The Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida will name the Court Resource Center at the Orange County Courthouse for Mary Anne DePetrillo in a ceremony Sept. 19 in the first […]
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In spite of having a 3.7 high school GPA, serving as an ROTC Brigade Commander and having been selected for a highly competitive statewide youth leadership program, Trenton Miller
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December 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
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When most of us think of legal aid, we think of public interest lawyers helping individual clients resolve civil legal problems on a case-by-case basis. In reality, legal aid goes
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Lois Rigby has lived in Overtown’s Town Park Village for two decades, but long before the HUD complex opened in 1971, she remembers the little shotgun houses that occupied the
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by Gabrielle Davis Even with an attorney by her side, Maria Perkins was gripped by fear as she stood before the judge. Although she had made every decision for her
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Legal Aid lawyer Matthew Trail thought a Lee County public school needed systemic change. The school, designed for children with behavioral problems, was failing the students by not providing mental
by Gabrielle Davis Stetson University law student Jhenerr Hines’ desire to help the disadvantaged started at home. “I grew up in a very poor home, and most of the people
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Confined to a wheelchair by multiple sclerosis, Clearwater, Fla., resident Patricia Redding, 50, had become a prisoner in her own apartment when promised modifications to make it wheelchair accessible and
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Bruce B. Blackwell, an Orlando attorney widely renowned for his pro bono work, professional leadership and service to the organized Bar, received The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2011 Medal of Honor
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