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Foundation Initiatives

Foundation Initiatives
  • New interactive pro bono website puts attorneys in the driver’s seat

    Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on February 23, 2017

    MIAMI –Lawyers in Miami-Dade County who want to volunteer their services will soon have an easy way to find just the right case through an interactive website funded by The Florida Bar Foundation. “This system puts pro bono attorneys in the driver’s seat, giving them a user-friendly way to filter

  • Study finds civil legal aid yields seven-fold return on investment in Florida

    Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on February 1, 2017

    MAITLAND, Fla. – With funding for civil legal aid in Florida at its lowest point in 10 years, a new study shows that every dollar spent on civil legal services for the state’s low-income residents yields more than $7 in economic impacts. Commissioned by The Florida Bar Foundation, the study

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    Foundation continues to play vital role in Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice

    Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on November 1, 2016

    When Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga issued an administrative order Oct. 10 re-establishing the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice and making it permanent, the Florida Supreme Court’s news release recognized The Florida Bar Foundation and The Florida Bar as co-equal partners in the effort to create Florida’s first

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    Florida Bar Foundation continues to play a vital role in Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 13, 2016

    When Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga issued an administrative order Oct. 10 re-establishing the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice and making it permanent, the Florida Supreme Court’s news release recognized The Florida Bar Foundation and The Florida Bar as co-equal partners in the effort to create Florida’s first

  • The Florida Bar Foundation invites participation in Pro Bono Week social media campaign

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 13, 2016

    MAITLAND, Fla. – The Florida Bar Foundation invites Florida lawyers to join in its Oct. 23-29 social media campaign in recognition of the American Bar Association’s Celebrate Pro Bono Week, an annual initiative emphasizing the critical role of pro bono in increasing access to justice. The campaign, which will use

  • Foundation upgrades online pro bono news and information

    Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on August 31, 2016

    The Florida Bar Foundation is working to streamline and improve statewide online pro bono news and information in order to facilitate pro bono engagement and partnerships. The Foundation has created a new Web page, www.TheFloridaBarFoundation.org/probono, to share information about pro bono in Florida, including initiatives in which the Foundation is

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    Florida Justice Technology Center holds its first board meeting

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 14, 2015

    TAMPA, Fla. —The Florida Justice Technology Center, a new statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice through the innovative use of technology, held its first board meeting Sept. 11 at the Tampa offices of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt. Judge Catherine Peek McEwen of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for

  • Florida Justice Technology Center launches with Florida Bar Foundation funding

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on July 8, 2015

    July 8, 2015 MAITLAND, Fla. —A new statewide nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to justice through the innovative use of technology has been launched with $725,000 in funding from The Florida Bar Foundation. The Florida Justice Technology Center is made possible through the start-up funding, which was included as part

  • New access commission shares Foundation’s primary goal

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2015

    The Florida Bar Foundation’s mission of providing greater access to justice is now the goal of a commission created last fall by administrative order of Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga and funded by The Florida Bar. The 27-member Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice is studying the unmet civil

  • Fellowship funded by Greenberg Traurig and The Florida Bar Foundation to address barriers to health-care access

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2014

    International law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP and The Florida Bar Foundation are joining forces to fund a program that will help low-income and disadvantaged Floridians in Miami-Dade County receive better access to health care. Charlotte Joseph Cassel, who is expected to graduate from the University of Miami School of Law

  • Foundation helps lead statewide advances in access to justice

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2014

    Work has begun on a reinvigorated technology initiative that will help The Florida Bar Foundation further live up to its “Leadership and Funding for Justice in Florida” tagline. “Many people are aware of the Foundation’s role as a funder but are less familiar with its significant leadership role when it

  • Foundation continues to fund the Innocence Project of Florida

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2013

    The Florida Bar Foundation has cut its grants through the Improvements in the Administration of Justice grant program from $2.7 million in 2008-09 to $502,516 in 2012-13 due to the lack of revenue from Florida’s Interest on Trust Accounts Program. Among the projects still funded through the program is the

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