Press Releases

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