Grant Database

Homelessness and Legal Advocacy Clinic: In-house clinic that provides homeless clients legal assistance with public benefits, family law, consumer law, employment law and criminalization of homelessness issues.

Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights Clinic: represents indigent immigrants of all nationalities in various immigration matters, including refugees seeking asylum in U.S. as a result of political persecution, Cuban and Haitian nationals seeking relief under country-specific immigration legislation, and other vulnerable populations, such as abused spouses and children, unaccompanied minors, and aliens subject to immigration detention at the Krome and Boys Town detention facilities; and Community Development Clinic: provides free legal services for small businesses and non-profit organizations targeting services toward minorities or women owned businesses. Helps agencies with projects for low income communities

The Family Law Clinic (section of the Public Interest Law Center) is an in-house clinic that provides representation to indigent clients in all areas of family law. Also, provides representation in ancillary issues to family law cases, such as bankruptcy, consumer and social security.

In-house family law litigation clinic that represents indigent persons in family court. Representation includes some Hague Convention/out of country missing & exploited children cases.

In-house clinic committed to serving asylum seekers, battered spouses, and other indigent immigrants in need of services including long-time permanent residents facing removal proceedings.

Veterans’ Appellate Rights Clinic: New (2nd year) in-house clinic focusing on Veterans’ Administration (VA) disability appeals for Veterans. Representation includes appealing denial of VA Benefits cases. It does not include initial application for VA benefits. Referrals expected from local legal aids and local VA hospital in Tampa. This is the first and only in-house clinic at Stetson.

Virgil Hawkins Civil Clinics: 1) Full Representation Clinic:family law-divorce, paternity, guardianships, post trial modifications and enforcements; 2) Pro Se Clinic: unbundled family law clinic; and 3) GatorTeam Child Juvenile Law Clinic: represents children in dependency, delinquency, education and social security cases

Children & Youth Law Clinic: Provides legal services for children in the foster care system (in dependency, mental health, disability, education, immigration and other matters), and engages in law reform litigation, legislative and policy advocacy. Additionally, this clinic provides training and technical assistance for lawyers, judges, and other professionals on substantive children’s law, lawyering skills and professional ethics. The clinic also participates in interdisciplinary research and produces legal scholarship and training materials on diverse issues concerning children in the legal system; and Health & Elder Law Clinic: Provides legal education, advice, and advocacy in health-related legal matters, including: advance directives, Social Security Disability and other public benefits, and school issues. The Clinic also teaches health care professionals & social workers how to make a difference in a client’s legal case. The health and elder law clinic receives client referrals from the University of Miami School of Nursing and the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Immigrant Rights Law Clinic: In-house clinic that provides assistance in complex immigration cases including: Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) petitions, Asylum Applications, Cancellation of Removal Petitions, Application on behalf of Victims of Violent Crimes, Human Trafficking Victim and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

Students provide services to clients facing deportation or seeking immigration status in U.S. under a variety of claims, including: VAWA, asylum, and lawful permanent residents (LPRs) facing deportation.

In-house clinic that provides homeless clients legal assistance with public benefits, family law, consumer law, and employment law.

Carlos A. Acosta Immigration & Human Rights Clinic: Represents indigent immigrants of all nationalities in various immigration, worker rights, and human rights matters, including: refugees seeking asylum in the United states as a result of political persecution in their countries of origin, Cuban and Haitian nationals seeking relief under country-specific immigration legislation, and other vulnerable populations, such as abused spouses and children, unaccompanied minors, low-income immigrant worker victims of wage theft, and aliens subject to immigration detention facilities in South Florida. Community Development Clinic: Represents minority business owners and non-profits that are unrepresented due to the high cost of legal services. The legal advice and representation that students provide allows these small businesses and non-profit groups to successfully develop and contribute to the local economy, provide social services, and better their communities overall.

An in-house clinic that provides representation to indigent clients in all areas of family law. Also, provides representation in ancillary issues to family law cases, such as bankruptcy, consumer and Social Security.

Represents indigent persons in family court on matters such as: domestic violence, paternity, dissolution, parental timeshare, marital property, child support, and spousal support proceeding. Other family law cases include Hague Convention/out of country missing & exploited children cases.

Committed to serving asylum seekers, battered spouses, and other indigent immigrants in need of services including long-time permanent residents facing removal proceedings.

The clinic is a year-long, in-house clinic that is designed to serve the needs of Florida veterans, with a particular focus on those whose claims for benefits have been denied by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and who seek to appeal those decisions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

Virgil Hawkins Clinics: Full Representation Clinic: Family law representation (divorce, paternity, domestic violence, guardianships, post trial modifications and enforcements); Pro Se Clinic: Unbundled family law clinic; and Gator TeamChild Clinic: Represents children in a variety of areas: dependency, delinquency, education, and Social Security.

Children & Youth Law Clinic: Provides legal services to children in the foster care system and former foster youth who recently “aged out” of the foster care system. The clinic uses a holistic approach, representing clients on a wide range of legal issues including dependency, mental health, disability, education, independent living, immigration, public benefits, landlord-tenant and other general civil matters. The clinic also engages in law reform litigation, as well as legislative and policy advocacy on issues impacting low-income children; and Health & Elder Law Clinic: Assists low-income clients who are referred through the clinic’s partnerships with health care providers including the UM School of Nursing and Health Studies and Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. Students represent clients in federal and state administrative hearings and in a variety of courts on health-related legal matters. They also prepare wills, durable power of attorney documents, and guardianship documents. In addition, students engage in policy and impact work on a variety of topics related to health care including HIV and confidentiality issues and immigrant eligibility rules. In addition to legal services, the Health and Elder Law Clinic coordinates community outreach initiatives, conducting “Know Your Rights” presentations to client groups and teaches health care professionals and social workers how to make a difference in a client’s legal case.

This clinic will promote economic development by eliminating barriers to employment such as undocumented status, lack of housing, and lack of healthcare for immigrants and farmworkers. It will also educate law students on public interest advocacy. FSU will collaborate with UF to team teach and serve North Central Florida between Madison and Alachua Counties.

The Tax Clinic is a single semester clinic for second- and third-year students. As the only tax clinic at a Florida law school, it serves low-income taxpayers and provides legal representation before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court. Student representatives participate in public outreach which includes community education presentations, particularly for those who speak English is a second language. Finally, the Tax Clinic offers tax preparation services.