Eight major law firms protested the recently proposed Supreme Court rules for web advertising in a 66-page comment to the court submitted just before the August 16 deadline.
Voters decide judicial races
If this was supposed to be the year the electorate was poised to unseat incumbents, you’d never know it from the results of the August judicial primaries.
Court: State agencies may pay lawyers' fees: Secretary of State appeals the ruling
How big of a deal is paying $265 Florida Bar fees for government lawyers? “It is very important, particularly for our recent law school graduates who are making the minimum, which is already well below what private sector lawyers make,” said Mary Ellen Clark, chair of the Bar’s Government Lawyer Section . . .
UF students spend a day volunteering
Over 300 first-year law students at the University of Florida — including Kimberly Andreu, left, and Kristin Belsito at the Humane Society — kicked off the school year by donating their time and efforts to a variety of organizations in Gainesville.
Is Justice For Sale?
Fortunately not in the State of Florida
Brennan Center study looks at big money in Supreme Court elections
When novelist John Grisham set out to write his Mississippi-based legal thriller The Appeal, he found inspiration in an authentic case out of West Virginia.
After almost a year of development, the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section has launched its new home on the web — www.gpssf.org. The retooled website includes several new user-friendly features, including a versatile member-search page, an enhanced section calendar, an extensive set of links, and the new centerpiece of the site — a built-in blog known as The Small-Firm Adventure.
Mark your calendars. The place to be Saturday, November 13, is Hialeah, where the 7th Minority Mentoring Picnic unfolds from noon to 4 p.m. at Amelia Earhart Park, 401 East 65th Street. Guests of honor are minority law school students from all law schools in Florida, invited to convene for an afternoon of great food and camaraderie with Florida’s lawyers and judges, who are willing to share real-life experiences.
- Lawyers will be responsible for redacting confidential information in court filings
- Midyear program promotes paths to Bar leadership
- Foreclosure defense training sessions throughout the state
- Order sets out courthouse ADA guidelines
- Third DCA to honor Barkdull
- Justice Teaching training set for Tampa October 15
- Dade Bar opens a lawyer referral service
- Florida's ABA leaders
- Florida State earns ABA award
- Florida Bar certified 181 attorneys as specialists
- Paralegals ask to be Bar licensed and regulated
- Rainy Day Dollars Used to Alleviate Foreclosure Backlogs
- The number of workers' comp lawyers is down
- Commonly asked questions about trust accounts
- PR Bar sets October 23 gala
- Certified Paralegal Exam set for Orlando in October
Notices
- Proposed Board Actions
- Annual Bar rules proposals
- Wolf petitions for Bar reinstatement
- Judicial Qualifications Commission has a vacancy
- Last chance to renew 2010-11 USDC-MDFL Bar membership
Judicial Vacancies
- Fourth DCA has an opening
- Palm Beach County has a judicial opening
- Seventh Circuit needs a judge
- St. Johns County has a judicial opening
- Hillsborough County has a judicial opening
Charles T. Canady — Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
A Wendy’s fast food restaurant seems like an unusual place for a philosophical debate, but Charles Canady rarely does anything conventionally. As a young associate at Holland & Knight, the mild-mannered Canady joined fellow attorneys for a lunch hour at the local fast food chain, laughing and bickering over the goings-on at the office. . .
THE EMPLOYEES OF GOLDSTEIN, BUCKLEY, CECHMAN, RICE & PURTZ in Ft. Myers, in partnership with the Lee County Alliance of Legal Professionals, recently donated school supplies to children in the Guardian ad Litem Program. . .
Midyear Meeting program will instruct lawyers how to teach civics to adults
OKALOOSA COUNTY JUDGE PATT MANEY chats with Afghan Air Force Lt. Col. Mohammad Hakim Sapy, during a special class called Building Partner Aviation Capacity, conducted by the Air Force Special Operations School with U.S. and foreign officers. Fourteen officers from Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Philippines, Brazil, South Africa, Morocco, South Korea, Kenya, Jordan, and Afghanistan are participating.
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Practicing with Professionalism (Fall 2010)
Course Classification:Basic Level, 11 Locations: through December 14, Miami - Tampa - Orlando - West Palm Beach Tallahassee - Ft. Lauderdale - Jacksonville - Ft. Myers
Double or Nothing: Litigating Employment Claims
Course Classification:Intermediate Level, Live Presentation: October 29, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino * 1 Seminole Way * Hollywood,
Bankruptcy Law & Practice: View from the Bench
Course Classification: Intermediate, Two Live Presentations: Thursday, November 4, Tampa, and Friday, November 5, Miami. November 4, Hyatt Regency, 211 North Tampa Street, Tampa. November 5, Marriott Biscayne Bay, 1633 North Bayshore Drive
2010 Pat Dore Administrative Law Conference In Search of Camelot
Course Classification: Intermediate Level, Live Presentation: October 21-22, Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center * 505 W. Pensacola Street * Tallahassee
Estate Planning in an Ever Changing Environment Looking Back and Forward in 2010
Course Classification:Intermediate Leve, Live Presentation and Webcast: Friday, November 19, Hilton Orlando • 6001 Destination Parkway • Orlando
Basic Appellate Practice 2010
Course Classification:Basic Level, October 7, Miami, October 8, Tampa
Impasse Resolution in the Public Sector During Difficult Times – Special Magistrate Proceedings
Course Classification:Intermediate Level, Webinar: Wednesday, September 29, 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
36th Annual Public Employment Labor Relations Forum
Course Classification:Advanced Leve, Live Presentation: September 23-24, Hilton Orlando
Ten Tips on Handling Cross-Border E-Discovery
Course Classification:Intermediate Level, Webinar: Wednesday, October 13, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.
Where Do We Go From Here? Public Corruption and Honest Services Fraud Post-Skilling
Course Classification:Intermediate, Telephonic Seminar: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST
Current LLC and Partnership Tax Strategies Traps and Tips
Course Classification: Intermediate Level, Live & Webcast Presentations: Friday, October 1, Tampa Marriott Waterside.
Forbidden Places: Tourism & Trade
Course Classification:Intermediate Level, Live Presentation: September 24, J.W. Marriott Hotel Miami
Labor and Employment Law in the Entertainment Arts and Sports Industries: An Overview
Course Classification:Intermediate Level, Live Presentation: Friday, September 24, Hilton Orlando
Maritime Law Update 2010
Course Classification: Advanced Level, Live Presentation and Webcast: Friday, October 15, Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina
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