York joins The Florida Bar Foundation as grant program officer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Catherine “Kate” York has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable…
Continue readingNelson Joins The Florida Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Program Officer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Claud B. Nelson III has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide…
Continue readingFounder of Space Coast Community Law School Named Brevard County Legal Aid Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Seeing an unprecedented need for legal services in Brevard County as the economy continued to decline in 2010, attorney Brigitta Hawkins created…
Continue readingFlorida Legal Services offers information on Irma-related public benefits and legal aid in multiple languages at Floridalegal.org/Irma
English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português 1 English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português 1 MIAMI – Low-income Floridians who were struggling to meet basic, everyday needs before Hurricane Irma ̶ including non-English speakers, the disabled, migrant farmworkers, and others living in poverty, have seen their problems multiplied in the storm’s aftermath. Read More
Continue readingThe Florida Bar Foundation allocates up to $500,000 for hurricane-related civil legal aid, establishes Florida Hurricane Legal Aid Fund
MAITLAND, Fla. –The Florida Bar Foundation board of directors Sept. 7 approved an allocation of up to $500,000 to support Florida legal aid organizations that suffer infrastructure damage or…
Continue readingFlorida Bar Foundation adopts strategic reset
A year after unanimously resolving to adopt a “strategic reset,” The Florida Bar Foundation’s board of directors June 22 approved a document detailing the approach the…
Continue readingFoundation’s new pro bono website goes statewide
After a successful pilot in Miami-Dade County, FloridaProBonoMatters.org, a new…
Continue readingSearcy Denney makes largest ever law firm gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Gregory W. Coleman, a Florida Bar Foundation…
Continue readingOrlando’s Jane Elizabeth Curran to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2017 Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Jane Elizabeth…
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