AILA Citizenship Day in St. Pete – Legal Pro Bono

AILA’s Central Florida Pro Bono Committee has partnered with Stetson’s Immigration Law Student Association to host a Citizenship Day on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at 6801 38th Ave N. in St. Petersburg. Students will be paired with an attorney or will be handling application preparations of fee waiver/reductions and applications for naturalization. Students are asked to sign up for either an 8:30am-12:00pm or 12:00-3:30pm shift. Fluency in a second language preferred, but not required. No prior experience necessary. Register to volunteer HERE. Eligible for legal pro bono hours.

AILA Citizenship Day in St. Pete – Legal Pro Bono

Bay Area Legal Services Advance Directives Clinic – Pro Bono Volunteers Needed Friday, April 12

Volunteer attorneys and law students will assist in completing advance directives (living will, designation of health care surrogate, pre-need guardian designation) documents. No experience in estate planning or any area of law is necessary. The clinic will take place at 800 Drew Street in Clearwater on Friday, April 12 from 11am-1pm. To sign up for this legal pro bono opportunity, please email Stephanie Storke at [email protected].

Bay Area Legal Services Advance Directives Clinic – Pro Bono Volunteers Needed Friday, April 12

Earn Legal Pro Bono Hours with Teen Court

Teen Court has officially resumed in St. Petersburg at 545 1st Avenue North Courtroom J
this Spring semester. The Court would like to set up a rotation schedule for 2-3
Stetson Law student volunteers each Tuesday evening from 4:45-7pm to act as a
Teen Court Judge or assist high school student attorneys. No minimum required
number of sessions to participate on a rotation basis. All students are eligible to participate. Interested in earning legal pro bono hours with Teen Court? Contact Stephanie Storke at [email protected] to express interest by Friday, January 19.

Immigration Pro Bono Opportunity (Legal) – Lutheran Services

Lutheran Services Florida is seeking 4 pro bono volunteers for Spring 2024 to assist attorneys in providing immigration services. Students will assist attorneys with a wide range of casework, including asylum applications, family-based petitions, naturalization/citizenship, employment authorization, and more. You’ll draft memos, conduct legal research, assist with screenings and client appointments in-person at the Tampa office, and have many opportunities for client interaction. Applications will be accepted from 2L, 3L, and LL.M students. Proficiency in one of the following languages is a plus but not required: Spanish, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Dari and/or Pashto.

To express interest, send your resume and a brief statement of interest via email to Stephanie Storke, Assistant Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected]
Your statement of interest should be addressed to: Ramzy Jawwad, Director of Legal Immigration Services of Lutheran Services Florida, 3625 West Waters Avenue, Tampa, FL 33614
Please address any questions about this opportunity to Stephanie Storke at the email address listed above.

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity – Immigration

Lutheran Services of Florida is seeking 4 pro bono volunteers for Spring 2024 to assist attorneys in providing immigration services, including asylum applications, family based petitions, naturalization/citizenship, employment authorizations, and more. As an intern, you’ll draft memos, conduct legal research, assist with screenings and client appointments in-person at the Tampa office, and have many opportunities for client interaction and to collaborate with Stetson alumni. Applications will be accepted from 2L, 3L, and LL.M students. Fluency in a second language is a plus but not required.

To apply, send your resume and a brief statement of interest to Stephanie Storke, Assistant Director of Public Interest Careers & Pro Bono, at [email protected].
Address your statement of interest to Ramzy Jawwad, Director of Legal Immigration Services of Lutheran Services Florida.
Questions? Contact Stephanie Storke at the email address listed above.

Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program

The student application for the Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowship Program is now open! This program offers 10 Florida law students the opportunity to gain valuable legal experience at a qualified Florida non-profit legal aid organization for a 10-week full-time paid summer fellowship.

Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/FBFITDir/2024-ffla-sfstudent-application.
Visit this page for more information about the program.
Application deadline is February 2, 2024.
Decisions will be made by March 18, 2024.
Students begin their 10-week fellowship on Tuesday, May 28, 2024 and end on August 2, 2024. Each student will receive a $9,000 stipend.

Have questions or need support with application materials? Contact Stephanie Storke, Assistant Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected].

Community Law Program Pro Bono Opportunity

Fulfill your pro bono requirement with a dash of excitement by joining CLP as a volunteer! Dive into clinic operations, own the client intake game, get mentored, and more! Contact Brian Jones at [email protected] to ignite your passion for change!

