Legal aid organizations struggle to retain attorneys cultivated by Bar Foundation and Equal Justice Works
From left, Florida Institutional Legal Services staff attorneys and former Equal Justice Works fellows Kristen Lentz, Cassandra Capobianco…
Continue readingOne student’s path to Stanford
Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
Continue readingPositively Pro Bono: Kenneth Jacobs’ story
Kenneth Jacobs held a job his entire adult life until 2008 when he…
Continue readingHow Ashlyn got her sparkle back
Sparkly. An eager, cheerful learner. Ashlyn Sikes’ teacher used these words to describe the Tallahassee second-grader, who…
Continue readingClearwater affordable housing units saved
Patricia Redding, center, will soon have a long-awaited ADA-compliant unit at Norton Apartments in Clearwater, Fla., where she…
Continue readingPassion for public interest law drives Summer Fellows
by Gabrielle Davis Hala Sandridge of Fowler White Boggs, left, was recognized at the Foundation’s 2011 annual dinner for…
Continue readingLegal Aid Leadership Development Institute equips legal aid attorneys to address challenging projects
Legal Aid lawyer Matthew Trail thought a Lee…
Continue readingSchell defends workers who say pay didn’t add up to beans
Greg Schell, right, managing attorney for Florida Legal Services’ Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, discusses legal strategy with…
Continue readingLegal Aid attorney opens doors for first-grader
by Nancy Kinnally In this photo: Keshawn, now 8, and his father James Kearse relax at home together in…
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