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Archives: Speaking of Justice
  • Hala Sandridge

    Message from the President – Spring 2020

    Posted by Jessica Brown on April 30, 2020

    I hope this newsletter finds you and your family healthy during this unique and unprecedented time. While there have been and will continue to be many challenges, I am…


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    Domestic violence survivors turn to legal aid for divorce, support

    Posted by Jessica Brown on February 10, 2020

    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…


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  • Hala Sandridge

    Message from the President – Winter 2020

    Posted by Jessica Brown on February 10, 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…


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    Foundation awards $6.4 million in Community Economic Development grants

    Posted by Jessica Brown on February 10, 2020

    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…


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    Trafficking prevention rule adopted by state board of education

    Posted by Jessica Brown on February 10, 2020

    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)…


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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 raises $63,665 for Loan Repayment Assistance Program at dinner

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 2019

    By Carley Conrod At the 43rd Annual Dinner and Reception on June 27, more than $63,000 was raised in support of…


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    Richard C. Milstein receives Medal of Honor Award

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 2019

    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…


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    Michael A. Bedke receives Medal of Honor Award

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 2019

    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…


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    Pro Bono Law School Challenge benefits mentor, law student and clients

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 2019

    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…


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  • Hala Sandridge

    Message from the President – Summer 2019

    Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 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…


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  • EJW Fellow lays foundation for change in rural immigrant neighborhoods

    Posted by Jessica Brown on May 15, 2019

    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…


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