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Miami Pro Bono Roundtable Summit 2012
Last Updated on Wednesday, 04 April 2012 08:46 Written by Jimmy Monday, 02 April 2012 08:19
The Miami Pro Bono Roundtable &
the Florida Bar Standing Committee on Pro Bono
proudly present the:
2012 Miami Pro Bono Summit
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Akerman Senterfit
One S.E. 3rd Avenue
25th Floor
Miami, FL
2:00-5:00 pm Summit
5:00-7:00 pm Pro Bono Fair
In conjunction with Florida’s One Campaign promoting Pro Bono efforts across the state, the Miami Pro Bono Roundtable and the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono are sponsoring a Pro Bono Summit. This event will follow a robust agenda including plenary and breakout sessions focusing on growing and fine-tuning pro bono opportunities in Miami and building a community that supports pro bono in new and innovative ways. We will also focus on recruiting more firms and attorneys to perform pro bono work for the community and highlight critical areas of legal need for Dade county’s most disadvantaged residents.
The Summit will be followed by a Pro Bono Fair/Reception hosted by Lexis Nexis from 5pm - 7 pm.
The Fair will give people an opportunity to talk with the various public interest organizations aiming to recruit pro bono talent.
So come out and find out how you can be the One….for someone with a legal need.
*This event is geared towards attorneys, judges, and legal services organizations that work within the larger Miami Legal Community.
Imagine the impact we could make if every attorney in the state of Florida helped one pro bono client. That single contribution could drastically reduce the enormous backlog of cases and significantly improve access to justice for all Florida residents.
Upon taking the oath at the beginning of a career in law each attorney makes a promise to “never reject the cause of the defenseless or oppressed or delay anyone’s cause for lucre or malice.” In October 2009 the Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono, led by Judge William Van Nortwick, launched the One Campaign which is committed to giving attorneys the opportunity to renew that promise.
by The Florida Bar Foundation.
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ONE CLIENT
Jodi has congestive heart failure and her husband Bobby has diabetes. Because of confusing and bureaucratic paperwork they were denied their rightful benefits from Medicaid and the resulting medical bills threatened their ability to remain independent. One lawyer helped them restore their benefits and made it possible for them to be reimbursed for the money they had already spent. Today they have the dignity of living their lives under the roof that has been their home for the last 30 years. There are thousands of seniors in Florida just like the Guins -- doing their best to enjoy the time they’ve earned from a lifetime of loving their families and contributing to their communities. All they ask for is what’s fair and just and the needed assistance from special lawyers, lawyers they could not otherwise afford, to make sure their rights are protected. -Jodi and Bobby Guin Read more
ONE ATTORNEY
“Writing the check is important, but it’s not enough. If all you do is write the check then you are missing the most important thing you can do as a lawyer. Take a moment to remember sitting in law school when you imagined doing something remarkable as a lawyer. I can tell you from personal experience that helping a family keep their house, allowing a senior citizen to live with dignity or finding a child a loving home are just a few of the remarkable experiences that you can achieve by giving of your time as well as your skills. Let’s agree that we get tremendous satisfaction from serving our paying clients, but this work, the work we imagined as young law students is a special calling. I believe in the deepest part of me that this work is calling you.” Corali Lopez-CastroKozyak Tropin & Throckmorton Read more
ONE PROMISE
"Upon taking the oath at the beginning of a career in law each attorney makes a promise to 'never reject the cause of the defenseless or oppressed.' By raising our hand and taking that oath we make a commitment which I believe must be taken seriously. Those words were put in that pledge because they represent what is fair and just and they were intended to ensure that even those who could not afford a lawyer would not be denied justice. Despite our best attempts, our system of law is difficult to navigate without a lawyer. If you add to that the unique challenges of people who can’t afford a lawyer the level of difficulty is significantly increased. I believe leading by example is the charge of every judge, and in that spirit I would challenge each of my fellow jurists to encourage attorneys to do pro bono work. It harkens back to the canons we swore to uphold: 'we will promote the fair administration of justice.' Encouraging lawyers to represent those who cannot afford a lawyer is the essence of that charge.” - Judge William A. Van Nortwick Jr., First District Court of AppealChair, Florida Bar Standing Committee on Pro Bono Read more
