FFLA will fund 47 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellowships in 2026. The program, through which law students spend 10 weeks working at a legal aid grantee organization, provides a $9,000 stipend to […]
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FFLA has announced its first annual minimum IOTA distribution pledge, designed to give grantee organizations a clearer picture of future funding. In March, FFLA notified grantees of a minimum annual pledge of $120
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As I reflect on my tenure as FFLA’s president this past year, I am proud to report that it has been a year of remarkable achievement for our organization, and
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Seventeen-year-old “John”, who had endured significant trauma early in life, was adopted and struggled with mental health concerns. While in Juvenile Mental Health Court (JMHC), his Hillsborough County circuit court judge
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Tenesia C. Hall knew she wanted to be a lawyer since elementary school. Hall, now the Family Law Litigation Director at Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association in Orlando,
Former Summer Fellow is now a “Legal Aid Lifer” Read More »
Funded by an Improvements in the Administration of Justice grant from FFLA, United Way of Indian River County’s Self Help Center legal kiosks have benefited nearly 4,000 parties in needBy
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I’m pleased to share several exciting developments from FFLA. First, we are working to streamline our IOTA-funded grant programs, making the process more efficient for both our staff and grantees.
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The Florida Bar Family Law Section continued its support of FFLA by donating $39,600 to provide four additional 2025 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellows. Section leadership presented a ceremonial check
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FFLA President Ashley N. Sybesma took office July 1, 2025. She is an attorney at The Smith Law Firm in Key West. A graduate of the University of Miami School
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In June, FFLA’s Board of Directors approved funding eight Children’s Legal Services grants for the 2025-26 grant cycle, totaling $1,166,464. *Five projects were funded with IOTA collections. The remaining three
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