Navigation Mary Robinson The Florida State University College of Law will host Mary Robinson — Ireland’s first female president, climate justice advocate, and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights — as the 2025 speaker for the D’Alemberte & Palmer Lecture in International Human Rights. Robinson will speak on “The Rule of Law in International […]
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Thomas A. Zehnder honored with Tobias Simon Pro Bono Award
Thomas A. Zehnder, the recipient of the Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service, says serving as a Guardian ad Litem makes him remember that there are people facing real trials and tribulations every day that he couldn’t imagine enduring. “And in dependency cases, it’s children who face those circumstances through no fault of their own,” Zehnder […]
Experts discuss impact of Florida’s sweeping civil justice reforms at packed ABOTA Ft. Lauderdale CLE
A free, ABOTA Ft. Lauderdale lunchtime CLE regarding the Supreme Court’s new civil justice reforms nearly crashed the Zoom platform Wednesday, attracting more than 3,000 concerned judges, lawyers, and paraprofessionals. “Practical Aspects of the New and Revised Florida Rules of Civil Procedure,” featured 17th Judicial Circuit Administrative Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips, veteran West Palm Beach appellate […]
ABA Free Legal Answers surpasses 400k inquiries; nearly 100,000 pro bono hours served
Free Legal Answers, the virtual legal advice clinic sponsored by the ABA, hit a major milestone, crossing the 400,000-mark in the total number of questions handled since the program’s inception in 2016. The program’s more than 15,000 attorneys registered nationally to volunteer performed over 16,500 hours of pro bono service in 2024, assisting with family, […]
Hot Topics in Evidence: live, advanced training coming to Orlando
The advanced, live (in-person) training Hot Topics in Evidence will be held at the Orange County Bar Association in Orlando on Monday, February 24 from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. The training will be hosted by The Florida Bar Criminal Law and Trial Lawyers sections and Bar’s Code & Rules of Evidence Committee. The seminar […]