Center for Ethics & Public Service
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. 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.
CEPS Programs:
Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program (PREP)
Historic Black Church Program
Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program
Introduction to CEPS
APPLICATION INFORMATION
The Center for Ethics & Public Service: CEPS Application 2012 - 2013
Public Interest Law Summer Fellowship Application 2012
Log-in instructions: Log-in with your full student e-mail address and your password.
Print-out instructions: Please print out the form before submitting it.
PAST NEWS & EVENTS
The 2011 Lawyers in Leadership award was given to Joseph Centorino, executive director of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust. Watch video above or read article.
CEPS bestowed this year's William M. Hoeveler Award on State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
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.
Law students involved in the Historic Black Church Project are creating an oral history archive for church-based communities of color in South Florida. Read More
Students in the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program, conduct ethics training at Miami-Dade Legal Aid Society. Read More
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS
To access the Community-Based Research Papers, please click here.
