Florida foster youth shine at the Capitol
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013Manushka Gilet, second from left, and other members of Florida Youth SHINE talk with Rochelle Koff of the…
Continue readingProtecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013Colin Abbott, managing attorney of the Florida Rural Legal Services migrant unit, talks with client Myriam…
Continue readingChildren’s legal services projects in dire need of funding
Posted by Jessica Brown on August 7, 2013A single mother waiting tables in Daytona Beach, Michelle Gonska rarely saw two days go by without getting a call from her first-grader’s…
Continue readingElizabeth Guzman and Ericka Garcia: The warrior and the soldier
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2013Elizabeth Guzman, left, almost lost her severely disabled daughter. The girl is alive today and Guzman’s…
Continue readingAfter losing her life savings, Miami woman gets a fresh start
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2013On the verge of 75, Caroline Pennington found herself starting all over again. After a lifetime of hard work and solo parenting, the former marketing…
Continue readingFederal judge orders state of Florida to cover applied behavioral analysis therapy for autism
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2012Iliana Gonzalez and her son Karls, 6, enjoy visiting the playground at the…
Continue readingLegal aid organizations struggle to retain attorneys cultivated by Bar Foundation and Equal Justice Works
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2012From left, Florida Institutional Legal Services staff attorneys and former Equal Justice Works fellows Kristen Lentz, Cassandra Capobianco…
Continue readingOne student’s path to Stanford
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2011Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
Continue readingPositively Pro Bono: Kenneth Jacobs’ story
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2011Kenneth Jacobs held a job his entire adult life until 2008 when he…
Continue readingHow Ashlyn got her sparkle back
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011Sparkly. An eager, cheerful learner. Ashlyn Sikes’ teacher used these words to describe the Tallahassee second-grader, who…
Continue readingClearwater affordable housing units saved
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011Patricia Redding, center, will soon have a long-awaited ADA-compliant unit at Norton Apartments in Clearwater, Fla., where she…
Continue readingLegal Aid Leadership Development Institute equips legal aid attorneys to address challenging projects
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2011Legal Aid lawyer Matthew Trail thought a Lee…
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