Interactive story map shows hurricane impacts and Florida’s vulnerable populations
A map displaying data from several agencies shows the impacts of high winds, flooding, storm surge and related…
Continue readingPro bono collaboration supports U.S. veterans in North Florida
State Attorney Jack Campbell from the Second Circuit has helped plan Stand Down Courts since April 2013…
Continue readingAttorney Burton Young pays it forward
As a student at Miami Beach High in the 1940s, Burton…
Continue readingYork joins The Florida Bar Foundation as grant program officer
Catherine “Kate” York has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is…
Continue readingStatewide LGBTQ summit brings legal aid and human services providers together
Tony Karrat, executive director of the Legal Aid Service of…
Continue readingNelson Joins The Florida Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Program Officer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Claud B. Nelson III has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide…
Continue readingFounder of Space Coast Community Law School Named Brevard County Legal Aid Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Seeing an unprecedented need for legal services in Brevard County as the economy continued to decline in 2010, attorney Brigitta Hawkins created…
Continue readingFlorida Legal Services offers information on Irma-related public benefits and legal aid in multiple languages at Floridalegal.org/Irma
English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português English Español Kreyòl Ayisyen Português MIAMI – Low-income Floridians who were struggling to meet basic, everyday needs before Hurricane Irma ̶ including non-English speakers, the disabled, migrant farmworkers, and others living in poverty, have seen their problems multiplied in the storm’s aftermath. Read More
Continue readingThe Florida Bar Foundation allocates up to $500,000 for hurricane-related civil legal aid, establishes Florida Hurricane Legal Aid Fund
MAITLAND, Fla. –The Florida Bar Foundation board of directors Sept. 7 approved an allocation of up to $500,000 to support Florida legal aid organizations that suffer infrastructure damage or…
Continue readingFall committee and board meetings canceled due to Hurricane Irma
Due to the severity of Hurricane Irma, which is expected to make landfall in South Florida this week, The Florida…
Continue readingHarkness receives Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer
Florida Bar Executive Director John F. “Jack” Harkness Jr., a nationally recognized legal visionary and the nation’s longest-serving bar executive, received…
Continue readingJane Curran receives Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer
Jane Elizabeth Curran, The Florida Bar Foundation’s founding executive director,…
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