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Founded in 1996, the School of Law's Center for Ethics and Public Service (CEPS) is an interdisciplinary program devoted to the values of ethical judgment, professional responsibility, and public service in law and society.

Programs

The Center observes three guiding principles: interdisciplinary collaboration, public-private partnership, and student mentoring and leadership training. Our goal is to educate law students to serve their communities as citizen lawyers.

Staffed by Law School and University student fellows and interns under the direction of Law School and University faculty, the Center operates educational programs in the fields of ethics education, professional training and community service.

Administration and Faculty

Professor Anthony V. Alfieri
Director, Center for Ethics & Public Service
Director, Historic Black Church Program
aalfieri@law.miami.edu
305-284-2735

Ebonie Carter
Administrative Assistant
ecarter1@law.miami.edu
305-284-3934

D. Porpoise Evans
Visiting Fellow
pevans@law.miami.edu
305-284-3934

Ellen Catsman Freidin
Senior Fellow

Jan L. Jacobowitz, Esq.
Lecturer in Law
Director, Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program
jjacobowitz@law.miami.edu
305-284-8564

Cynthia McKenzie
Program Manager
cmckenzie@law.miami.edu
305-284-3424

Laverne Pinkney
Visiting Sr. Fellow
pinkneyl@fiu.edu
305-348-3198

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address:
University of Miami School of Law
Center for Ethics & Public Service
P.O. Box 248087
Coral Gables, Florida 33124-8087

Street Address:
1311 Miller Drive, Room G287
Coral Gables, FL 33146-8087

Phone: 305-284-3934
Fax: 305-284-1588
E-mail: Ebonie Carter, ecarter1@law.miami.edu

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APPLICATION INFORMATION

Center for Ethics & Public Service Application 2013

PUBLICATIONS

Read about the bios, school and documentary film project "G.W. Carver: A Community School" which focused on a local school in Coconut Grove from its inception more than a century ago to its integration in the wake of the Civil Rights Act.

Read about CEPS Featured in Miami Law's Public Interest Brochure

VIDEOS

Professor Anthony Alfieri and Jan Jacobowitz talk about the Historic Black Church Project.

Jan Jacobowitz talks about the Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program.

About the Center for Ethics and Public Service.

PAST NEWS & EVENTS

Film Screening: "G.W. Carver: A Community School" Read More

On November 12, 2011, the Historic Black Church Program and health and education providers throughout the City hosted a Health and Education Fair in the West Grove. Read more.

Students in the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program conduct ethics training at Miami-Dade Legal Aid Society. Read More