Grant Database

Any Given Monday

Justice in Balance

Spelling Bee and Other Literacy Efforts

Law and Sarasota

Law for All

Young Lawyers Initiative “Beat the Bar”

Student Government Days

CARE – Credit Abuse Resistance Education student outreach program

Legal Line is a new call-in pro bono services for South Floridians. It will be held on the first Wednesday of the month between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The public is invited to call the Dade County Bar Association where volunteer attorneys

CARE- Credit Abuse Resistance Education – Student Outreach Program – Funding will be provided to expand the CARE to by targeting sophonmores and juniors in high school rather than limiting the program to high school seniors and college freshman.

Art Finds a Place for Children – Funding will provide a child-care center in the Orange County Courthouse for families with official court business and prospective jurors.

Clay County Victim Service Center – Funding will be used to help the Clay County Victims Service Center.

Breakfast and Books – Funding will provide reading materials and mentors to every student of PACE Centers for Girls, Immokalee, to assist them in achieving their reading/academic goals and improve their self-esteem.

CBA Community Law Project – Funding for this project will address the senior citizens and families in Belle Glade, Delray Beach, Riviera Beach and West Palm Beach who have not had access to legal representation to make end of life decisions.

Parents’ School Passport Program -“A Parent Participation Incentive” – Funding will be provided to partner with the Lockhart Elementary School to provide incentives to parents to volunteer and participate in curriculum planning decisions and increase the number of parents who participate in Parent/Teacher Asso. Meetings.

Funding will be provided for Law Day 2008 which is designed to educate the public, with an emphasis on the education of children, abaout the rules of law and its importance to society.

Conosca Sus Derechos aka Know Your Rights – Funding will be used to use bar member volunteers to participate in quarterly events to outreach to the Spanish speaking community about their rights in various areas of the law.

Street Law After School: Funding will be provided to conduct and Street-Law after school program to educate low-income children about what constitutes a criminal offense and the consequences of committing a crime.

The Lee County Bar Association Pro Bono Initiative – Funding will be used to promote pro bono work in Lee County to the judicial leadership; senior/managing partners; law firms; and a community pro bono clinic.

Annual Constitution Week Project – Funding will be used to educate children in Martin County about the Constitution and how our government works under the Constitution working with the Justice Teaching program.