University of Puerto Rico School of Law
University of Puerto Rico
School of Law
P.O. Box 23349 UPR Station
San Juan, PR 00931
www.law.upr.edu/
Law School Pro Bono Programs
Contact Information
Wanda PerezDirector of Admissions
wperez@law.upr.edu
Category Type
Public Service Graduation Requirement Program
Description of Program
All students are required to take in their last year the course: Legal Aid Clinic (3 credits each semester). This is a live clinic course for low income clients. The 13 sessions including diverse topic, such as: Minors, Inmigration, Mediation, Gay LesbianIn addition, the school provides a voluntary and formal pro bono experience coordinated by a School official. The Enlace Program with students from public high schools adjacent to the UPR campus.
More recently the School has provided ample support to the pro bono services rendered by ANDA an Environmental Law Students Organization which has provided support and orientation to community environmental leaders from all parts of Puerto Rico.
Location of Program
It is located in the Students Affairs Office
Staffing/Management/Oversight
Funding
The first years of The Enlace Program it received grant money from the LSAC.
Student Run Pro Bono Groups/Specialized Law Education Projects
Faculty and Administrative Pro Bono
Service is one of the criteria used for tenure and promotion decisions.
Awards/Recognition
In the Anual Awards Ceremony, a certificate is given to each of the students who participated in the Enlace Program
Community Service
Law School Public Interest Programs
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Contact Information
Rosa I. CollazoCareer Development Director
rcollazo@law.upr.edu
(787) 999-9610
Certificate/Curriculum Programs
Public Interest Centers
Enlace ProgramLaw and Development
Public Interest Clinics
Civil Law ClinicGay Lesbian Rights
Inmigration Clinic
Mediation
Externships/Internships
Students enrolled in a summer internship course worked 20 hours weekly for 6 weeks and earned 2 credits. Placements included community development, environmental law and labor law initiatives. Two students did extensive field work outside San Juan.
Classes with a Public Service Component
Seminar: Law and Development – Aula Verde is a project for the development of economic strategies through nature and the environment in the midst of a public housing project with very high criminal incidence. Through this program former convicts are employed in a butterfly farm that serves as a community enterprise and receives visits from school children of adjacent communities. In 2004 Dean Rivera incorporated this project into the Law School curriculum as an applied research project with an accompanying two semester seminar with an initial enrollment of fourteen students.
Public Interest Journals
Public Interest Career Assistance
Career counseling; educational activities; Annual Job Fair 50% participation of employers from the public sector; coordinated on campus visits of several public agencies; prepared and distributed to interest students and graduates a contact list of the main public interest employers in Puerto Rico; bought directories, fellowship manuals and other resources helpful in the job search process toward the public sector; implemented a School procedure for the nomination of students and graduates to the Presidential Management Fellow Program; provided information of U.S. job fairs (public employers); divulge information of summer internship, fellowships and job opportunities in Puerto Rico and United States.We received on campus visits of several government agencies.
Loan Repayment Assistance Programs (LRAP)
Post-Graduate Fellowships/Awards
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Summer Fellowships
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Extracurricular and Co-Curricular Programs
Student Public Interest Groups
