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| December 2009 |
Florida Legal Services names its Tallahassee headquarters in honor of Paul Doyle
For 35 Florida Legal Services has been the voice for Florida’s poor, disadvantaged, and vulnerable. FLS has also long defended the rights of these underprivileged and often overlooked citizens, not only in courtrooms, but also in Florida’s capitol. Until recently, this has been achieved from rented basement offices.
But thanks to the supporters of FLS’ “Building Justice Campaign,” Florida Legal Services now has its own newly renovated office in Tallahassee, named in honor of Paul Doyle, who has dedicated four decades of his career to public service.
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Second District Court of Appeals Judge Marva Crenshaw appointed to Foundation board
The Foundation welcomes Second District Court of Appeals Judge Marva L. Crenshaw to its board. Crenshaw, who presides in Lakeland, was appointed by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince and will serve a three-year term that is effective immediately. Crenshaw is succeeding Judge Thomas "Tam" Wilson, who retired from the bench in October.
The DeFuniak Springs native graduated from Tuskegee Institute with a bachelor's degree and received her juris doctorate from the University of Florida. She has served in many capacities, including prosecutor for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, Bay Area Legal Services attorney, Hillsborough County Court Judge, and Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court Judge.
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Florida Justice Summit examines alternatives to expanding state's prison system
Follow the path of the thousands of Florida juveniles who are incarcerated each year, and you'll likely find that poverty, poor education and a difficult home life were the stepping stones that landed them behind bars.
These jailed youths often become "inmates-in-training," who eventually reach a graduation of a different sort: straight to Florida's adult prison system.
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Foundation accepting applicants for board seats
The Foundation is seeking applicants for eight seats on its board of directors for terms starting July 2010 under the Florida Supreme Court approved governance plan.
Since 1981, the Foundation has been the administrator of the Florida Supreme Court's IOTA Program. The Foundation board awards all grants, oversees the Foundation's fundraising program, sets investment policies, Foundation policies generally, and adopts the annual operating budget.
Read more about board of director requirements
Application forms for seats to be filled by the Florida Supreme Court, The Florida Bar Foundation or the Joint Bar/Foundation nominating committee.
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There's still time to give!
If you did not contribute to the Lawyers' Challenge for Children this year and would still like to support the Foundation's Children's Legal Services Grant Program, or if you would like to add to your previous gift, you can do so through our end-of-year campaign by donating online at www.floridabarfoundation.org. One hundred percent of all funds contributed to Children's Legal Services end-of-year campaign are used to provide legal assistance to these needy children. We thank you once again for being up to the challenge, and so do Florida's children.
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Florida Bar Workers' Comp Member Benefit
The Florida Bar has encouraged us to remind our friends of an additional way to support the Foundation through the Bar's new Workers' Compensation Insurance Member Benefit Program
. Through the buying power of The Florida Bar’s membership, the new Workers’ Compensation Member Benefit creates the potential for your firm to earn a dividend. As you prepare to renew your policy, please consider purchasing your insurance through The Florida Bar and assigning any potential dividend you might receive to The Florida Bar Foundation, the only organization that provides funding for legal aid and promotes improvements in addressing the civil legal needs of the poor statewide.
Visit www.memberbenefits.com/floridabar or call the program administrator at 1-800-282-8626 to learn more. If you are not responsible for purchasing your firm's Workers' Compensation insurance, please forward this article to the person who is.
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and last but not least ... Happy Holidays!
Seasons Greetings from The Florida Bar Foundation, its grantees and the communities they serve! We thought you would like to know that members of the Foundation staff have joined you in giving to provide greater access to legal justice for the poor by becoming Foundation Fellows.
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The mission of The Florida Bar Foundation, a charitable organization established in 1956 by Florida lawyers and the Supreme Court of Florida, is to provide greater access to justice.
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