Navigation After suspending Bar late fees, redesigning a website, recruiting financial help, and assisting the courts tackle a massive backlog, the Bar’s COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery Task Force is shifting gears. Chair Michael Tanner told the Board of Governors at an October 23 meeting that the panel has accomplished its first mission, meeting the most immediate needs […]
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ADR Section to host Arbitration Advocacy Institute November 13
The Florida Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section’s inaugural Arbitration Advocacy Institute is a one-day, virtual workshop for attorney-arbitrators that will provide coaching on mechanics, technology, and professionalism to help Florida attorneys boost their arbitration advocacy skills. Attendees will increase their knowledge of the arbitration process from beginning to end — distinct from mediation and litigation […]
O’Connor says the pandemic has challenged and changed the next generation of lawyers
FSU College of Law Dean Erin O’Hara O’Connor Tested by adversity, the next generation of lawyers will be more technologically savvy, independent, prone to question authority, and less fearful of the unknown. That’s Florida State University College of Law Dean Erin O’Hara O’Connor’s assessment in a video address to an October 21 luncheon of the […]
Center for Professionalism offers help to law students
The Bar’s Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism is reaching out to Florida law students. Center Director Rebecca Bandy has sent an email to law students listing the resources available through the center and its website at www.floridabar.org/prof/. Those resources include: Click Here To Read The Full Article
Seventh Circuit JNC re-opens nomination process to fill a circuit vacancy
RE-OPENED: 7TH CIRCUIT JNC NOTICE OF CIRCUIT COURT VACANCY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2020 Click Here To Read The Full Article