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Members traveling to the Annual Florida Bar Convention get special Brightline savings

There’s good news for Florida Bar members attending the Annual Florida Bar Convention — Brightline train service is offering special savings for members booking now through June 29 for travel June 24–29 between Orlando and Boca Raton: up to 35% off SMART Business Class and up to 15% off PREMIUM First Class. You must book […]

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June 1, 2025 News and Notes

Eric Shane of Leesfield & Partners helped judge and coach law students with the University of Miami to ready them for the Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition. Elizabeth Schwartz of Miami presented at the ABA Family Law Section on international surrogacy. John J. Campo of Jones Foster has been selected to […]

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JEAC opinion draws line between education and advocacy in domestic violence roles

A judge can be assigned to unified family court, hearing civil interpersonal violence injunction cases, and interact on an ad hoc basis with a local domestic violence fatality response team (DVFRT) for the limited purposes of offering recommendations and insights from a judicial perspective. However, in response to the question, “May a judge who presides […]

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