HOPE's Summer Public Interest Fellowship Program, for rising 2Ls with a genuine commitment to public interest work, provides a full-time placement at a South Florida non-profit or government agency (which would otherwise be unpaid), along with a social justice course.
SPIF participants experience firsthand how lawyers can make a significant difference in the lives of clients by representing them in criminal, family/domestic violence, education, disability, housing, and immigration cases, as well as in other proceedings.
Meet the 2024 Summer Public Interest Fellows
See Past Fellows: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
"My experiences growing up in post-apartheid South Africa inspired me to pursue a legal education with a focus on public interest law. Continuing racial and economic disparity in South Africa and here in the U.S.. motivated me to serve low-income communities and advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations that lack meaningful access to the justice system. The SPIF program granted me the opportunity to challenge institutions of mass incarceration, generational poverty, and disenfranchisement."
Christin Swanepoel, Class of 2023
Applications will be available in late 2024 and will be due in February of 2025.
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