Judge Catherine Peek McEwen

The Florida Bar Foundation has facilitated an easy way for more than 30 legal aid programs to reach out and connect with new potential pro bono lawyers. Spurred by The Florida Bar Pro Bono Legal Services Committee’s desire to engage emeritus lawyers, the Foundation has created an outreach package designed to help legal aid programs recruit them.

Emeritus lawyers are those who are either retired, inactive, former judges, law professors or house counsel who agree to provide legal services under the supervision of a lawyer at an approved legal aid organization.