EJW Fellow creates framework for pro bono attorneys to help immigrants
by Nancy Kinnally Krystin Montersil, a 2017-19 Equal Justice Works Fellow, is working on a project at Catholic Legal Services, Archdiocese of Miami, to address a specific problem faced by…
Continue readingMessage from 2016-17 President Matthew G. Brenner
Traditionally, the last privilege of Florida Bar Foundation presidents is…
Continue readingContribution support revives Legal Aid Summer Fellows Program
by Nancy Kinnally After a seven-year hiatus, The Florida Bar Foundation is reinstating its popular Legal Aid Summer Fellows Program, though which law students spend 11 weeks working at Florida…
Continue readingFoundation staff write for pro bono edition of The Florida Bar Journal
For the second year in a row, the…
Continue readingFoundation makes nearly $1.5 million in Children’s Legal Services grants
by Nancy Kinnally The Florida Bar Foundation board March 9 approved $1.47 million in grants to 21 Children’s Legal Services projects that address the needs of foster youth, children with…
Continue readingAttorneys across Florida support The Florida Bar Foundation
The Family Law Section’s $75,000 contribution will enhance the reach of…
Continue readingPro Bono Innovation and Transformation grants awarded
by Jessica Brown Since the undertaking of the Foundation’s strategic reset, pro bono work has become a priority. In hopes of increasing the number of pro bono hours reported…
Continue readingKeeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-prison pipeline
For almost five years, Ebony Townsend’s school failed…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Winter 2017
Many of us in Florida felt the effects of Hurricane Irma –…
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