With 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 readingKeeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-prison pipeline
For almost five years, Ebony Townsend’s school failed…
Continue readingMiami pro bono attorney works to reunite teen with his aunt
By Rayven Wright After his parents lost their parental rights, “Jake,” 15, began the battle to find…
Continue readingFamily Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Florida Bar Foundation President Donny MacKenzie, left, and CEO Bruce Blackwell, right, accept a $75,000 check…
Continue readingFoundation-funded project protects the rights of chronically ill children to specialty care
Alex Rodriguez, 11, was one of five petitioners in a rule challenge brought by the Florida State University…
Continue readingA long legal road leads to a permanent home for Brittney
Brittney Carroll, 11, smiles broadly…
Continue readingSupport of Bar members critical to success of children’s projects
Trenton Miller, 18, is headed to college this fall thanks largely to help he received from Attorney…
Continue readingBatchelor Foundation gift supports Miami Law’s advocacy for foster youth
“Stephanie Davis” is pursuing her dream of attending art school in New York City thanks in large…
Continue readingFlorida foster youth shine at the Capitol
Manushka Gilet, second from left, and other members of Florida Youth SHINE talk with Rochelle Koff of the…
Continue readingChildren’s legal services projects in dire need of funding
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…
Continue readingOne student’s path to Stanford
Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
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