Stetson Law’s Pro Bono Newsletter

Happy Friday, Students! Check out the first edition of Stetson Law’s monthly Pro Bono Newsletter. This newsletter provides you with information about available pro bono opportunities and is intended to supplement but not replace other opportunities listed on Symplicity, the Docket, and external websites. Know of an opportunity that you’d like to see featured in the next newsletter? Have an idea for a pro bono project that you’d like to see developed? Please share it with us! We would love to support student leaders in developing initiatives that engage students and help close the justice gap. Contact Stephanie Storke, Asst. Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected]. If you are having trouble viewing this Newsletter, visit the Document Library on Symplicity.

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Second District Court of Appeal – Spring 2024 Internship

The Second District Court of Appeal is accepting applications for a Spring 2024 internship position working with a judge in chambers at the courthouse in Tampa (located at the Stetson Tampa Law Center).

This is an ideal opportunity for students interested in gaining an understanding of appellate practice and the inner workings of the court, as well as improving legal research and writing skills.

Interns will review appellate briefs and records, watch oral arguments, conduct legal research, submit written analyses, discuss legal issues with judges and staff attorneys, and attend regularly scheduled meetings. Although this internship is unpaid, 2DCA is happy to work with students seeking course credit or pro bono hours.

Please note this is a general application process. The number of judges able to take on interns varies each semester, but all judges will have the opportunity to review all applications. All interested students are encouraged to apply.

Application Process

Please send the following application materials to [email protected]: Cover Letter; Resume; Writing Sample; Transcript; Certificate of good character and competent legal ability (issued by the law school’s registrar office).

CAIR-Florida seeking interns

The Council on American-Islamic Relations – Florida, the state’s most prominent Muslim civil rights organization, is seeking interns. Interns would be expected to assist with new client intakes as well as providing support in a variety of their ongoing cases, including issues of police brutality, discrimination, and refugee and asylee immigration issues. This would be a valuable experience for students interested in a career in the public interest or nonprofit sectors. Interested students should contact CAIR’s intake coordinator, Silvia Nagi, at [email protected] and provide their resume along with a brief letter of intent. Students are asked to commit to completing at least 5 hours of pro bono work per week. Priority will be given to students who are able to work at CAIR’s office in Tampa for hands-on experience.

Hours are eligible for legal pro bono credit.

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity – Immediate Need

Bay Area Legal Services is seeking support with legal administrative work needed as part of its daily activities in addressing the needs of the community. The work would involve scanning old files/reports and organizing them on onedrive at the BALS office located in the George Edgecomb Courthouse in Tampa. The project could take several hours to complete, but times are flexible. To express interest, contact Stephanie Storke at [email protected].

Take a Pro Bono Case now!

Connecting law students with lawyers to partner on pro bono cases
from local legal aid organizations.

Cases Available Now!

– The Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge connects law school
students to lawyers to work pro bono cases together.
– Cases are hosted by legal aid organizations.
– Visit www.FloridaLawSchoolChallenge.org to pick a pro bono case. The site is open 24/7/365.
– Our FAQs answer many common questions about the Challenge.
Learn More

Video: How to Participate in the Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge
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Since 2019, Florida’s law schools have competed to see whose students can take the most pro bono cases. All Florida law school students are eligible to participate. View previous winners.
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Legal Pro Bono Opportunity 10.3.2023

Opportunity to volunteer during our annual Street Law Program with Pace Centers For Girls. The program is being held on 10/3 from 9:30-11:30AM at Pace Centers For Girls (3139 Dumont Ave, Spring Hill, FL, 34609). 3 students are needed and will work with Dierdre White, Grow’s Chief Legal Officer and alum Mark Osborne, Assistant General Counsel for Grow Financial. The prep would be very minimal (likely less than 20 minutes). Lesson plans will be provided and students would just need to follow the lesson plan and assist the young women (10 total) to understand the basic elements of a contract. Information on the Program is provided below.

Basic summary of the Program: In June 2021, ACC Tampa Bay launched a successful and rewarding Street Law program with students from three Pace Centers For Girls locations in our footprint (Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Polk). The mission of Pace is to provide girls and young women an opportunity for a better future through education, counseling, training, and advocacy. Over the course of two weeks, volunteer ACC Tampa Bay attorneys exposed the young women to the law through a contract module that culminated in a mock negotiation involving a concert dispute. Besides providing an understanding of how contracts and negotiation impact their daily lives, the program allowed the students to have a positive interaction with the legal community and to build valuable skills through communication, advocacy, and public speaking. It was exciting to see the growth of the students over the course of the program as they built confidence and found their voice. In 2022, we continued our program with the Hillsborough and Pinellas centers. This year is being hosted at the Hillsborough (volunteer list is full) and Hernando Centers.

