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Salesia V. Smith-Gordon of West Palm Beach has made a $200,000 gift to the Florida State University College of Law, the first Black alumna to make a donation this large. In honor of the gift, Smith-Gordon will have her portrait installed in the FSU Law Rotunda in September. The $200,000 endowed gift will be used…

Pavese Law Firm continued its support of the Southwest Florida community by taking part in a “Day of Caring” on Saturday, August 13 to benefit the United Way School Resource Center in Ft. Myers. The attorneys and staff at Pavese Law, along with their families and friends, put together more than 700 packages of toiletries…

The Nova Southeastern University Trial Association recently hosted its Eighth Annual Trial Advocacy Summer Institute, a week-long program of immersive workshops culminating in a mock trial. The program is designed to help students develop and polish their advocacy and trial skills under the guidance of members of the legal community, including judges. Throughout the week, students…

Florida court clerks are warning about the reemergence of a telephone scam tied to fake claims of missed jury duty. A spokesperson for Collier County Clerk of Court & Comptroller Crystal Kinzel told a local news outlet August 15 that at least one constituent reported being targeted. “It’s very important,” spokesperson Lisa Kasparian told the…