Navigation Once inactive, Latimer Hawkins Judicial Council rebooted
Judges of the reconstituted Latimer Hawkins Judicial Council at the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association’s recent meeting at the Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando.
The Latimer Hawkins Judicial Council, an organization comprised of African American judges committed to the improvement of the law, the legal system, and the administration of justice in Florida, received new life on November 18 during the quarterly meeting of the Virgil Hawkins Florida Chapter of the National Bar Association at the Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando.
The council was named after the late Judge Henry Latimer who was a circuit court judge in Broward County and was in line to become the first Black president of The Florida Bar, as well as Virgil Hawkins, who spent years of his life fighting for admission to practice law in Florida. The council was founded in the early 2000s but was inactive for many years.
