Florida Bar Foundation-funded Equal Justice Works project helps break the cycle of dependency
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2012Amanda Alvarez, 18, comes across as that recent…
Continue readingFederal judge orders state of Florida to cover applied behavioral analysis therapy for autism
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2012Iliana Gonzalez and her son Karls, 6, enjoy visiting the playground at the…
Continue readingLegal aid organizations struggle to retain attorneys cultivated by Bar Foundation and Equal Justice Works
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2012From left, Florida Institutional Legal Services staff attorneys and former Equal Justice Works fellows Kristen Lentz, Cassandra Capobianco…
Continue readingOne student’s path to Stanford
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2011Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
Continue readingPositively Pro Bono: Kenneth Jacobs’ story
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2011Kenneth Jacobs held a job his entire adult life until 2008 when he…
Continue readingHow Ashlyn got her sparkle back
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011Sparkly. An eager, cheerful learner. Ashlyn Sikes’ teacher used these words to describe the Tallahassee second-grader, who…
Continue readingClearwater affordable housing units saved
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011Patricia 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
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011by 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
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011Legal Aid lawyer Matthew Trail thought a Lee…
Continue readingProject helps parents of disabled children with guardianship
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2011by Gabrielle Davis
Continue readingSchell defends workers who say pay didn’t add up to beans
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2011Greg Schell, right, managing attorney for Florida Legal Services’ Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, discusses legal strategy with…
Continue readingFoundation supports efforts to ensure fair sentencing for juveniles
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2010by Nancy Kinnally
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