Grant Database

Printing of the updated history of the Florida Supreme Court: To provide partial support for the publication of Volume II, history of the Florida Supreme Court, covering 1918-1972.

Evaluation of the State Courts System Phase III: To provide partial support to conduct phase three of a multi-year independent research evaluation of the State Courts System following the implementation of Revision 7 to Article V of Florida’s Constitution.

History and Program Video Project: To provide funds to produce a video series that will: 1) document the history behind the creation of LSGMI; and, 2) outline the services provided by LSGMI for use with LSGMI’s 40th Anniversary Celebration and for future fundraising efforts.

Challenges to Independent Judiciary – Juror Education Videotape: To provide funds for the creation and production of a videotape addressing the importance of the need for an independent judiciary, and how the judiciary operates as one of three co-equal branches of government under the United States Constitution, and State Constitution, as well as the importance of the concept of the separation of powers between the branches of government.

Reporting on the Courts and the Law: To provide partial support for the cost of journalists, who are new to the court and legal beats, to attend an intensive two-day workshop to educate them on the third branch of government and related legal matters. A Workshop for Journalists

Access to Appellate Court Justice: To provide funds to coordinate a workshop on Access to Justice: Error Correction vs. Precedent Setting Function for District Court of Appeals judges and Appellate Court attorneys Error Correction vs. Precedent Setting Function

Diversity Video – The Changing Faces of Justice: To provide partial support to produce a one-hour CLE Video/DVD intended to present the strength and importance of diversity within the legal community.

To provide matching funds for Young Lawyers Affiliate Public Service Project Awards.

PATH Project: To provide funds to train attorneys to represent teens under Florida’s parental involvement law.

Bankruptcy Pro Se Assistance Project: To provide up-to-date legal information and assistance to pro se consumer bankruptcy filers who cannot afford to hire an attorney and do not qualify for legal aid or pro bono assistance with the goal of reducing the number of pro se cases dismissed due to filing deficiencies.

Planning grant for proposed initiative on the issue of criminal fees and fines. To provide funds to be used for Brennan Center staff to travel to a meeting in Florida to be convened by the Foundation and for staff time for additional research on the initiative in preparation for the meeting.

Legal Financial Obligations Project: To provide funding to investigate fees and fines policies in the criminal justice system in Florida and to develop a work plan to raise the profile of Legal Financial Obligation policies, and to advocate for reform.

Justice for Girls: Florida’s Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative: To strengthen the outreach and public education efforts of the previously funded two-year project which spearheaded systemic reform in the care and treatment of girls in Florida’s Juvenile Justice System and includes a Florida-based Girls Reform Blueprint Taskforce combined with a Public Information Advocacy Campaign.

Court House Accessibility Project: To provide information and technical assistance consulting services to the Office of the State Courts Administrator’s Courthouse Accessibility Initiative.

Florida Minority Bar Preparation Project: To provide funding to help develop a program that will pay standard Bar review course tuition for minority law school graduates to demonstrate financial need who have registered to take The Florida Bar Examination. The program will be open to first-time test takers who are Florida residents.

On their Own: Second Annual Conference on Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: To provide partial support for FIAC to host the second national conference on unaccompanied immigrant children in Miami on May 17-19, 2007.

Advancing the Cause and Administration of Justice: To support a broad range of public education programs and activities to advance the cause and administration of justice.

The Justice Teaching Institute: To provide funds to continue and expand the training of 3,000 teachers plus judges and attorneys as part of the Florida Supreme Court’s Justice Teaching Institute.

Human Rights/Immigration Law Project: As partial support for the establishment a Human Rights Immigration Law Project clinic.

Rethinking the Restoration of Civil Rights in Florida: Third-year funding to identify and minimize barriers to voting and other aspects of citizenship for non-incarcerated citizens with a prior felony conviction(s), through research, public policy advocacy, individual case advocacy, and development of training materials.