Family Law Section makes its second $75,000 gift
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Florida Bar Foundation CEO Bruce Blackwell, Family Law Section Chair Norberto Katz, and Foundation President Emerson R. Thompson…
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Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015The Florida Bar Foundation has established the Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award to…
Continue readingFoundation to honor Jaramillo posthumously
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Florida Bar Foundation President Emerson R. Thompson Jr. will present the President’s Award for…
Continue readingVan Nortwick to receive Medal of Honor Award June 25
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Jacksonville attorney William A. Van Nortwick Jr., formerly a judge on…
Continue readingNew access commission shares Foundation’s primary goal
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Foundation President Emerson R. Thompson Jr. addressed the media at a Nov. 24 press conference announcing the establishment…
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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 mourns Julio C. Jaramillo
Posted by Jessica Brown on January 22, 2015by Nancy Kinnally January 22, 2015 The Florida Bar Foundation lost a great leader, and a beautiful family lost…
Continue readingFoundation seeks Medal of Honor Award nominees
Posted by Jessica Brown on December 1, 2014December 1, 2014 2015 Nomination form — Non-Lawyer 2015 Nomination form — Lawyer ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Bar Foundation will be accepting nominations for the 2015 Medal of Honor…
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…
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