Student Legal Services Rules and Procedures

1. Effective legal advice and representation can only be given with your full and truthful cooperation. All information disclosed will be held in strict confidence. You must inform your attorney of all relevant facts and keep your attorney updated as to any material change in your case.

2. You must notify this office immediately of any change of address or phone number. If you fail to respond within 30 days to any written correspondence from this office, your attorney may close your file and withdraw from representation without further notice.

3. Legal advice and representation is provided at no cost for attorney’s fees to full-time students. You agree that Student Legal Services may keep any attorney’s fees awarded or agreed to in any settlement.

4. A full-time student for the purposes of eligibility for Fall or Spring semester is a student enrolled in at least 12 semester hours, a graduate student enrolled in at least 9 semester hours, or a student enrolled in the remaining courses required to complete degree requirements at the University of Florida. For summer, at the time of your appointment you must be registered full-time, 6 credit hours, for that semester. By signing this sheet, you are certifying you are eligible for this service.

5. You are responsible for all court costs, expenses, bail bonds, fines, penalties or judgments in your case.

6. Claims against or disputes with the State of Florida, the University of Florida, or other University of Florida students are expressly excluded from coverage, even for advice.

7. Your case may be rejected by any staff attorney when the attorney feels such rejection is required by the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar. Such rejection may be based upon the attorney’s determination that your case involves a conflict of interest or is without merit, frivolous, solely for the sake of harassment, or you are not fully disclosing the relevant facts.

8. There are additional limitations upon the services provided. They are explained in the official program, which is available upon request.

9. Records held by this office may be destroyed after two years without notice. If you want copies of any legal documents in your file, you should request them at the conclusion of your case.