Pro Bono Committee will review all nominations and select three individuals to be added to the honor roll. Recipients’ names will be publicized through the AALS electronic newsletter, website, and at the annual conference.
We look forward to receiving your nominations and celebrating the incredible pro bono work being done within our community. Please nominate someone today!