Domestic violence survivors turn to legal aid for divorce, support
One night during the summer of 2018, Elizabeth* waited outside her home for her husband to let her back in to get her two young daughters. He had punched…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Winter 2020
When most of us think about legal aid, we think about lawyers on the front lines serving clients. But, there are a lot of things going on behind the…
Continue readingFoundation awards $6.4 million in Community Economic Development grants
The Florida Bar Foundation board on Dec. 13 approved $6,443,162 in grants to 25 legal aid providers to address community economic development. Following a $16.65 billion settlement agreement between…
Continue readingTrafficking prevention rule adopted by state board of education
During the fall 2019 semester, law students from the Florida State University College of Law Human Trafficking Exploitation Law Project (HELP) advocated for proposed Florida Department of Education (DOE)…
Continue readingFoundation recieves $21,000 cy pres award
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…
Continue readingFoundation raises $63,665 for Loan Repayment Assistance Program at dinner
By Carley Conrod At the 43rd Annual Dinner and Reception on June 27, more than $63,000 was raised in support of…
Continue readingRichard C. Milstein receives Medal of Honor Award
Richard C. Milstein received the 2019 Medal of Honor for a lawyer at the Foundation’s Annual Reception and Dinner for his exemplary and unending capacity for pro bono work…
Continue readingMichael A. Bedke receives Medal of Honor Award
Michael A. Bedke, a real estate partner in the DLA Piper Tampa office, received the 2019 Medal of Honor for a Lawyer for his exceptional dedication to providing pro…
Continue readingPro Bono Law School Challenge benefits mentor, law student and clients
After scouring the internet for legal help and finding the cost of a bankruptcy lawyer overwhelming, an elderly couple approached Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida (CLSMF). What might have seemed…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Summer 2019
Benjamin Franklin once said, “You may delay, but time will not.” The poet John Mark Green wrote, “I blinked my eyes and in an instant, decades had passed.” These…
Continue readingEJW Fellow lays foundation for change in rural immigrant neighborhoods
By Natalie Disla Passionate about sparking change for immigrant and migrant families, Joseph Cordova, a 2018-20 Florida Bar Foundation-sponsored Equal Justice Works Fellow, practices community lawyering near south Putnam and…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Spring 2019
In April, I joined 11 colleagues as part of a delegation that traveled to Washington, D.C., for ABA Days to advocate for funding of Legal Services Corporation. LSC provides…
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