Elder and Disablity Law Internship

4 Credit Hours

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Overseeing Professor:
Roberta Flowers, Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law
flowers@law.stetson.edu

Program Description:
Students will observe hearings, examine guardianship files, review fee petitions, assist with drafting of reports and recommendations, and conduct research on issues pending before the magistrates.

Placement Location:
• Guardianship Hearing Master (Tampa)
• Elder Abuse Prosecution Placement with the State Attorney's Office, 12th Judicial Circuit, Manatee County. 

Program Requirements:
• 160 hours per semester;
• 25 pages of work product;
• Weekly timesheets and detailed report; and
• Periodic meetings with overseeing professor.

Eligibility Requirements:
• Successful completion of all first-year required courses;
• Be in good academic standing;
• Successful completion of Elder Law (preferred); and
• Pass background check.

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 by the overseeing professor of additional requirements after applying and being provisionally placed in the program.)