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Florida Legal Services offers information on Irma-related public benefits and legal aid in multiple languages at Floridalegal.org/Irma
English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português MIAMI – Low-income Floridians who were struggling to meet basic, everyday needs before Hurricane Irma ̶ including non-English speakers, the disabled, migrant farmworkers, and others living in poverty, have seen their problems multiplied in the storm’s aftermath. Read More
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The Florida Bar Foundation allocates up to $500,000 for hurricane-related civil legal aid, establishes Florida Hurricane Legal Aid Fund
MAITLAND, Fla. –The Florida Bar Foundation board of directors Sept. 7 approved an allocation of up to $500,000 to support Florida legal aid organizations that suffer infrastructure damage or…
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Fall committee and board meetings canceled due to Hurricane Irma
Due to the severity of Hurricane Irma, which is expected to make landfall in South Florida this week, The Florida…
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Harkness receives Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer
Florida Bar Executive Director John F. “Jack” Harkness Jr., a nationally recognized legal visionary and the nation’s longest-serving bar executive, received…
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Jane Curran receives Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer
Jane Elizabeth Curran, The Florida Bar Foundation’s founding executive director,…
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Jessica Brown, Director of Communications
As director of communications for FFLA, Jessica Brown is responsible for overseeing the organization’s branding, media relations, publications, social media…
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Hurricane Harvey Legal Aid Funds established
Hurricane Harvey Disaster Fund Information: Texas Access to Justice Foundation The Louisiana Bar Foundation From the Texas Access to Justice Foundation: Legal aid provides the calm after the storm. Texans are reeling from Hurricane Harvey. After the storm subsides and the water recedes the exhaustion of survival will be met by the harrowing realization that their journey back to normalcy is only just beginning. The daunting work of putting their lives back together will require interaction with myriad governmental agencies and private businesses in order to interpret their rights to services and financial assistance. At times, it will feel hopeless. After a disaster, Legal Aid helps put lives back together by providing: Read More
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Goodall leads by example
Deborah Goodall, an attorney in the Boca Raton, Fla., office of…
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Lean lawyering: A Florida legal aid office test drives the Toyota Way
Staff from The Florida Bar Foundation, Florida Rural Legal Services and the Toyota Production System Support Center met…
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Foundation puts $1.5 million from Bank of America settlement to work
Tony Johnson received help from IDignity in obtaining his state of Florida ID, which he needed in…
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