Navigation From emphasizing that lawyers who fail to file trust account certificates are ineligible to practice to allowing inventory attorneys to be paid to encouraging jurists to seek treatment for chemical dependency and mental-health issues, the Florida Supreme Court on March 3 amended 31 existing Bar rules and adopted a new one involving sunsetting certification areas. […]
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Legal Aid Service of Collier County puts disaster assistance grant to work
Legal Aid Service of Collier County is using a $96,851 grant from the Community Foundation of Collier County’s Disaster Assistance Fund to support its housing, consumer law, veterans, elder law, and disaster relief efforts. The grant was applied to maintain the positions of two attorneys and two paralegals in its Disaster Relief Unit Project. Over […]
House set to allow judges to take ‘judicial notice’ of web mapping services
Sen. Jennifer Bradley The House is poised to sign off on a measure that would permit courts to take “judicial notice” of internet mapping services. The House agreed March 3 to substitute SB 634 by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Orange Park, for a companion, HB 677 by Rep. Will Robinson, R-Bradenton.
Coast to Coast Legal Aid lands federal human trafficking grant
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida has landed a major federal grant, and that’s good news for Broward County human trafficking survivors. CCLA will use the $349,995 award from the U.S. Justice Department’s Office of Justice Programs to provide “critical, trauma-informed” legal services to survivors, Victoria Sexton, a South Florida attorney who represents […]
Proposed Amendments to Form 1.923 (Eviction Summons/Residential)
Publication Chart Eviction Forms