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Full agenda awaits the board in July

From emergency suspension and interim probation to a proposed temporary membership, the Board of Governors will consider a host of new rules and proposed amendments when it meets July 18 in West Palm Beach. High on the agenda for the first meeting of the Bar year is new Rule 3-5.3 (Emergency Suspension and Interim Probation) […]

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Chief Judge Cecilia Maria Altonaga and Judge Miguel de la O win Hoeveler Judicial Professionalism Awards

Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga and Roland Sanchez-Medina. The Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism and the Standing Committee on Professionalism named Chief Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida and Judge Miguel de la O of the 11th Judicial Circuit as co-winners of the 2025 William M. […]

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Professor Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick wins professionalism in legal education award

Associate Professor Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick and Roland Sanchez-Medina. The Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism presented Cooley Law School Associate Professor Joseline Jean-Louis Hardrick this year’s Law Faculty/Administrator Award, recognizing her outstanding commitment to professionalism in legal education. The award, presented at the recent Annual Florida Bar Convention in Boca Raton, honors faculty or administrators […]

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