Posts Tagged 'Florida Bar'



Foundation works to adapt to revised IOTA rule

Donny MacKenzie The Florida Bar Foundation Executive Committee will soon make recommendations on complying with recent changes in the Bar’s IOTA program and which will be considered by the full board of directors next month. Those recommendations could include bifurcating Foundation operations, with IOTA programs operated separately from activities funded from other sources.

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YLD board nominations now being accepted

Nominating petitions for positions on the Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors must be received in The Florida Bar headquarters office on or before 5 p.m., December 15. Executive Director Joshua E. Doyle on October 1 certified to Todd Backer, YLD president, the number of YLD members of The Florida Bar in good standing in […]

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Attorneys sought to help restore voting rights


Volunteer attorneys are being sought to help former felons deal with unpaid court fines and fees that under a state law are preventing them from registering to vote. After Florida voters in 2018 approved a constitutional amendment allowing most felons who had completed their sentences to vote, the Florida Legislature passed a law that said […]

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