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  • Foundation receives $21,000 cy pres award

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 23, 2019

    The Florida Bar Foundation has received a $21,406 cy pres award from a settlement in a case involving fees charged by payday loan companies. Two cases were consolidated for the…


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  • Foundation surpasses $500 million in lifetime grant funding

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 16, 2019

    The Florida Bar Foundation has surpassed $500 million in lifetime grant funding. With its board’s approval on Sept. 13 of $3.3 million to provide nine grants though its Engle…


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  • Retired Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy Quince appointed to Foundation board

    Posted by Jessica Brown on July 18, 2019

    The Florida Bar Foundation has appointed former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince to its board of directors. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing greater…


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  • The Launch: Claud Nelson, Florida Pro Bono Matters, and Legal Aid’s March Madness Equivalent

    Posted by Jessica Brown on July 18, 2019

    LSC’s Best Practices Corner recently interviewed the Foundation’s director of pro bono, Claud Nelson.


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  • Paul C. Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award presented to Americans for Immigrant Justice

    Posted by Jessica Brown on July 2, 2019

    For its work to reunite children in immigration detention centers with their families, Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) has been awarded the Paul C. Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award. The…


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  • Three Florida law schools awarded in Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge

    Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2019

    The Florida Bar Foundation announced the winners of its Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge at The Florida Bar Annual Convention June 27. Florida Coastal School of Law won…


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  • Goldstein – Van Nortwick Award for Excellence to replace Steven M. Goldstein Award for Excellence

    Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2019

    The Foundation’s Steven M. Goldstein Award for Excellence has been renamed the Goldstein – Van Nortwick Award for Excellence. The award recognizes a project of significant impact work undertaken by…


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  • IDignity attorney awarded the Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award

    Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2019

    Jackie Dowd, managing attorney of nonprofit poverty and social justice firm Legal Advocacy at Work and legal counsel for Orlando-based IDignity, has received The Florida Bar Foundation’s Jane Elizabeth…


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  • Foundation seeks applicants from Middle District for Engle grants

    Posted by Jessica Brown on June 17, 2019

    The Florida Bar Foundation has opened a grant application for $3.6 million to be awarded to qualified legal aid organizations in the Middle of District of Florida to assist…


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  • 2019 Medal of Honor Recipients Named

    Posted by Jessica Brown on May 30, 2019

    Tampa lawyer Michael Bedke, a partner with DLA Piper, and Miami lawyer Richard C. Milstein, a partner with Akerman, have been selected as recipients of The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2019…


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  • Talbot D'Alemberte

    Statement on the passing of Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte

    Posted by Jessica Brown on May 22, 2019

    The Foundation is saddened by the news of the passing of Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, a champion of our legal community. We would like to share…


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    Stephen R. Senn takes office as first vice president of Foundation

    Posted by Jessica Brown on May 22, 2019

    Lakeland attorney Stephen R. Senn will take office July 1, 2019, as the first vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation. Board…


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