Law 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…
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Foundation 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…
Continue readingLegislative leaders to be honored for restoring waiver of filing fees for indigent clients
by Nancy Kinnally June 24, 2009 ORLANDO — Florida lawmakers who helped pass legislation reinstating the waiver of civil court filing fees for impoverished clients will be honored jointly by The…
Continue readingSylvia H. Walbolt to receive Foundation’s highest honor
by Nancy Kinnally June 2009 In recognition of 45 years of providing free legal services to clients ranging from Guantanamo detainees to a…
Continue readingFort Lauderdale attorney Adele I. Stone to begin term as Foundation president
by Gabrielle Davis June 2009 Fort Lauderdale attorney Adele I. Stone will take office July 1 as president of The Florida Bar…
Continue readingPositively pro bono: Real estate attorney becomes a lifeline for a woman and a young boy
May 2009 by Nancy Kinnally Within three months’ time, Sandra Infante lost her mother, her sister and her brother-in-law, and not too long after that, her job. Adding to her emotional strain,…
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