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The HOPE Public Interest Resource Center strives to promote meaningful and progressive learning opportunities for students through programs, fellowships and collaborative ventures with legal service providers. In doing so, we hope to instill a pro bono ethic in students and impress upon them that the privilege of legal education comes with a responsibility to serve others and promote access to justice.

You can help by participating in our Donate-A-Day campaign. By donating a day’s salary (or a portion of that) you can make it possible for students to choose public interest and serve underrepresented populations. In the Summer of 2007, HOPE was able to send 14 students worldwide to promote access to justice and to enhance the delivery of legal services in communities near and far.

HOPE Summer Fellows worked nationally to assist clients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and coordinated access to services for children, homeless, poor and disabled clients in South Florida, Harlem, and the Katrina-ravaged communities of New Orleans. In addition, HOPE Fellows worked to provide legal assistance to marginalized clients in North Carolina, Colorado, New York and Pennsylvania. Internationally, HOPE Fellows also made a tremendous impact. Work with the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) in Geneva, Switzerland and the Violence Against Women Program enabled one HOPE Fellow to promote woman's human rights world-wide with urgent appeals, training, research, and lobbying with committees at the United Nations. A team of Fellows joined the Institute of Justice and Democracy/Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to counter governmental human rights violations against Haitian prisoners and provide advocacy and assistance to grass-roots organizations.

Click here to visit the profiles of our 2007 HOPE Fellows. These placement opportunities, and others, help our students gain meaningful experience while effectuating change for those most marginalized.

From local agencies in Miami to organizations all over the world, HOPE Fellows have the power to make a difference.

HOPE sends a special thanks to the following faculty / staff who have already participated by donating a day: