Foundation honors two lawyers, one non-lawyer with 2020 Medal of Honor
The Honorable Peter T. Fay, the Honorable James Lawrence King and Dr. Mimi Graham have been selected as recipients of The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2020 Medal of Honor Award,…
Continue readingMarch 2020 Board Meeting Report
Quarterly Board Report March 27, 2020 (and April 9, 2020) Via virtual meeting The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors met on March 27, 2020, via remote transmission because of the…
Continue readingDomestic violence survivors turn to legal aid for divorce, support
One night during the summer of 2018, Elizabeth* waited outside her home for her husband to let her back in to get her two young daughters. He had punched…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Winter 2020
When most of us think about legal aid, we think about lawyers on the front lines serving clients. But, there are a lot of things going on behind the…
Continue readingFoundation awards $6.4 million in Community Economic Development grants
The Florida Bar Foundation board on Dec. 13 approved $6,443,162 in grants to 25 legal aid providers to address community economic development. Following a $16.65 billion settlement agreement between…
Continue readingTrafficking prevention rule adopted by state board of education
During the fall 2019 semester, law students from the Florida State University College of Law Human Trafficking Exploitation Law Project (HELP) advocated for proposed Florida Department of Education (DOE)…
Continue readingFAQs: Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge
What is the Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge? A core part of the Foundation’s mission is to promote public service among lawyers by making it an integral part of…
Continue readingFoundation congratulates 2020 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award Winners
The Florida Bar Foundation congratulates the recipients of the 2020 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards and the Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award. The awards recognize lawyers…
Continue readingFoundation to kick off 2020 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge
The 2020 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge will kick off on Feb. 3, 2020. The statewide competition, now in its second year, connects Florida law students with lawyers…
Continue readingDecember 2019 Board Meeting Report
The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors met on December 13, 2019, in Orlando. The meeting was hosted by Director Min Cho, General Counsel for UBREAKIFIX. This allowed the…
Continue readingFoundation hires Orlando attorney Eli Mattern as interim director of technology
The Florida Bar Foundation has hired Orlando attorney Eli Mattern as its interim director of technology. Mattern will manage the Foundation’s technology portfolio and assist in the development of…
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