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When Cherilyn Hansen graduates from Stetson law school this spring, she will be one step closer to following her passion to serve people in need\u00a0in the community.<\/p>\n

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Cherilyn Hansen starts her work with homeless veterans in the fall.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hansen shared\u00a0that her goal in going to law school was always a career in public service and legal aid. Before law school, she worked with labor unions in New York and Washington D.C. and completed a master\u2019s degree in international development. Her roots in the Tampa Bay area, where she attended Boca Ciega High School in St. Petersburg, drew her to Stetson law school.<\/p>\n

At Stetson, Hansen applied for a competitive fellowship through\u00a0Equal Justice Works<\/a>. With the help of the EJW fellowship, law students can create a role that does not yet exist and serve a need that is not being met in the community.<\/p>\n

Hansen, a student in Stetson\u2019s social justice advocacy concentration<\/a>, said that her work with Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox in Stetson\u2019s Veterans Advocacy Clinic <\/a>opened her eyes to the need for free legal services for veterans in the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cSt. Petersburg has the highest number of homeless veterans<\/a> in the state,\u201d said Hansen.\u00a0\u201cThere are crucially few sources in St. Petersburg providing the free legal services that homeless veterans need,\u201d said Hansen.<\/p>\n

She said she was happily surprised that she was selected for the\u00a0two-year\u00a0EJW fellowship.<\/p>\n

Starting in September, with the help of the fellowship and sponsorship from the\u00a0Greenberg Traurig, LLP law firm and the Florida Bar Foundation, Hansen will begin assisting\u00a0homeless veterans with civil matters through\u00a0Gulfcoast Legal Services back in her hometown of St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is where the work needs to be done\u2013locally,\u201d said Hansen.<\/p>\n

She points to the housing first approach that the Bay Pines Veterans Administration takes to put homeless veterans in a home. Hansen said she would ultimately like to set up a medical legal partnership at the Veterans Administration to help veterans obtain disability benefits.<\/p>\n

Hansen said that she wants more people to understand the great value in doing legal aid work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI recently read a statistic\u2013somewhere close to 70 percent of low income people’s legal needs are not being fulfilled in the community,\u201d said Hansen. \u201cWe need to match lawyers who need jobs with people who need lawyers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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