State Litigation

3 CREDIT HOURS

Overseeing Professor:
Dorothea Beane, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute of Caribbean Law and Policy
beane@law.stetson.edu

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Program Description:
Students work under the direct supervision of government attorneys from various state agencies. Students routinely draft and prepare pleadings, motions, legal memorandum, and appellate briefs.

 

Placement Locations:
• Florida Attorney General's Office, Children's Legal Services Division (Tampa)
• Florida Attorney General's Office, Civil Legal Services Division (Tampa)
• Florida Attorney General's Office, Child Support Enforcement Unit (St. Petersburg)
• Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Tampa Regional Office

Program Requirements:
• 120 hours per semester;
• Classroom component; and
• 40 pages of research generated writing.

Eligibility Requirements:
• Successful completion of all first-year required courses;
• Minimum 2.7 GPA (for Florida Attorney General placements);
• Pass background check;
• Fingerprinting;
• Successful completion of Evidence (preferred); and
• Approval by the Florida Attorney General's Office.

Application Requirements:
• Submit a completed application by the appropriate deadline (for more information, see www.law.stetson.edu/clinics); and
• Timely submit additional documentation as required for this program. (Students are notified of additional requirements after applying and being provisionally placed in the program.)