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05:10 AM EST Share His inaugural State of the District address was delivered via Zoom to the Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Chief U.S. District Judge in the Middle District of Florida Timothy Corrigan delivered his first State of the District address Jan. 22 via Zoom to members of the Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Corrigan, who was appointed chief judge for the district on Nov. 2, said the federal court in Jacksonville continues to adapt to doing its business under the protocols required since March by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal judicial system, like everything else, had to adopt remote procedures overnight.
MELBOURNE - The Florida Tech School of Psychology and the Winter Haven Hospital Foundation have partnered to provide psychology doctoral students with valuable real-world experience.
Joel Thomas, Florida Tech alumnus and president of the Winter Haven Hospital Foundation, together with FIT assistant clinical psychology professor Patrick Aragon worked together to launch the program which actually got started last September with clinical psychology doctoral students Tenasia Wynn and Shelby Gregson.
Two days each week, Wynn and Gregson have been seeing patients and providing care at several Polk County facilities in the BayCare Health System . They have also been working alongside medical residents from the Florida State University College of Medicineâs family medicine residency program in Winter Haven.
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A batch of more than 140 pardons and sentence commutations in the final hours of Donald Trump’s presidency highlighted the growing politicization of clemency, divorced from the initial goals of mercy and serving the public good.
Stephen Bannon, a key strategist behind Mr. Trump’s 2016 election triumph, was among several former political cronies who received presidential pardons. Others included Elliott Broidy, a major Republican donor, and three former Republican members of Congress, two of whom had served jail time for corruption. Previous pardons have gone to Paul Manafort, campaign chairman during part of the 2016 run; Roger Stone, a friend and political adviser; and Michael Flynn,
This year’s virtual ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, January 28, at 3:30 p.m.
The Florida Bar will recognize 21 lawyers for their work on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients at a January 28 ceremony streamed live online by the Supreme Court of Florida.
Established in 1981, The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards are intended to encourage lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor by recognizing those who make public service commitments and to raise public awareness of the substantial volunteer services provided by Florida lawyers to those who cannot afford legal fees. Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales will present the 2021 awards.