By the time she was 10, Ebony Townsend had been bullied at school and on the bus for years, handcuffed and taken away from school in the back of a […]
Keeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-jail pipeline Read More »
After a seven-year hiatus, The Florida Bar Foundation is reinstating its popular Legal Aid Summer Fellows Program, though which law students spend 11 weeks working at Florida civil legal aid
Contribution support revives Legal Aid Summer Fellows Program Read More »
Traditionally, the last privilege of Florida Bar Foundation presidents is to share a year-in-review message in the annual report. Looking back over 2016-17, it’s hard to know where to begin,
Message from 2016-17 President Matthew G. Brenner Read More »
The Florida Bar Foundation has received a $500,000 cy pres award from a class action settlement in a case involving rental fees for propane tanks. Jeffrey M. Liggio of West
Foundation receives $500,000 cy pres award Read More »
by Nancy Kinnally Krystin Montersil, a 2017-19 Equal Justice Works Fellow, is working on a project at Catholic Legal Services, Archdiocese of Miami, to address a specific problem faced by
EJW Fellow creates framework for pro bono attorneys to help immigrants Read More »
If you are reading this newsletter, then you are a friend of The Florida Bar Foundation and I would like to thank you for your ongoing commitment to promoting access
Message from the President – Spring 2018 Read More »
For the second year in a row, the Foundation’s communications staff wrote a cover story and set of features on pro bono work for The Florida Bar Journal. Out in
Foundation staff write for pro bono edition of The Florida Bar Journal Read More »
by Stacey Singer DeLoye Following painful spinal surgery, Janet Cramer, 79, suffered a fall that left her a paraplegic. As upset as they were by her sudden disability, Cramer’s family
Settlement helps seniors, disabled on Medicaid avoid nursing homes Read More »
After a successful pilot in Miami-Dade County, FloridaProBonoMatters.org, a new website that enables pro bono attorneys to search for local pro bono cases that suit their interests, is being rolled
Foundation’s new pro bono website goes statewide Read More »
MAITLAND, Fla. – The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association has been selected to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s Paul Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award for its work
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