Grant Database

Grant Program
Grantee
Program or Project
Year
Grant
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida Education Fund

Florida Minority Bar Preparation Project: To pay for tuition for the Bar review course of minority law school graduates with demonstrated financial need who have registered to take The Florida Bar examination.

101460

Florida Minority Bar Preparation Project: To pay for tuition for the Bar review course of minority law school graduates with demonstrated financial need who have registered to take The Florida Bar examination.

2007-08
$101,460
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida Law Related Education Association

Justice Teaching Institute: Investing in Florida Teachers — A Model Professional Development Program on the Courts and the Judiciary.

28000

Justice Teaching Institute: Investing in Florida Teachers — A Model Professional Development Program on the Courts and the Judiciary.

2007-08
$28,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida Law Related Education Association

Leadership for Justice: To support the development and expansion of model civic and law related education programs in Florida. It will also build upon the organizational and programmatic future of Florida Law Related Education.

105060

Leadership for Justice: To support the development and expansion of model civic and law related education programs in Florida. It will also build upon the organizational and programmatic future of Florida Law Related Education.

2007-08
$105,060
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida Partners in Crisis

To provide funds for a two-year project to strengthen the infrastructure of FPIC; strengthen the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors, board of trustees and members; increase the criminal and juvenile justice members of the organization for local and state advocacy; and create a long-term financial sustainability plan.

150000
Florida Partners in Crisis

To provide funds for a two-year project to strengthen the infrastructure of FPIC; strengthen the roles and responsibilities of the board of directors, board of trustees and members; increase the criminal and juvenile justice members of the organization for local and state advocacy; and create a long-term financial sustainability plan.

2007-08
$150,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights

Second-Year Funding of Human Rights/Immigration Rights Law Clinic: To support a full-time attorney to provide pro bono legal assistance and advocacy in immigration matters in Florida, including supervision of graduate students in the development of immigration cases and advocacy.

85000

Second-Year Funding of Human Rights/Immigration Rights Law Clinic: To support a full-time attorney to provide pro bono legal assistance and advocacy in immigration matters in Florida, including supervision of graduate students in the development of immigration cases and advocacy.

2007-08
$85,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights

Advancing the Findings and Recommendations of the American Bar Association/Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team Report: To provide funds to support a one-year project intended to address a wide range of issues and problems that undermine the fairness and accuracy of Florida’s death penalty process and thereby improve the administration of justice in Florida by advancing the findings and recommendations of the ABA/Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team report (September 2006).

58500

Advancing the Findings and Recommendations of the American Bar Association/Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team Report: To provide funds to support a one-year project intended to address a wide range of issues and problems that undermine the fairness and accuracy of Florida’s death penalty process and thereby improve the administration of justice in Florida by advancing the findings and recommendations of the ABA/Florida Death Penalty Assessment Team report (September 2006).

2007-08
$58,500
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights

To create a Florida Strategic Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. The Strategic Plan will involve various levels of federal and state law enforcement, affected state executive branch agencies and nongovernmental agency service providers tasked with serving the needs of Florida trafficking victims

60000

To create a Florida Strategic Plan to Combat Human Trafficking. The Strategic Plan will involve various levels of federal and state law enforcement, affected state executive branch agencies and nongovernmental agency service providers tasked with serving the needs of Florida trafficking victims

2007-08
$60,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants

Rethinking Restoration of Civil Rights in Florida: For advocacy to reform of Florida’s system which denies automatic restoration of civil rights for convicted felons upon complete of their sentences and to assist individuals to apply for restoration of their civil rights under Florida’s executive clemency process.

92750

Rethinking Restoration of Civil Rights in Florida: For advocacy to reform of Florida’s system which denies automatic restoration of civil rights for convicted felons upon complete of their sentences and to assist individuals to apply for restoration of their civil rights under Florida’s executive clemency process.

2007-08
$92,750
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Innocence Project of Florida

For general support of the Project to identify and free innocent inmates in Florida’s prisons through DNA testing. ($305,000 with $25,000 matching funds)

330000

For general support of the Project to identify and free innocent inmates in Florida’s prisons through DNA testing. ($305,000 with $25,000 matching funds)

2007-08
$330,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Orange County Bar Association

Modest Means Program: For development of a model program for persons of modest means to pay a reduced fee for legal services.

10000

Modest Means Program: For development of a model program for persons of modest means to pay a reduced fee for legal services.

2007-08
$10,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Tampa Bay Hispanic Bar Association

1st Annual Diversity Picnic: To provide funds for a Diversity Picnic at the downtown Tampa campus of Stetson Law School for all minority law school students from all laws schools in Florida.

5000

1st Annual Diversity Picnic: To provide funds for a Diversity Picnic at the downtown Tampa campus of Stetson Law School for all minority law school students from all laws schools in Florida.

2007-08
$5,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
The Florida Bar

Reporting on the Courts and the Law: To educate journalist in the basics in reporting on the law and the court system, including The Florida Bar attorney disciplinary process and increase awareness of the importance of the judiciary as a co-equal branch of goverment with the legislative and executive branches. A Workshop for Journalists (2007-$7,500; 2008 $7,500)

15000

Reporting on the Courts and the Law: To educate journalist in the basics in reporting on the law and the court system, including The Florida Bar attorney disciplinary process and increase awareness of the importance of the judiciary as a co-equal branch of goverment with the legislative and executive branches. A Workshop for Journalists (2007-$7,500; 2008 $7,500)

2007-08
$15,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
The Florida Bar

The Pro Se Appellate Handbook: Representing Yourself on Appeal: To provide funds to translate and print the Pro Se Appellate Handbook into Spanish and Creole (and English) and disseminate to all circuit court libraries, all Florida prisons, Legal Aid offices in Florida and all law schools in the state, and provide ADA compliant website version.

67444

The Pro Se Appellate Handbook: Representing Yourself on Appeal: To provide funds to translate and print the Pro Se Appellate Handbook into Spanish and Creole (and English) and disseminate to all circuit court libraries, all Florida prisons, Legal Aid offices in Florida and all law schools in the state, and provide ADA compliant website version.

2007-08
$67,444
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
The Florida Bar Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism

To support a planning process for the transition of the Center functions to a comprehensive approach to promoting the professionalism of Florida lawyers.

100000

To support a planning process for the transition of the Center functions to a comprehensive approach to promoting the professionalism of Florida lawyers.

2007-08
$100,000
RELATIONSHIP:Improvements in the Administration of Justice Grants
Collins Center For Public Policy

In support of children’s initiatives including restorative justice planning for the diversion of minor offenders, reduction of the “school to prison pipeline,” defining realistic alternatives for adult representatives (legal counsel, guardians-ad-liten, mentors), etc.

350000
Collins Center For Public Policy

In support of children’s initiatives including restorative justice planning for the diversion of minor offenders, reduction of the “school to prison pipeline,” defining realistic alternatives for adult representatives (legal counsel, guardians-ad-liten, mentors), etc.

2008-09
$350,000

Grants reflect the amount approved but may not reflect the amount paid or if grant funds were returned. Grant data prior to 2008 may be incomplete.

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