Student Activities

Public Service Commendation Program

• Public Service Commendation: Program Summary Sheet

• Public Service Commendation: Placement Verification (This form should be submitted at the time you ACCEPT a pro bono placement)
   
• Public Service Commendation: Supervisor Evaluation of Student (This form is to be completed by your supervisor and submitted with your time-sheet at the end of the placement)
   
• Public Service Commendation: Time-Sheet
   
• Current Pro Bono Opportunities

A student may earn a Public Service Commendation for each semester in which he or she performs thirty (30) or more documented hours of unpaid law related public service work as identified by the College of Law Public Service Coordinator. 

This Commendation can be listed on resumes and will be posted on the law school web site much like the Dean’s List.

Work performed over the summer will be credited toward earning the Commendation in the subsequent Fall Semester.

The College of Law and PILA will help students find placements with public service agencies, organizations and lawyers engaged in pro bono work. We have a strong partnership with The Toledo Bar Association Pro Bono Legal Services Program, Legal Aid of Western Ohio (LAWO) and Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE). In addition, you are welcome to secure a placement with an agency of your choice so long as you will be directly supervised by a licensed attorney.

The Public Service Coordinator for the program is Kelly Tomlinson of the Office of Professional Development. Working with community stakeholders and PILA officers, she coordinates placements and arranges for supervising attorneys to certify qualifying hours for participating students. Please contact her at kelly.tomlinson@utoledo.edu or 419-530-4996 for further information and to get involved in the program.