Message from the president
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Buzzwords often sound important, but soon evaporate. Phrases…
Continue readingOutstanding children’s advocates to be recognized
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Florida’s Children First will receive the 2015 Paul Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award for its Counsel for Dependent Children with Special Needs Project, which secured the right to…
Continue readingFlorida Justice Technology Center set to launch
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Under the terms of its $6 million loan to The Florida Bar Foundation, The Florida Bar Board of Governors stipulated that a third of the loan be…
Continue readingMedical-legal partnership answers veterans’ needs, changes lives
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Henry Wilson, right, turned his life around with help from Equal Justice Works Fellow Amanda Sejba, who…
Continue readingFoundation seeks director applicants
Posted by Jessica Brown on December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 MAITLAND, Fla. —The Florida Bar Foundation is seeking applicants for six seats on its board of directors for terms starting July 2015 under the…
Continue readingFlorida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga signs administrative order establishing Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 24, 2014http://www.flaccesstojustice.org/
Continue readingRule challenge restores millions in food stamps, mostly to elderly, disabled
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014“Thomas Mayer,” 86, lives on $911 a month in Social Security and $16 a month in food stamps,…
Continue readingVoluntary bar association issues giving challenge to other bar associations
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014In celebration of its 15th anniversary, the Florida Trial Court Staff Attorneys Association (FTCSAA) made a donation of $5 per member to The Florida Bar Foundation and…
Continue readingFoundation’s early investments in the fight against human trafficking continue to pay dividends
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014When her labor pains started, Jacinta Moreno, 15, pleaded to be taken to…
Continue readingFoundation grantees stepping up to help children fleeing violence in Central America
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that about 60 percent of unaccompanied Central American children they…
Continue readingNaples attorney John P. Cardillo to serve on Florida Bar Foundation board
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014by Nancy Kinnally November 2014 MAITLAND, Fla. — Naples attorney John P. Cardillo has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to the…
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