EJW 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 readingWith support of lawyers, foster children bloom into successful adults
Nikki S. Weisburd, left, a senior attorney with Dade Legal Aid, spent years advocating for Michelle Charles,…
Continue readingInnocence Project of Florida sees three men freed in one year
Dean McKee, with Innocence Project 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 readingPro Bono Partnerships in the news
The Florida Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Partnerships department is at the forefront of pro bono technology and innovation in the US. Check out recent coverage here:Orlando Sentinel:…
Continue readingSettlement helps seniors, disabled on Medicaid avoid nursing homes
by Stacey Singer DeLoye Following painful spinal surgery, Janet Cramer, 79, suffered a…
Continue readingPro bono collaboration supports U.S. veterans in North Florida
State Attorney Jack Campbell from the Second Circuit has helped plan Stand Down Courts since April 2013…
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 readingFounder of Space Coast Community Law School Named Brevard County Legal Aid Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Seeing an unprecedented need for legal services in Brevard County as the economy continued to decline in 2010, attorney Brigitta Hawkins created…
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