FLAdvocate.org

Welcome to FLAdvocate.org

This website is a resource for legal aid and legal services attorneys, advocates, and staff from around Florida. Join the practice area(s) that you can find at the top of the page that are of interest to you. There you will find email groups, resource libraries, and ways to connect with your colleagues from around the state.

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CLASP Datafinder

CLASP Datafinder is a custom, easy-to-use tool developed to provide select demographic information as well as administrative data on programs that affect low-income people and families. Check it out.

Practice Areas

Practice Areas

Housing • Consumer • Family Law • Public Benefits • Immigration • Health Law • Project Directors Association • Children’s Legal Services • Community Economic Development • Medical-Legal Partnerships • Statewide & Regional Projects • Disaster Legal Resources • Veterans • Training • LGBTQ

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LSNTAP Webinar: Excel's Formulas and Functions

You can also download the formula and functions guide. Checkout all of LSNTAP's upcoming free trainings for 2018 and their library of resources.

New positions are open at Florida Legal Services!

Are you for looking for a job? Help wanted?

There are new jobs posted from around the state and around the country on our jobs board. Check it out today. Or send Alison your job listing to add to the job board.

New Report Shows Path Forward for Florida’s Overburdened Prison System

You can read the report itself which recommends adjustments to calculations of gain time for non-violent offenses, reclassification of certain charges from felony offenses to misdemeanors, and release of some geriatric inmates.

CCRC: Michigan set-asides found to increase wages and reduce recidivism

New report: Roundup of 2017 expungement and restoration laws

There is a new report from the Collateral Consequences Resource Center indicating that more parts of the country are expanding protections to mitigate adverse effects of criminal record.

Clean Slate Clearinghouse

has launched a new website to help people with juvenile and adult criminal record clearance. Their work is funded by DOL and DOJ.

LaunchtoThrive

...is a microwebsite created by Carlton Fields that provides free business and legal resources for entrepreneurs and startups. It features both English and Spanish settings.

The Self-Represented Litigation Network (SRLN) has created an interesting map tool with county-level data.

Share this with the others at your organization who might find it useful and let me know ways that you use it by emailing me at alison@floridajusticetechnologycenter.org.

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Be a Part of a Hackathon!

Registration for the Legal Aid Virtual Hackathon on May 19-20 is now open! And check out our new Legal Aid Hackathon website.

Thank you to LSC for supporting this event and the legal aid technology community!

LawTech Partners' Free Weekly Training

Every week LawTech Partners will be providing free weekly technology training webinars to legal aid attorneys and staff. Webinars will be recorded and some will provide CLE.

Fulfill the Florida Bar's 3 CLE Technology Requirement

PLI offers courses that will fulfill the new requirement of technology CLE mandated by the Florida Supreme Court. If you work for a non-profit see below for how to get these credits for free!

PLI Online Training

If you're affiliated with a non-profit organization, FJTC can assist you in accessing free PLI trainings. Please contact Alison for more information. To find out more about the training opportunities that PLI offers click here.

Practice Area Developments

We're cleaning up and remodeling the Public Benefits library. Take a look and and send along any materials you would like to see included.

A committee of dedicated volunteers has redesigned the Family Law library. Check out the new structure and resources - and submit your own for inclusion.