Pro Bono News

“I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed. . .”  When we took the Florida Bar Oath, we each pledged to do pro bono work. But that isn’t why I always did pro bono cases, and that isn’t why I encourage others to take pro bono...Read More

Congratulations to John Macdonald and Maxine Long, the recipients of the first ever Business Law Section Pro Bono Award. On June 21, 2023, John MacDonald, of Akerman, LLP, and Maxine Long, a retired former Chair of the Business Law Section, received the BLS Inaugural Pro Bono Award. While the BLS and its members have been...Read More

The Business Law Section’s Financial Literacy Task Force is proud to announce the launching of their statewide Veterans Financial Literacy Program to take place this coming November 2023 (Veterans Month) in Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Pensacola. You can help veterans across Florida learn to make educated financial decisions and avoid pitfalls.  We would very...Read More

Do you have a pro bono hero? Someone whose dedication to pro bono work and to improving access to justice exemplifies our professional obligation to use their skills as an attorney to help those less fortunate? Someone who deserves recognition for pro bono work? If so, you have an opportunity to nominate your pro bono...Read More

Judge Isicoff is spearheading an effort to design a statewide project to assist and provide our Veterans with financial literacy counseling. The project is inspired and designed after a similar project that was presented during the last National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ Annual Meeting at the Veterans’ Village of San Diego, California. The Veteran’s Financial...Read More