Grant Database
Grant Program
Grantee
Program or Project
Year
Grant
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.
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.
Justice Teaching Institute: Investing in Florida Teachers — A Model Professional Development Program on the Courts and the Judiciary.
Justice Teaching Institute: Investing in Florida Teachers — A Model Professional Development Program on the Courts and the Judiciary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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).
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
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
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.
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.
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)
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)
Afternoon in the Courthouse/DUI Project/Legal Aid Awareness Project
Afternoon in the Courthouse/DUI Project/Legal Aid Awareness Project
General support
General support
Modest Means Program: For development of a model program for persons of modest means to pay a reduced fee for legal services.
Modest Means Program: For development of a model program for persons of modest means to pay a reduced fee for legal services.
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.
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.
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)
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)
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.
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.
To support a planning process for the transition of the Center functions to a comprehensive approach to promoting the professionalism of Florida lawyers.
To support a planning process for the transition of the Center functions to a comprehensive approach to promoting the professionalism of Florida lawyers.
Rethinking Restoration of Civil Rights in Florida
Rethinking Restoration of Civil Rights in Florida
Pro Se Assistance Translation Project
Pro Se Assistance Translation Project
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.
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.
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.