S P E C I A L F E A T U R E Nicole Gehringer and Lyndsey Siara- Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court
Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Unveils Lactation Rooms
The Court joins a small contingent of courthouses throughout Florida to offer this amenity.
Mothers who work at or visit the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse will find a welcome addition to the buildings. In celebration of Mother’ s Day, the Thirteenth Circuit unveiled two lactation rooms on May 12. In doing so, the Court joins a small contingent of courthouses throughout Florida that offer such an amenity.
Having spearheaded the effort, we can tell you the process of opening the lactation rooms was a six-month labor of love. When The Florida Bar News featured the opening of a lactation room in the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, we( as new mothers) recognized the need for such an initiative here. Without a designated space to express breastmilk, mothers, many of whom are attorneys and other professional staff who spend innumerable hours at the courthouse, were faced with the uncertainty of not knowing where they would pump.
Now, our circuit has eliminated this uncertainty. It is our hope that adding lactation rooms in our courthouse will encourage others, both in our legal community and community at large, to also support our nursing colleagues as they return to work and
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undertake the challenge of balancing their personal and professional responsibilities.
The new lactation rooms are located on the sixth floor of the Edgecomb building and the fourth floor of the North Annex building, providing easy access throughout the courthouse. The lactation rooms are open to anyone: attorneys, professional staff, jurors, witnesses, and other members of the public.
“ The Thirteenth Circuit recognizes the importance of offering these types of amenities, so attorneys and
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