Foundation seeks Medal of Honor Award nominees
The Florida Bar Foundation will be accepting nominations for the 2018 Medal of Honor Awards until Feb. 2. The Medal of Honor Award is given in two categories. The first…
Continue readingThe Florida Bar Foundation seeks director applicants
The Florida Bar Foundation is seeking applicants for six seats on its board of directors for terms starting in July 2018 under the Florida Supreme Court-approved governance plan. The…
Continue readingInteractive story map shows hurricane impacts and Florida’s vulnerable populations
A map displaying data from several agencies shows the impacts of high winds, flooding, storm surge and related…
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 readingFall committee and board meetings canceled due to Hurricane Irma
Due to the severity of Hurricane Irma, which is expected to make landfall in South Florida this week, The Florida…
Continue readingHurricane Harvey Legal Aid Funds established
Hurricane Harvey Disaster Fund Information: Texas Access to Justice Foundation The Louisiana Bar Foundation From the Texas Access to Justice Foundation: Legal aid provides the calm after the storm. Texans are reeling from Hurricane Harvey. After the storm subsides and the water recedes the exhaustion of survival will be met by the harrowing realization that their journey back to normalcy is only just beginning. The daunting work of putting their lives back together will require interaction with myriad governmental agencies and private businesses in order to interpret their rights to services and financial assistance. At times, it will feel hopeless. After a disaster, Legal Aid helps put lives back together by providing: Read More
Continue readingLean lawyering: A Florida legal aid office test drives the Toyota Way
Staff from The Florida Bar Foundation, Florida Rural Legal Services and the Toyota Production System Support Center met…
Continue readingMapping problems improves efficiency at Legal Services of Miami
Evelyn Palencia now uses a headset to do client intake…
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 readingFSU law professor honored for work supported in part by The Florida Bar Foundation
by Jakeyla Augustin Paolo Annino, director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic at the Florida State University Public Interest…
Continue readingFoundation office closing due to Hurricane Matthew
The Florida Bar Foundation, which is located in Maitland, just north of Orlando, will be closed Thursday, Oct. 6, and Friday, Oct. 7, due to Hurricane Matthew. Courts, schools,…
Continue readingFamily Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Florida Bar Foundation President Donny MacKenzie, left, and CEO Bruce Blackwell, right, accept a $75,000 check…
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