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Thomas R. Oldt takes office as the first vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 8, 2018
Winter Haven, Fla., investment advisor Thomas R. Oldt will take office July 1,…

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Attorney Ashley Sybesma to serve on Florida Bar Foundation board
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 8, 2018
Key West attorney Ashley Sybesma has been appointed by The Florida Supreme Court to a three-year term on the board of The…

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Tampa attorney Hala Sandridge takes office as President-Elect of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 8, 2018
Tampa attorney Hala Sandridge will take office July 1, 2018, as the president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization…

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Florida Pro Bono Matters Chatbot FAQ
Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on April 23, 2018
What is a chatbot? A chatbot is an automated system that answers questions via text. The more it is interacted with, the more the chatbot learns. The Florida Pro Bono…

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Everyone Counts will tally those who have no attorney representation in court
Posted by Jessica Brown on April 9, 2018
The Florida Bar Foundation May 15 will facilitate Everyone Counts, an initiative to take a census-like count of self-represented litigants…

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The Florida Bar Foundation awards $10 million in grants
Posted by Jessica Brown on April 5, 2018
A complete list of grant recipients and grants can be found here. The Florida Bar Foundation awarded $1,467,000 in Children’s Legal Services grants, $1,081,000 in Administration of Justice grants…

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The Florida Bar Foundation Funds Four Equal Justice Works Fellows
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 20, 2018
The Florida Bar Foundation will fund four 2018-2020 Equal Justice Works Fellows, whose two-year civil legal aid projects will support economic development and family stability within disadvantaged communities “The increased…

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Keeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-jail pipeline
Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on March 13, 2018
By the time she was 10, Ebony Townsend had been…

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Pro Bono Partnerships in the news
Posted by Jessica Brown on February 23, 2018
The Florida Bar Foundation’s Pro Bono Partnerships department is at the forefront of pro bono technology and innovation in the US. Check out recent coverage here:Orlando Sentinel:…

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Foundation receives $70,000 cy pres award
Posted by Jessica Brown on February 13, 2018
Foundation president-elect Juliette E. Lippman (left) and executive director Bruce B. Blackwell (right) receive a $70,000 cy…

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