Miami Law Legal Corps - General Overview for Host Organizations

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The University of Miami School of Law Legal Corps is an ambitious, postgraduate fellowship program that provides public interest organizations, government agencies, and the judiciary with bar certified, legal talent.

Benefits of Legal Corps to Organizations

• Provides talented graduates—admitted to a state bar—at no cost to agencies
• Affords underfunded and understaffed public sector legal agencies the benefit of diverse and talented recent Miami Law graduates.
• Furthers Miami Law's commitment to public service for the community and our students

Responsibilities for Agencies Participating as a Host Organization

• Provide Fellows with adequate supervision;
• Support Fellows in fulfilling their Legal Corps monthly reporting and time certification requirements as well with their Legal Corps CLE trainings; and
• Complete a mid-term and a final evaluation of the Fellows;
• Cover Fellows under their malpractice liability insurance unless, as with federal and state agencies, certain laws exist to protect the work performed by federal and state employees, or the agency is self-insured. (This requirement does not apply to host organizations that do not engage in client representation or to the judiciary.)

Benefits to Students

The program also advances the school's dedication to its graduates. Eligible Miami Law graduates who have been admitted to a state bar may choose from a number of different placements with benefits including:

• Far-reaching and varied placements within the government, judicial, and public interest sectors, including numerous participating host organizations with several hundred placements from which Fellows may choose;
• Dynamic opportunities for Fellows to use their legal skills in the public sector, while receiving training and experience by working on important substantive legal issues;
• Monthly fellowship stipends of $2,500 for up to six months;
• Professional development workshops for which Fellows receive up to 20 hours of continuing legal education credits; and
• Career development assistance in furthering the Fellows' career goals.

All Legal Corps placements are subject to the approval of the Miami Law Legal Corps Committee.

For More Information

Government agencies, judicial chambers, and 501(c)3 tax-exempt organizations may contact Legal Corps at legalcorps@law.miami.edu for information about the program, including how to register as a host organization.