Additional information about the Pace Center for Girls can be found here and a discussion of our 2021 Street Law Program with the ACC Foundation can be found here.

About Street Law and the Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline Program: The Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline Program is a nationwide partnership between Street Law, Inc., and the Association of Corporate Counsel. The aim of the program is to expose young people from diverse communities to everyday law and legal careers. As many companies and law firms strive to implement diversity initiatives, this pipeline program can serve as one component of those efforts. With the goal of encouraging more young people of color to consider pursuing a legal career, the program uses volunteer legal professionals to deliver lessons about the law, engage the students in interactive simulations, and serve as role models and advisors. www.streetlaw.org/acc

Since 2001, a dozen ACC chapters, as well as more than fifty companies, have joined the Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline Program. Street Law matches in-house legal department volunteers with nearby, diverse high school social studies courses. The legal volunteers are trained to develop then visit their partner classes a few times to teach about civil law and legal careers. The chapter then hosts a Legal Careers Conference where the students participate in exciting, interactive workshops and simulations of legal activities and attend a career fair.

If you would like to volunteer, please contact Mark Osborne at [email protected].

Earn Legal Pro Bono Hours – 10/26, 10/27

To celebrate National Pro Bono Week, Bay Area Legal Services (BALS) will be hosting a series of clinics throughout the week of October 22. BALS is currently seeking 10-15 law student volunteers for each of the clinics listed below. As a law student, volunteering at a legal clinic is a unique opportunity for you to gain practical experience, engage with real-world issues, collaborate with attorneys, and make a positive impact on the community.

To express interest in volunteering for one or both of the clinics listed below, please email Stephanie Storke, Assistant Director of Public Interest Careers and Pro Bono, at [email protected].

Advance Directives Clinic

Thursday, Oct. 26, 5:30-7:00 p.m. – George Edgecomb Courthouse (800 E. Twiggs St., Tampa, FL 33602)

Student volunteers needed to help attorneys complete basic advance directive documents and answer questions about estate planning. Law student volunteers will also have the opportunity to serve as witnesses to documents. No prior experience necessary. Public notaries encouraged to sign up for this event!

Family Law Advice Clinic

Friday, Oct. 27, 1:00-4:00 p.m. – George Edgecomb Courthouse (800 E. Twiggs St., Tampa, FL 33602)

Student volunteers will be paired with attorneys to assist with brief advice sessions on family law matters. Student volunteers will be asked to take thorough notes that include the statement of facts and legal advice provided by attorneys. No prior experience necessary. Spanish-speakers encouraged to sign up for this event!

Florida Bar Foundation Pro Bono Challenge

The Florida Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Challenge is now open! The Challenge matches law students with lawyer mentors on pro bono cases hosted by legal aid organization. Visit www.FloridaLawSchoolChallenge.org today to select the pro bono cases that you would like to work on!

Florida Bar Foundation Pro Bono Challenge

Teen Court Returning to St. Pete

Pro bono opportunity providing second chances for at-risk youths (Tues. Evenings)

Sign-Up by Aug. 28

Teen Court is a diversion program that provides second chances for at-risk youths who have not previously been in the criminal justice system and who are not accused of violent crimes. It was conceived as a way to interrupt developing patterns of criminal behavior in youths. The program promotes self-esteem, motivation for self-improvement, and a healthy attitude toward authority. In addition, Teen Court is an educational forum for non-offending teems, who are allowed to participate in the legal process as jurors, prosecutors, and defense attorneys, presided over by volunteers from the offices of the State Attorney and Public Defender.

Teen Court will be resuming in St. Petersburg at 545 1st Avenue North Courtroom J beginning Tuesday, September 12. Ultimately, the Court would like to set up a rotation schedule for 2-3 Stetson Law Student volunteers each Tuesday evening from 5-7pm to act as a Teen Court Judge or assisting high school student attorneys. There is no minimum required number of sessions to participate on a rotation basis.

Interested in volunteering for this meaningful opportunity while earning pro bono hours? Contact Stephanie Storke, Assistant Director of Public Interest Careers & Pro Bono, at [email protected] by Monday, August 28.