UM School of Law Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships; Nationally Recognized Legal Aid Attorney To Train Newly Minted Lawyers

In Coral Gables, Florida, the University of Miami announces:

• The South Florida community is ground zero for the national foreclosure crisis. In response, the University of Miami School of Law has created Foreclosure Defense Fellowships that will enable newly minted lawyers to give free help to local residents caught in the foreclosure crisis. The School of Law is one of the first schools in the nation to create a program of this kind in response to the crisis that is sweeping the country. Recent UM graduates will acquire real-world work experience and address a serious need in the community at the same time.

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• Eight UM Law graduates were the winners of these fellowships. Six fellows [...] will work for the Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc. (LSGMI). Two additional fellows [...] will work at the Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc. They will receive a limited grant totaling $10,000 in exchange for working at least three days a week for 27 weeks, commencing in early October. The fellows will receive intensive training [...] at a foreclosure workshop hosted by the UM School of Law, featuring April Charney, JD ’80, a consumer lawyer and nationally recognized foreclosure defense expert.

• In addition, three students from the School of Law’s LL.M. in Real Property Development [...] will inaugurate a clinical track in that program by providing 15 hours per week of free foreclosure defense representation. The LL.M students will work under the supervision of local lawyers who also will be working without pay. These fellows will be placed at “The Foreclosure Project,” created by Richard Burton, JD ’74, which provides free legal representation to homeowners facing foreclosure in Dade and Broward counties.

For the entire press release, see School of Law Announces Foreclosure Defense Fellowships.