the thirteenth JuDiciaL circuit 2018 pro Bono service awarD winners
Pro Bono Committee, Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
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Foley & Lardner attorneys
actively participate in our
community’s legal non-profit
organizations and serve on a
number of boards and committees
for a variety of charitable, civic,
religious, educational, and service
organizations. The firm’s attorneys
consistently donate their time at
the BAVLP Intake Clinic, take
cases through the BAVLP Case
Referral Panel, and assist other
attorneys through the BAVLP
Mentor Panel. They also volunteer
for the BAVLP Community
Counsel Program, which provides
pro bono transactional legal
assistance to nonprofit
organizations that serve poor
and distressed communities.
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Firm attorneys have litigated
multiple civil rights actions for pro
bono clients. They regularly donate
legal services through programs
that include Project H.E.L.P.,
assisting homeless individuals with
a variety of legal issues; Wills for
Heroes, preparing wills for first
responders; the AARP Foundation’s
Tax-Aide Project, visiting local
libraries to prepare income tax
returns for those who cannot afford
an income tax preparer or have
other filing issues; and the Domestic
Violence Assistance Clinic. Foley &
Lardner attorneys also provide pro
bono representation to non-profit
organizations like the Foundation
for Mental Health; BosLab, a
community-built molecular biology
lab; the MAVEN Project, an
organization that provides free
telemedicine consults to low-income
patients; and Gynuity Health
Projects, an organization dedicated
to transformative research projects
aimed at improving women’s health
care worldwide.
Outstanding Pro Bono Service
by an Organization: Stetson
University College of Law
Stetson University College
of Law was one of the first law
schools in the nation to establish
a pro bono service requirement
for graduation. It had three reasons
for doing so: first, to reinforce to
its students that pro bono service
“is an integral part of a lawyer’s
responsibility and has been for
centuries;” second, to help close
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