"Requirements that lawyers be strong advocates are pillars of our democracy," a former Florida state Supreme Court justice wrote of attorney Daniel Uhlfe.
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A new ruling from the Florida State Supreme Court could impact lawyer training and education, especially for attorneys from underrepresented communities.
In April 2021, the Florida Supreme Court blocked the Floridaâs State Bar Associationâs Business Law Sectionâs CLE Diversity Policy, which was implemented to ensure that lawyers from underrepresented communities had fair access to faculty slots got continuing legal education (CLE).
The rule adopted by the Florida Barâs Business Law section reflects the American Bar Associations (ABA) policy that went into effect in March 2017, which promotes diversity by ensuring that individual CLE programs include representation from one or more âdiverseâ groups, defined as ârace, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability.â Both policies were implemented to eliminate bias, increase diversity, and implement tactics aimed at recruiting and retaining diverse
Dear Editor,
I am totally convinced that when the political history of The Bahamas is objectively told, this Minnis led FNM administration will emerge as the singular most corrupt government administration of the party era.
The historical irony of the FNM is that it’s formation came amidst the dismissal of PLP ministers in connection with the scandal surrounding the lobbying and alleged bribery for the granting of a casino license up in Freeport.
This was followed by a bombing, a murder and multiple accounts of violent acts of voter intimidation in the run up to the 1972 general elections. All of these incidents were connected to the political activities and operatives of the FNM, even as they sought to brand the PLP as corrupt.