Florida Bar Foundation makes $781,000 in disaster legal aid grants
Attorney Meena Jagannath, co-founder of Community Justice Project, speaks at a press conference held by…
Continue readingYork joins The Florida Bar Foundation as grant program officer
Catherine “Kate” York has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is…
Continue readingStatewide LGBTQ summit brings legal aid and human services providers together
Tony Karrat, executive director of the Legal Aid Service of…
Continue readingNelson Joins The Florida Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Program Officer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Claud B. Nelson III has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide…
Continue readingHarkness receives Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer
Florida Bar Executive Director John F. “Jack” Harkness Jr., a nationally recognized legal visionary and the nation’s longest-serving bar executive, received…
Continue readingJane Curran receives Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer
Jane Elizabeth Curran, The Florida Bar Foundation’s founding executive director,…
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 readingFoundation puts $1.5 million from Bank of America settlement to work
Tony Johnson received help from IDignity in obtaining his state of Florida ID, which he needed in…
Continue readingFoundation’s new pro bono website goes statewide
After a successful pilot in Miami-Dade County, FloridaProBonoMatters.org, a new…
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