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
CEPS QUICKLINKS
PAST NEWS & EVENTS
Film Screening: "G.W. Carver: A Community School"
Read news about the April 5, 2012 event
CEPS and the Education Advocacy Clinic at Florida International University (FIU) have joined forces to develop the Education Rights Initiative - a collaborative clinical effort aimed at training law students about education advocacy. Read article.
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 or read article.
CEPS bestowed this year's William M. Hoeveler Award on State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle.
Watch video.
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
