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Attorney Burton Young pays it forward
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 25, 2017
As a student at Miami Beach High in the 1940s, Burton…

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York joins The Florida Bar Foundation as grant program officer
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 10, 2017
MAITLAND, Fla. – Catherine “Kate” York has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable…

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Statewide LGBTQ summit brings legal aid and human services providers together
Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on October 10, 2017
Tony Karrat, executive director of the Legal Aid Service of…

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Nelson Joins The Florida Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Program Officer
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 9, 2017
MAITLAND, Fla. – Claud B. Nelson III has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide…

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Founder of Space Coast Community Law School Named Brevard County Legal Aid Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 9, 2017
Seeing an unprecedented need for legal services in Brevard County as the economy continued to decline in 2010, attorney Brigitta Hawkins created…

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Florida Legal Services offers information on Irma-related public benefits and legal aid in multiple languages at Floridalegal.org/Irma
Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on September 24, 2017
English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português 1 English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português 1 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
Posted by Jessica Brown on September 8, 2017
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
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 5, 2017
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
Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on September 4, 2017
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
Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on September 4, 2017
Jane Elizabeth Curran, The Florida Bar Foundation’s founding executive director,…

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