Keeping the developmentally disabled out of prison
Growing up in Parsons, Kan., Katy DeBriere was surrounded by people with developmental disabilities, many of them residents at a state…
Continue readingHelp for Floridians lost in the health-care system
Jodi Guin, 80, and her husband Bobby, 75, credit Florida Legal Services for ensuring they received the proper…
Continue readingFoundation ranks among Florida’s top charities
December 2009 ORLANDO — For the third consecutive year, The Florida Bar Foundation is ranked among the top-rated charities in Florida and in the nation, according to Charity Navigator, an…
Continue readingFoundation co-sponsors Florida Justice Summit
November 2009 TAMPA — With partial support from The Florida Bar Foundation in the form of a $160,000 grant made through the Foundation’s Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grant…
Continue readingFlorida Legal Services building named in honor of Paul Doyle
For 35 years Florida Legal Services has been the…
Continue readingFoundation launches Pilot Pro Bono Program
by Gabrielle Davis October 15, 2009 ORLANDO — A study funded by The Florida Bar Foundation found that Florida lawyers don’t lack the desire to provide pro bono legal services, they…
Continue readingLaw students to focus their summer on public service
Legal aid organizations statewide are doubling as real-world training grounds for law students who have joined the Legal Aid ranks for 11 weeks through The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2009…
Continue readingFoundation grant helps demystify the bankruptcy process
by Gabrielle Davis In 2006, when then Florida Bar Foundation Secretary Kathleen McLeroy first heard about the uphill battles faced by…
Continue readingSummer Fellow committed to helping victims of domestic violence
by Gabrielle Davis Summer Fellow Jarred Reiling and Supervising Attorney Kathryn Oleksy of the Legal Aid Society of Palm…
Continue readingSaving Overtown’s “Little Oasis”
by Nancy Kinnally Lois Rigby has lived in Overtown’s Town Park Village for two decades, but long before the HUD complex opened…
Continue readingLeaders, cabinet leaders to be honored at Florida Bar Foundation event
by Nancy Kinnally June 24, 2009 ORLANDO — Florida legislative and cabinet leaders who helped secure state funding for civil legal assistance and worked on behalf of the state’s distressed homeowners…
Continue readingLeaders, cabinet leaders to be honored at Florida Bar Foundation event
by Nancy Kinnally June 24, 2009 ORLANDO — Florida legislative and cabinet leaders who helped secure state funding for civil legal assistance and worked on behalf of the state’s distressed homeowners…
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