Navigation Amber Kornreich Amber Kornreich is the recipient of the 2025 Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award. The award recognizes public service or legal aid performed by a lawyer who is 35 or younger or who has not practiced for more than five years. The award will be presented in a January 16 […]
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FFLA distributes $93 million in IOTA funds to 35 legal aid organizations
The board of directors of FFLA has approved a general distribution of $89,748,976 in Interest on Trust Account (IOTA) funds to 35 Florida legal aid organizations. Organizations must use the grant money within calendar year 2025. At its December 6, 2024, meeting, FFLA also approved using $3,636,425 in IOTA funds for its Pro Bono Support […]
Craig E. Rothburd, P.A., to receive commendation for pro bono work
Craig E. Rothburd Craig E. Rothburd, P.A. — a Tampa-based law firm that has made pro bono service an integral part of the firm’s ethos — will receive the 2025 Law Firm Commendation from Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz at the annual Pro Bono Awards ceremony Jan. 16 at the Supreme Court of Florida. The […]
Rules, scams, and law student loans on Florida Bar News Briefs
The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including: The Florida Supreme Court revising the process for developing procedural rules, following a 2022 study commissioned by The Florida Bar. A Georgia prison inmate and an accomplice facing federal charges for […]
Judge Timothy J. Corrigan to receive Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Pro Bono Award
Judge Timothy J. Corrigan U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Corrigan of the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award. The award, which honors outstanding and sustained service to the public especially as it relates to support of pro bono legal services, will be presented […]