Navigation The New Year is offering many of us cool mornings, blue skies, and a bright sun that beckon us outdoors to take a walk. In previous columns we have explored the four primary mindfulness practices of focused attention, body scan, open monitoring, and connection that tend to be done sitting down. This month we consider […]
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St. Johns County Legal Aid honors its volunteers
St. Johns County Legal Aid presented it’s 2021 Pro Bono Awards via zoom to the following attorneys and “Most Helpful Clerk” of the year. On the top row from the left are legal aid staff Megan Wall, Savannah Stevens and Elizabeth Teelon. In second row from the top are honorees Vincent Sullivan and Pam Holcomb, […]
Check your inbox for the upcoming Bar elections eBallot option email
Florida lawyers should be on the lookout for an email from The Florida Bar sent January 19 asking how they would like to cast their ballots in the upcoming 2022 Florida Bar election process. The email will come from Election Services Corporation, which administers The Florida Bar’s elections, with the subject line “Select Now – eBallot […]
Questions for the Bar president-elect candidates
The following questions were posed by the News to Bar president-elect candidates Lorna Brown-Burton of Ft. Lauderdale and Scott Westheimer of Sarasota. Ballots for the election will be mailed or emailed around March 1, and must be returned no later than 11:59 p.m. March 21. Voters will have the option of voting online in lieu […]
Florida Board of Bar Examiners salutes its staff’s dedication
The Florida Board of Bar Examiners recently honored its staff at its annual longevity and merit awards luncheon in Tallahassee. Executive Director Michele Gavagni lauded her staff for overcoming the obstacles presented by the pandemic and said even though not everything may have “happened on the applicants’ preferred time frame” the Bar Examiners were able to shift […]