FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (March 20, 2018) – Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida announce the 2018 Bridge to Justice Breakfast fundraiser – a Morning with Susan Eisenhower.  Eisenhower is the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and is the CEO and Chairman of the Eisenhower Group...Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (January 25, 2018) – Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA), Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) and Legal Aid Service of Collier County (LASCC) announce that Steve Jaffe, Esq. of Upchurch Watson White & Max will serve as the 2018 Chair of the joint Board of Directors. Board...Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (January 8, 2018) – Legal Aid Service of Broward County is pleased to announce that they were awarded a $25,000 grant from the Wells Fargo VeteranWINS Grant Program. This funding will help veterans in the area who have experienced unexpected life events that caused them to fall behind on rent by providing legal...Read More

Howard Talenfeld, Stacie Schmerling, Jessie Diner, Steve Jaffe, Chad Van Horn, Paul Regensdorf, Heidi Vainio FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Nov. 27, 2017)- More than 300 people came out to celebrate community advocates in the legal industry during the 16th annual Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida...Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (October 17, 2017)- Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA), are proud to annouce the honorees to be recognized during its annual fundraising event, For the Public Good. The event will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Marriott Harbor...Read More

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA (May 5, 2017) – Broward Lawyers Care, the pro bono project of Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA), announce the recipients of the 2017 Attorney of the Year, Law Firm of the Year, and Spirit of Justice awards – Chad Van...Read More

THE SUN SENTINEL NAMES BROWARD LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS A WINNER OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA 2017 TOP WORKPLACES AWARD FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA (April 13, 2017) – Coast to Coast Legal aid of South Florida (CCLA) and Legal Aid service of Broward County (LAS) have once again been awarded a 2017 Top Workplaces honor by The Sun Sentinel....Read More

Fort Lauderdale (March 2017) – That 16,000 plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against electronic check recovery company ReSubmitit and Fort Lauderdale-based BankAtlantic received 100% of their losses following the settlement of the lawsuit is big news. What’s also compelling is that three worthy charitable organizations, including two South Florida pro bono legal services organizations...Read More

PLANTATION, FL (February 23, 2017) –Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA) are extremely pleased and privileged to announce that they were the recipients of significant cy pres monies earlier this week. Seth Lehrman of Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, PL and Scott...Read More

Legal Aid Receives $250,000 Grant from Children’s Services Council Funding to increase in the number of legal aid attorneys representing children in dependency system FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (February 15, 2017) – Legal Aid Service of Broward County (LAS) is pleased to announce that they have been successfully awarded a grant of $250,000 from the Children’s...Read More