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FFLA to honor former Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince, retired college president Lawrence W. Tyree, and Florida Justice Institute founder Roderick N. Petrey
Former Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince has been selected to receive FFLA’s 2024 Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer, and retired college president Lawrence W. Tyree will receive the Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer. The Medal of Honor is FFLA’s highest honor. Roderick N. Petrey, founder of
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My Journey: A former Summer Fellow leads firm’s Immigration Practice Group
Former Florida Bar Foundation Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellow Katie Nokes Minervino leads Pierce Atwood‘s Immigration Practice Group in Portland, ME. She received an Outstanding Service Award from the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project in Maine for pro bono representation of asylum seekers in 2013. From 2019-21, she served as the
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Legal aid staff prepare foster child with autism for the future
At 16, Jasmine Mendez was on her own. She was being discharged from a two-year stay at a Statewide Inpatient Psychiatric Program (SIPP), and she had no family members willing to take her in. Jasmine’s father left her family when she was seven. “My mother wasn’t of sound mind, and
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President’s Message – Spring 2024
It has been my pleasure to serve as FFLA’s president this year and to be a firsthand witness to the significant milestones that have come to pass as we navigate the changes brought forth by amendments to the IOTA rule. While progress is oftentimes one step forward and two steps
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FFLA and Family Law Section fund 14 Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellows
After a four-year pause due to lack of funding, FFLA will once again fund its Civil Legal Aid Summer Fellows program, through which Florida law students spend 10 weeks working at a legal aid organization. FFLA allocated $100,000 to fund 10 fellows for the 2024 program. In January, The Florida
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