Navigation Chesterfield Smith The Lawton M. Chiles Center for Florida History Florida Lecture Series kicks off the 2022 portion of its schedule with a look at one of the most honored lawyers in Florida history. Dr. Mary Adkins, a master legal skills professor at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, is scheduled to talk […]
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Court reaffirms rule barring CLE credit for programs that employ quotas
The Florida Supreme Court ratified its amendment of a Bar rule banning quotas for speakers and panelists at Bar-approved CLE programs and clarified that credit will not be awarded regardless of whether it is the sponsor or the individual lawyer who applies if the program organizers employ quotas. The court, however, delayed the amendment’s effective […]
Civil case cover sheet amended to ID sexual abuse cases
The civil cover sheet that lawyers fill out when electronically filing documents has been changed to add a classification for civil filings that stem from sexual abuse cases. The Supreme Court on December 16 approved changes to Form 1.997 (Civil Cover Sheet) in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. The modification comes after a change, […]
Grand jury report cites Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section’s condo recommendations
Katherine Fernandez Rundle Eleventh Circuit State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle is praising a grand jury investigation of the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse that claimed 98 lives in Surfside in June. “After listening to numerous building construction experts, evaluative panels and involved individuals, the grand jury came to a strong conclusion – save lives, not […]
Three Board of Governors races set; 21 reelected without opposition
Bar members in the 10th, 13th, and 17th circuits will have contested Board of Governors races in the 2022 Bar elections, while in other circuits 21 board members have been reelected without opposition. For the Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors, there is one contested race in the 20th Circuit while 15 lawyers were elected […]