Navigation Karen Ladis, DLA executive director, from the left, David Alschuler, Pro Bono GAL Award recipient, and Judge Samantha Ruiz Cohen. Dade Legal Aid and Put Something Back hosted its 33rd Annual Nuts & Bolts of Family Law Seminar on May 29, recruiting and training over 100 attorneys to handle pro bono family cases. “This was […]
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Have you paid your annual Florida Bar fees?
As The Florida Bar prepares to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year, its annual fee season is underway with the traditional early option of paying online by signing into the Member Portal at member.floridabar.org and clicking the “Pay My Fees” button. This may be paid via credit card or e-check. It is the quickest and easiest way […]
Animal Law Section recognizes bunny’s courtroom contributions
Stephanie Perkins and Mochi, the first rabbit in Florida to assist with courtroom testimony. Delivering courtroom testimony is especially intimidating to children and Animal therapy volunteers can help to ease the stress of the situation. The Florida Bar Animal Law Section, represented by executive council members Ralph DeMeo, Michelle Ballard, and Gregg Morton, this year […]
Donations save lives — the story behind the upcoming blood drive at the Annual Florida Bar Convention
FRP Enrichment Committee Co-Chair Rebecca Schriver donates blood to honor the memory her sister, who died of cancer, and to honor the late Alexa Muffley Holt, pictured above with her husband and daughters, who had been a close friend of Schriver’s daughter, Kelsey, since childhood. Holt had glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain cancer. Given a […]
Justices to lead convention seminar on Florida’s civil justice reforms
The Florida Supreme Court will anchor the Bar’s diamond anniversary celebration at the 2025 Annual Florida Bar Convention with an hour-long seminar that includes discussion of landmark civil justice reforms. The “Keynote Discussion with the Florida Supreme Court,” sponsored by the Annual Convention Committee, begins at 9 a.m., Thursday, June 26, at the Boca Raton […]