YOU CAN HELP: CY PRES AWARDS Access to justice organizations, like The Florida Bar Foundation, are grateful and appropriate recipients of cy pres or residual fund awards in class action […]
Attorneys across Florida support The Florida Bar Foundation Read More »
by Nancy Kinnally The Florida Bar Foundation board March 9 approved $1.47 million in grants to 21 Children’s Legal Services projects that address the needs of foster youth, children with
Foundation makes nearly $1.5 million in Children’s Legal Services grants 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 »
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 »
The Florida Bar Foundation has awarded $781,000 in disaster grants to 15 legal aid organizations around the state to help them address the civil legal needs of Floridians affected by
Florida Bar Foundation makes $781,000 in disaster legal aid grants Read More »
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