Stetson wins award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by an Organization
(L-R): Melissa Mora J.D. ’06, who presented the Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by an Organization; Evelyn Passino, president of Stetson’s Public Service Fellows; and Professor Ann Piccard. Photo courtesy Professor Piccard.
Stetson University College of Law was selected as the winner of the Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by an Organization by the 13th Judicial Circuit and Hillsborough County Bar Association. Stetson’s Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law Ann Piccard J.D. ’85 and Stetson student president of the Public Service Fellows Evelyn Passino accepted the award on behalf of Stetson at the Pro Bono Awards Ceremony at the Chester H. Ferguson Law Center in Tampa on April 19.
Professor Piccard, along with professors Kristen Adams and Judith Scully, leads the Social Justice Advocacy Concentration program at Stetson University as well as Stetson’s pro bono efforts. Stetson was the first law school to require pro bono service of its students in the state of Florida, and Stetson students donate thousands of pro bono hours annually.
“It’s tremendously gratifying to see our students’ pro bono work recognized by the members of the 13th Judicial Circuit and the Hillsborough County Bar Association,” said Professor Piccard. “Our students make a difference every day in communities across the Tampa Bay area, and have done so for decades. Pro bono work is more than a graduation requirement: It’s a professional responsibility, and Stetson Law students know that with the privilege of their education comes the social responsibility to make our communities better places in which to live and work. They make us all proud to be a part of Stetson.”
The 13th Judicial Circuit’s Pro Bono Committee, H.A.V.E. A HEART pro bono program, and Bay Area Legal Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Program congratulated Stetson for being selected for the honor. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine Peek McEwen J.D. ’82 nominated Stetson for the award.
Post date: April 20, 2018
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