If you’ve heard there’s a lot of change going on at The Florida Bar Foundation, but you’re not really sure what it’s all about, this expanded issue of Speaking of […]
Message from the President – Fall 2017 Read More »
Jane Elizabeth Curran, The Florida Bar Foundation’s founding executive director, received the 2017 Medal of Honor Award in the non-lawyer category at the Foundation’s 41st Annual Reception Dinner June 22.
Jane Curran receives Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer Read More »
Florida Bar Executive Director John F. “Jack” Harkness Jr., a nationally recognized legal visionary and the nation’s longest-serving bar executive, received The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2017 Medal of Honor Award
Harkness receives Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer Read More »
Due to the severity of Hurricane Irma, which is expected to make landfall in South Florida this week, The Florida Bar Foundation’s officers have canceled all meetings on
Fall committee and board meetings canceled due to Hurricane Irma Read More »
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 equipment
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.
Seeing an unprecedented need for legal services in Brevard County as the economy continued to decline in 2010, attorney Brigitta Hawkins created the Space Coast Community Law School. Working to
by Stacey Singer DeLoye More than two dozen legal aid attorneys from all over Florida recently spent several months learning about structural racism, inherent bias and the law, as participants
Florida Racial Justice Fellowship stresses community-building Read More »
MAITLAND, Fla. – Claud B. Nelson III has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice, as its new pro
Nelson Joins The Florida Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Program Officer Read More »
More than 200 legal aid attorneys, human services providers and other advocates gathered at the Hilton Marina Ft. Lauderdale Oct. 2-3 for a first-of-its-kind statewide LGBTQ Summit sponsored by The
Statewide LGBTQ summit brings legal aid and human services providers together Read More »
175 Lookout Place, Suite 100
Maitland, FL 32751
