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Florida for Equal Justice

Equal Justice America launched our Florida for Equal Justice campaign in 2018. Your support will help us increase legal services to the poor by creating additional Law Student Fellowships in the state, putting more law students to work with Florida legal aid organizations.

Funding for EJA Fellowships for Ave Maria School of Law, Barry University, Florida A&M University, University of Florida, Florida International University, Florida State University, Nova Southeastern University, St. Thomas University and Stetson University law students derive from our Florida for Equal Justice campaign. (To be eligible for an EJA Fellowship, students from these schools must find placements with legal aid organizations in Florida.)

Please help us put more law students to work in Florida on behalf of the poor.

(Equal Justice America is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation unaffiliated with any law school.)
Please click the links below to read more about the students’ EJA Fellowships.

"The connections I've made with local organizations in Miami and South Florida, as well as the support I've been able to provide, have been experiences that I will treasure. I have learned so much about what it means to be a lawyer whose decisions are guided and informed by the needs of the communities they serve through observing the lawyers at Community Justice Project."
Samantha Santoro
NYU School of Law
EJA Summer Fellow, 2024
  • Summer 2024
    • Jennifer Fu (NYU) worked at the Community Justice Project in Miami.
    • Carschana Laporte (Michigan State) worked at Americans for Immigrant Justice in Miami.
    • Samantha Santoro (NYU) worked at the Community Justice Project and Make the Road NY.
  • Summer 2022
  • Summer 2021
    • Megan Acosta (University of Miami) worked at the Legal Services of Greater Miami.
  • Summer 2020
    • Oliver Telusma (Florida A&M University) worked at the Community Justice Project in Miami.
  • Summer 2019
    • Augusto Cividini (Northeastern University) worked at the Community Justice Project in Miami.
    • Rebecca Ramirez (University of Miami) worked at the Human Rights Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables.
    • Angelys Torres (Drexel University) worked at LatinoJustice PRLDEF in Orlando.
  • Summer 2018
    • Celeste Corrales Russano (University of Florida) and Alaina Wilson (Stetson University) worked at Florida Legal Services in Newberry.
    • Elizabeth Hannah (Stanford) worked at the ACLU Foundation of Florida in Miami.
    • Gabriela Ibanez-Alers (Florida Coastal) worked at Three Rivers Legal Services in Jacksonville.
    • Hannah O’Keefe (Loyola University) worked at the Legal Aid Service of Collier County in Immokalee.
    • Victoria Sexton (Georgetown) worked at Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida in Plantation.
I never realized how much legal aid could assist during and after a major disaster. Something that may seem daunting or take months to complete to most individuals, could easily be accomplished with the help of an attorney. My experience working at Three Rivers Legal Services was humbling, knowing that my efforts this summer helping those affected by the hurricane actually made a difference. I know that the work I did this summer helped others for the better. I thought my proudest moment was when I got accepted into Law School but this summer I realized my proudest moment now was being able to help those affected by the hurricane, that were still struggling to get back on their feet
Gabriela Ibanez-Alers
Florida Coastal School of Law
EJA Summer Fellow, 2018
  • Spring 2018
    • Karina Hidalgo-Gato (St. Thomas University) worked at the Legal Services of Greater Miami.
    • Alexandra Horn (University of Florida) worked at Florida Legal Services in Newberry.