Recently added articles from Florida Bar News:
Lawyers needed to wade through foreclosure flood: Glitch won't affect lawyers handling foreclosures.
Aug 01, 2008; Blankenship, Gary ... A new state law aimed at cracking down on scammers taking advantage of homeowners facing mortgage foreclosures will not affect the hiring of attorneys by those homeowners, according to Attorney General Bill McCollum. In a July 8 letter, McCollum clarified that the provisions of ...
Lawyers needed to wade through foreclosure flood: bar members step up to assist homeowners.
Aug 01, 2008; Killian, Mark D. ... Florida lawyers have responded to the call for volunteers to assist the working poor facing foreclosure. But more are needed. Three hundred and twenty Bar members have thus far offered their services to FLASH--Florida Attorneys Saving Homes--a collaborative effort launched in ...
Rules panel wants representation at first appearances.(The Florida Bar Criminal Procedure Rules Committee)
Aug 01, 2008; Pudlow, Jan ... Once a contentious issue pitting the guarantee of constitutional rights against practical concerns in a budget crisis, the vote was 28-0 to mandate that both prosecutor and public defender be required to attend all first appearance proceedings--the first chance for a defendant to get out ...
Attorneys needed for aging-out foster kids.
Aug 01, 2008; Pudlow, Jan ... The day Peggy Quince became chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, she asked lawyers to volunteer for the Fostering Independence Project to help youth aging-out of foster care become productive citizens. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Smiling among the well-wishers in ...
Summer service.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RICHARD SHANE WAS ONE OF 10 summer associates at Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price and Alexrod in Miami who put on their gardening gloves and braved the humidity to landscape one of 187 homes in the Jordan Commons community for Habitat for Humanity. "Having the ...
Citing financial woes, PD stops accepting cases: hearing set in the 11th Circuit's action, more PDs may follow suit.
Aug 01, 2008; Pudlow, Jan ... Swamped with cases and too broke to hire more lawyers, Florida's largest public defender office--Miami-Dade's 11th Circuit--can no longer effectively represent more clients, so it must refuse new felony cases. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] That's the gist of 11th Circuit ...
Administrative Law Section to support those with disabilities.
Aug 01, 2008; MacQueen, Kim ... Amid all the budgetary hand-wringing that characterized this year's legislative session, the average person might not have noticed many changes lawmakers made to the administrative rules governing state agencies. Luckily, after more than 30 years in existence, that's something The Florida ...
Bar referral service will cover Dade.(The Florida Bar and Miami-Dade County, Florida)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Bar's Lawyer Referral Service will soon add Miami-Dade County to its coverage area. The Bar's LRS will begin making referrals in Miami-Dade County beginning October 1, which coincides with the publishing of the new phone books, according to Karen Kelly, director of the Bar's ...
Tjoflat: ethics and professionalism lead to independence.
Aug 01, 2008; Blankenship, Gary ... If American lawyers want to remain independent, much of their fate remains in their own hands through following high standards of ethics and professionalism, according to 11th U.S. Circuit Court Judge Gerald Tjoflat. Judge Tjoflat delivered the annual lecture on the Independence ...
Task Force on Judicial Branch Planning extends its online court system survey deadline.
Aug 01, 2008 ... There is still time to participate in an online survey to help the Task Force on Judicial Branch Planning identify emerging issues and trends. "In planning for the court system for the next 20 years, it's important to gather input from those who work with the courts day-in and ...
Center for Professionalism sets career satisfaction workshop.
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism and Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., will host a two-day career satisfaction workshop September 5-6 in Tallahassee. Shari R. Gregory, the assistant director/attorney counselor with the Oregon Attorney Assistance Program, and Mike ...
Hersch elected FACDL president.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Richard Hersch of Miami was recently elected president of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers at its recent Annual Meeting in Key West. Other new FACDL officers include Paula Saunders of Tallahassee, president-elect; Brian Tannebaum of Miami, vice president; ...
The Florida International University.(Brief article)
Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY College of Law trial team captured first place in the Southeast Region of the American Association for Justice National Student Trial Advocacy Competition. Held in Atlanta, the competition featured 16 teams from 10 law ...
Proposed civil jury instructions.(Notices)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases noticed proposed changes and new instructions for public comment on April 15 and May 1. As a result of comments received, the committee proposes the following changes in the proposed instructions. Comments are again ...
Proposed amendments to the juvenile procedures rules deal with foster kids.(Notices)
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Steering Committee on Families and Children in the Court has submitted to the Florida Supreme Court a petition seeking to amend Florida Rule of Juvenile Procedure 8.255, General Provision for Hearing, to require a child who is in licensed foster care or foster care with "another ...
Aronberg wants to rework released sex offender laws: Senator says the current hodgepodge of laws regulating residency undermines public safety.
Aug 01, 2008; Killian, Mark D. ... While well-intentioned, Florida's current laws restricting where sex offenders released from prison can live undermines public safety and need to be reformed. That's the message Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, brought to the Young Lawyers Division Board of Governors when it ...
Parks & Crump.
Aug 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PARKS & CRUMP recently presented a $1 million gift to Legal Services of North Florida's 30th Anniversary Endowment Fund. LSNF launched its major gift campaign in January 2007, to create an endowment that will secure the future of accessible legal services ...
Roundtable explores the ins and outs of federal practice.
Aug 01, 2008; Pudlow, Jan ... "There are three kinds of closing arguments," said William Stafford, senior federal judge in the Northern District of Florida. "There's the well-organized one you write out, there's the mish-mash of what you actually say when you stand before the jury, and then there's the closing argument ...
Older Floridians Handbook available.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Carlton Fields and Florida Justice Institute, Inc., recently published the fifth edition of the Older Floridians Handbook: Laws and Programs Affecting Older Floridians. The handbook, first published by the Florida Justice Institute in 1980, provides basic information relevant to ...
Practice in federal court? This Bar committee has the guide for you.
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Federal Judicial Roundtable is just one of the projects of the Federal Court Practice Committee, more than 40 members who serve as The Florida Bar's liaison to the federal courts, the standing committees of the Federal Judicial Conference, and to chapters of the Federal Bar Association ...