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Archives: Children’s Legal Services
  • TJ Johnson smiles as he poses for portraits with his lawyer, Abigail Adkins, at a park near his home in Gainesville, Fla. Adkins fought for Alachua County Public Schools to better accommodate TJ in the classroom. (Photo by Chasity Maynard)

    Foundation grantee advocates for rights of children with disabilities

    Posted by Jessica Brown on May 16, 2022

    What started as playing in the pool with his siblings on Memorial Day turned into a life-altering emergency room trip for two-year-old TJ Johnson. After getting accidentally bumped in…


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  • With support of lawyers, foster children bloom into successful adults

    Posted by Jessica Brown on May 6, 2019

    Nikki S. Weisburd, left, a senior attorney with Dade Legal Aid, spent years advocating for Michelle Charles,…


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  • Ebony Townsend and her Father. Speaking of Justice Spring 2018

    Keeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-prison pipeline

    Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on May 17, 2018

    For almost five years, Ebony Townsend’s school failed…


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  • Keeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-jail pipeline

    Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on March 13, 2018

    By the time she was 10, Ebony Townsend had been…


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    Miami pro bono attorney works to reunite teen with his aunt

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 24, 2016

    By Rayven Wright After his parents lost their parental rights, “Jake,” 15, began the battle to find…


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    Family Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016

    Florida Bar Foundation President Donny MacKenzie, left, and CEO Bruce Blackwell, right, accept a $75,000 check…


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  • Foundation-funded project protects the rights of chronically ill children to specialty care

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016

    Alex Rodriguez, 11, was one of five petitioners in a rule challenge brought by the Florida State University…


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    A long legal road leads to a permanent home for Brittney

    Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2015

      Brittney Carroll, 11, smiles broadly…


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  • Support of Bar members critical to success of children’s projects

    Posted by Jessica Brown on August 1, 2014

      Trenton Miller, 18, is headed to college this fall thanks largely to help he received from Attorney…


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  • Batchelor Foundation gift supports Miami Law’s advocacy for foster youth

    Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014

    “Stephanie Davis” is pursuing her dream of attending art school in New York City thanks in large…


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  • Florida foster youth shine at the Capitol

    Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013

    Manushka Gilet, second from left, and other members of Florida Youth SHINE talk with Rochelle Koff of the…


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  • Children’s legal services projects in dire need of funding

    Posted by Jessica Brown on August 7, 2013

    A single mother waiting tables in Daytona Beach, Michelle Gonska rarely saw two days go by without getting a call from her first-grader’s…


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