Escambia Project utilizes community design to create new legal services models
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 11, 2017With funding from The Florida Bar Foundation, design teams for The Escambia Project are mapping out new models…
Continue readingFlorida Bar Foundation continues to play a vital role in Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 13, 2016When Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga issued an administrative order Oct. 10 re-establishing the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice and making it permanent, the Florida Supreme Court’s…
Continue readingMiami attorney David B. Rothman takes office as first Vice President of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on June 22, 2016MAITLAND, Fla. – Miami attorney David B. Rothman will take office July 1 as first vice president…
Continue readingOrange County Bar Association coordinating pro bono response to Pulse tragedy
Posted by Jessica Brown on June 14, 2016In response to this weekend’s tragedy at Pulse in Orlando, the legal community is engaged in a coordinated pro bono effort to assist victims and their families. The Orange…
Continue readingFamily Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016Florida Bar Foundation President Donny MacKenzie, left, and CEO Bruce Blackwell, right, accept a $75,000 check…
Continue readingA decade of partnership puts an end to 275 years behind bars
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016James Bain embraced his sisters on the steps of the Polk County Courthouse Dec. 17, 2009, the…
Continue readingFlorida Justice Technology Center holds its first board meeting
Posted by Jessica Brown on September 14, 2015
Continue readingACTL Fellows provide trial skills training for legal aid attorneys
Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 2015Legal aid attorneys learned trial skills from American College…
Continue readingNew access commission shares Foundation’s primary goal
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Foundation President Emerson R. Thompson Jr. addressed the media at a Nov. 24 press conference announcing the establishment…
Continue readingFlorida Bar approves $6 million loan
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2014The Florida Bar Board of Governors July 25 approved a $6 million loan to The Florida Bar Foundation to be made in two installments of $3 million each….
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Orange County Bar Association coordinating pro bono response to Pulse tragedy
In response to this weekend’s tragedy at Pulse in Orlando, the legal community is engaged in a coordinated pro bono effort to assist victims and their families. The Orange…
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