Family Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016Florida 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
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016Alex Rodriguez, 11, was one of five petitioners in a rule challenge brought by the Florida State University…
Continue readingA decade of partnership puts an end to 275 years behind bars
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016James Bain embraced his sisters on the steps of the Polk County Courthouse Dec. 17, 2009, the…
Continue readingFoundation CEO Bruce Blackwell to receive 2016 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Award
Posted by Jessica Brown on January 21, 2016Florida Bar news story Attorney Bruce B. Blackwell of…
Continue readingVideo Spotlight: Saving Keith and Vickki’s Dream Home
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 5, 2015
Continue readingA long legal road leads to a permanent home for Brittney
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2015Brittney Carroll, 11, smiles broadly…
Continue readingLaid off legal aid attorney continued pro bono on case ending with $17.4 million verdict
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 30, 2015Left to right, plaintiffs Ana Francisco and Sandra Lopez, attorney Victoria Mesa-Estrada, plaintiff Maria…
Continue readingPro bono attorney helps families struggling with debt
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 28, 2015Frank Eaton has been practicing large, complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases around the country…
Continue readingCrossing Borders—My Experience as a First Time Juvenile Immigration Lawyer
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 27, 2015When Dade Legal Aid/Put Something Back first asked for attorneys to take unaccompanied minor cases, I wasn’t sure I was the right…
Continue readingWinning freedom from domestic violence
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 22, 2015Pro bono attorney Natalie Weech helped Natasha De…
Continue readingAndre Bryant becomes 15th man exonerated by Innocence Project of Florida
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 2, 2015Andre Bryant was reunited with his family Oct. 1 after spending eight years in prison for a robbery he…
Continue readingACTL Fellows provide trial skills training for legal aid attorneys
Posted by Jessica Brown on September 9, 2015Legal aid attorneys learned trial skills from American College…
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Andre Bryant becomes 15th man exonerated by Innocence Project of Florida
Andre Bryant was reunited with his family Oct. 1 after spending eight years in prison for a robbery he…
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