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Legal aid programs prepare, respond in face of COVID-19
As the reality of stay-at-home orders, social distancing and closed businesses set in for Floridians in…
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Message from the President – Spring 2020
I hope this newsletter finds you and your family healthy during this unique and unprecedented time. While there have been and will continue to be many challenges, I am…
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Foundation announces Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge alumni, student winners
The Florida Bar Foundation announced the winners of the 2020 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge April 29. The University of Miami School of Law won the top honor,…
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Foundation honors two lawyers, one non-lawyer with 2020 Medal of Honor
The Honorable Peter T. Fay, the Honorable James Lawrence King and Dr. Mimi Graham have been selected as recipients of The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2020 Medal of Honor Award,…
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March 2020 Board Meeting Report
Quarterly Board Report March 27, 2020 (and April 9, 2020) Via virtual meeting The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors met on March 27, 2020, via remote transmission because of the…
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Domestic violence survivors turn to legal aid for divorce, support
One night during the summer of 2018, Elizabeth* waited outside her home for her husband to let her back in to get her two young daughters. He had punched…
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Message from the President – Winter 2020
When most of us think about legal aid, we think about lawyers on the front lines serving clients. But, there are a lot of things going on behind the…
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Foundation awards $6.4 million in Community Economic Development grants
The Florida Bar Foundation board on Dec. 13 approved $6,443,162 in grants to 25 legal aid providers to address community economic development. Following a $16.65 billion settlement agreement between…
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Trafficking prevention rule adopted by state board of education
During the fall 2019 semester, law students from the Florida State University College of Law Human Trafficking Exploitation Law Project (HELP) advocated for proposed Florida Department of Education (DOE)…
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FAQs: Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge
Visit the Challenge site: https://floridalawschoolchallenge.org/ Learn more about past Challenges: https://thefloridabarfoundation.org/florida-pro-bono-law-school-challenge/ What is the Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge? A core part of The Florida…
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Foundation congratulates 2020 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award Winners
The Florida Bar Foundation congratulates the recipients of the 2020 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards and the Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award. The awards recognize lawyers…
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