Foundation Initiatives Archives

The Florida Bar Foundation invites participation in Pro Bono Week social media campaign

Posted by Jessica Brown on September 13, 2016

MAITLAND, Fla. – The Florida Bar Foundation invites Florida lawyers to join in its Oct. 23-29…

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Foundation upgrades online pro bono news and information

Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on August 31, 2016

The Florida Bar Foundation is working to streamline and improve statewide online pro bono news and information in order…

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Florida Justice Technology Center holds its first board meeting

Posted by Jessica Brown on September 14, 2015

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Florida Justice Technology Center launches with Florida Bar Foundation funding

Posted by Jessica Brown on July 8, 2015

July 8, 2015 MAITLAND, Fla. —A new statewide nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to justice through the innovative use of technology has been launched with $725,000 in funding from The…

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New access commission shares Foundation’s primary goal

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015

Foundation President Emerson R. Thompson Jr. addressed the media at a Nov. 24 press conference announcing the establishment…

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Fellowship funded by Greenberg Traurig and The Florida Bar Foundation to address barriers to health-care access

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014

International law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP and The Florida Bar Foundation are joining forces to fund…

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Foundation helps lead statewide advances in access to justice

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014

Work has begun on a reinvigorated technology initiative that will help The Florida Bar Foundation further live up to its “Leadership and Funding for Justice in Florida” tagline. “Many people…

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Foundation continues to fund the Innocence Project of Florida

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2013

The Florida Bar Foundation has cut its grants through the Improvements in the Administration of Justice grant program from $2.7 million in 2008-09 to $502,516 in 2012-13 due to…

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Grants update

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2013

The Florida Bar Foundation has provided its legal aid grantees with updated projections for anticipated grant cuts through the 2015-16 fiscal year. By then, the Foundation anticipates that it will…

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Florida Bar Foundation convenes children’s legal services grantees

Posted by Jessica Brown on September 1, 2011

September 2011 by Gabrielle Davis Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, left, with foster-youth advocate Ashtavia Maddox at the Children’s…

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Foundation co-sponsors Florida Justice Summit

Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2009

November 2009 TAMPA — With partial support from The Florida Bar Foundation in the form of a $160,000 grant made through the Foundation’s Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grant…

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