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FFLA Public Member Director applications now open

April 18th, 2024

FFLA, formerly known as  The Florida Bar Foundation, is seeking applicants for Public Member Directors for three-year terms starting on July 1, 2024. In accordance with its  Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, there shall be no fewer than two (2) or more than four (4) public members, who shall not be lawyers, to be…

Deadline Extended to Apply for Statewide Judicial Nomination Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims, Second DCA

February 9th, 2024

Statewide Judicial Nomination Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims: One attorney from the territorial jurisdiction of the second state appellate district, to serve the remainder of a four-year term, commencing immediately upon appointment and expires June 30, 2025.  No attorney who appears before any judge of compensation claims more than four times a year is…