Navigation More than 75 summer associates, law clerks, and public interest interns from a dozen different law firms and law schools gathered at the 11th Annual Getting a Head Start on Pro Bono for Summer Associates event that aims to inspire soon-to-be-new lawyers to make pro bono a regular part of their future practice. The Miami […]
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Change would heighten review of Florida Registered Paralegal Program applicants
Applicants to the Florida Registered Paralegal Program would face a stricter level of scrutiny under a proposal the Board of Governors will consider later this month. A proposed amendment to Bar Rule 20-5.1 (Generally) would make any person “who engages in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in the application or reapplication process” ineligible […]
Allard named founding dean of Jacksonville University College of Law
Nicholas W. Allard Jacksonville University July 19 named Nicholas W. Allard the founding dean of its fledgling law school. A graduate of Princeton, Oxford, and Yale Law School, and a Rhodes Scholar, Allard is currently senior counsel at the Dentons law firm.
‘To me, the first rule of competency is [to] know what you don’t know’
First District Court of Appeal Judge Stephanie Williams Ray offers a brief, from a 2006 appeal, as a textbook example of how a lawyer should not behave. Without a factual basis, the attorney accused opposing counsel of fabricating evidence, called a trial court’s findings “baloney,” and sprinkled in references to “judicial murder,” “Twilight Zone doctors,” […]
Supreme Court adopts rules for remote proceedings
The Florida Supreme Court has adopted, with notable exceptions, a sweeping COVID-19 Workgroup proposal regarding remote court proceedings. “The proposed amendments, which we adopt with modifications, provide permanent and broader authorization for the remote conduct of certain court proceedings,” Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz stated in a unanimous, July 14 opinion. The court formed the “Workgroup […]