Information for Law Students

Three Rivers Legal Services utilizes Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Attorneys to recruit, train, and supervise law student volunteers to provide limited and brief legal assistance to low income persons in the 17 county service area. Volunteer opportunities are available in the Gainesville and Jacksonville offices.

Law students wishing to volunteer with the Gainesville office should email pblc@trls.org. Students interested in volunteering with the Jacksonville office should call that office at 904-394-7450.

Opportunities in Gainesville

At this time, Three Rivers does not have summer volunteer positions available for undergraduate students.

Registration for participation the Summer 2008 Volunteer Programs is now closed. Opportunities in conjunction with UF Law’s Fall 2008 semester will be posted on this website in August.

The Three Rivers volunteer programs are supervised by Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Attorneys Debra Rosenbluth and Whitney Untiedt. The primary responsibility of Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Attorneys is to collaborate with community legal aid providers, law students, and law schools to develop quality pro bono opportunities that expand legal resources in low-income and underserved communities. To learn more about Equal Justice Works post-graduate fellowship programs, visit www.equaljusticeworks.org.

For more information about the Three Rivers Clinics and other volunteer opportunities, please contact Debra Rosenbluth (debra.rosenbluth@trls.org) or Whitney Untiedt (whitney.untiedt@trls.org).

Three Rivers offers volunteer opportunities in conjunction with the semester-based course schedule at UF Law. This website will be updated at the beginning of each fall, spring, and summer session with information on volunteer programs