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-prison pipeline Read More »
by Jessica Brown Since the undertaking of the Foundation’s strategic reset, pro bono work has become a priority. In hopes of increasing the number of pro bono hours reported by
Pro Bono Innovation and Transformation grants awarded Read More »
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 »
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