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Batchelor Foundation gift supports Miami Law’s advocacy for foster youth
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation 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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Innocence Project of Florida achieves its 14th exoneration
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2014Cheydrick Britt goes free after more than nine years of wrongful imprisonment Cheydrick Britt, second from right, with…
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Florida foster youth shine at the Capitol
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2013Manushka Gilet, second from left, and other members of Florida Youth SHINE talk with Rochelle Koff of the…
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Protecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2013Colin Abbott, managing attorney of the Florida Rural Legal Services migrant unit, talks with client Myriam…
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Children’s legal services projects in dire need of funding
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on August 7, 2013A 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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Elizabeth Guzman and Ericka Garcia: The warrior and the soldier
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2013Elizabeth Guzman, left, almost lost her severely disabled daughter. The girl is alive today and Guzman’s…
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After losing her life savings, Miami woman gets a fresh start
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2013On the verge of 75, Caroline Pennington found herself starting all over again. After a lifetime of hard work and solo parenting, the former marketing…
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Florida Bar Foundation-funded Equal Justice Works project helps break the cycle of dependency
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2012Amanda Alvarez, 18, comes across as that recent…
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Federal judge orders state of Florida to cover applied behavioral analysis therapy for autism
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on July 1, 2012Iliana Gonzalez and her son Karls, 6, enjoy visiting the playground at the…
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Legal aid organizations struggle to retain attorneys cultivated by Bar Foundation and Equal Justice Works
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2012From left, Florida Institutional Legal Services staff attorneys and former Equal Justice Works fellows Kristen Lentz, Cassandra Capobianco…
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One student’s path to Stanford
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2011Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
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Positively Pro Bono: Kenneth Jacobs’ story
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2011Kenneth Jacobs held a job his entire adult life until 2008 when he…
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