{"id":54023,"date":"2022-03-09T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=54023"},"modified":"2022-02-09T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T14:23:22","slug":"pro-bono-opportunity-challenge-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/pro-bono-opportunity-challenge-22\/","title":{"rendered":"PRO BONO OPPORTUNITY &#038; CHALLENGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From January 31 until March 25<sup>th<\/sup> the Florida Bar Foundation is challenging all Florida law schools to participate in the Pro Bono Law School Challenge. This is a great opportunity for students to complete their legal pro bono hours and to network with alumni lawyers. The challenge is designed to connect students with a Stetson lawyer working on a pro bono case from a legal aid organization. &nbsp;If no Stetson lawyer is available, you will be matched with a lawyer who graduated from another school.&nbsp; The goal of the program is to coordinate efforts to provide legal services to citizens who cannot afford legal counsel.&nbsp; By participating in this effort you will help to close the justice gap and fulfill the promise of \u201cequal justice for all\u201d.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are being called to compete with other law schools to see which law school will take the largest number of cases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in need of pro bono hours or students who simply want to volunteer to help serve the legal needs of our community, please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefloridabarfoundation.org\/florida-pro-bono-law-school-challenge\">https:\/\/thefloridabarfoundation.org\/florida-pro-bono-law-school-challenge<\/a> and sign up to assist lawyers working on pro bono cases.&nbsp; Help us demonstrate Stetson\u2019s commitment to excellence in advocacy.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about the challenge please read this page <a href=\"https:\/\/thefloridabarfoundation.org\/faqs-florida-law-school-pro-bono-competition\/\">FAQs: Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge | The Florida Bar Foundation<\/a> and\/or contact us at <a href=\"mailto:probono@law.stetson.edu\">probono@law.stetson.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From January 31 until March 25th the Florida Bar Foundation is challenging all Florida law schools to participate in the Pro Bono Law School Challenge. This is a great opportunity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-54023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty","category-students","tag-pro-bono-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54024,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54023\/revisions\/54024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}