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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 FLORIDA BAR REPORTERS’ WORKSHOP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2025
CONTACT: Ruby Munguia, [email protected]
Communications
TELEPHONE: 850-561-5764

TALLAHASSEE – Nominations are now being accepted for reporters to attend the 34th Annual Florida Bar Reporters’ Workshop, which will be held in Tallahassee on November 3-4, 2025. This intensive two-day course is designed for 24 print, online, TV and radio journalists new to the courts and legal reporting or new to Florida. The workshop is presented by The Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee in partnership with the Florida Supreme Court.

Nominations must be made by editors, publishers or news directors using this nomination form. Reporters who are accepted will be awarded scholarships for two nights’ hotel accommodations in Tallahassee and workshop meals. Travel expenses and incidentals are the responsibility of the participant or the participant’s employer. Reporters attending will learn about legal reporting and covering the state courts from lawyers, judges and experienced journalists.

Possible topics include:

  • The Florida Bar’s discipline system and how to access discipline records
  • Hot topics in public records
  • The First Amendment through court cases and issues
  • Reporting on high-profile cases

Additionally, there will be a tour of the Florida Supreme Court, sessions at the Florida State University’s College of Law, and dinner with Florida Supreme Court justices and other judicial dignitaries.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 10 at 5:00 p.m.

 Past Reporters’ Workshops

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