Florida

Florida Supreme Court nixes proposal that lets lawyers not take state bar exam

The Florida Supreme Court recently struck down a proposal that would have allowed certain state government lawyers to practice in the state for three years without taking the Florida bar exam.

Jan 5, 2026 9:31 AM CST

FBI investigating missing lawyers who disappeared from fishing boat

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is launching a probe into the disappearance of two lawyers who didn't return from a weekend fishing trip about 70 miles offshore of Southwest Florida's coast, according a report by the U.S. Sun.

Dec 23, 2025 10:38 AM CST

Attorney sentenced to 25 years in prison after taking client money for gambling

An elder law attorney from Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from his clients’ accounts.

Dec 18, 2025 11:24 AM CST

Judge orders release of ‘voluminous’ records in Ghislaine Maxwell case

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the public release of potentially hundreds of thousands of pages of documents from the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying that access to the records is required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress approved last month.

Dec 10, 2025 12:39 PM CST

Judge declares mistrial in opioid case with deadlocked, squabbling jury

A Florida judge overseeing a high-profile opioid trial declared a mistrial Monday, days after one juror accused another of bullying and assault.

Dec 9, 2025 10:58 AM CST

St. Thomas College of Law returns to compliance with ABA accreditation standards

The St. Thomas University College of Law in Florida is back in compliance with two accreditation standards and remains an approved law school, according to a memo by the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Dec 8, 2025 2:08 PM CST

‘Lawyers Gone Wild’? Filmmaker criticizes bar as he seeks ethics probe of serial killer’s daughter for alleged lie

An activist filmmaker seeking an ethics probe into a lawyer he accuses of lying about a lawsuit outcome has filed a complaint in which he takes potshots at the Florida Bar, touts his award-winning work and quotes rapper Eminem.

Dec 3, 2025 3:11 PM CST

Law student’s post that ‘Jews must be abolished’ wasn’t true threat justifying expulsion, judge rules

A law student who argued in a seminar paper that federal courts “have the power to arrest the dispossession of white America” and posted on X, formerly Twitter, that “Jews must be abolished” was expressing opinions that are likely protected under the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled last week.

Dec 2, 2025 2:44 PM CST

Cooley Law School returns to compliance with ABA accreditation standard

Western Michigan University’s Thomas M. Cooley Law School is back in compliance with an ABA accreditation standard, according to a memo from the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released Friday.

Nov 24, 2025 10:34 AM CST

New book details tensions, history-making decisions during Trump cases

After a federal judge dismissed an indictment against Donald Trump last year, special counsel Jack Smith mounted an appeal, hoping to salvage the criminal case against the once and future president.

Nov 4, 2025 1:51 PM CST

Is unauthorized artificial intelligence use in law school an honor code violation?

With generative artificial intelligence’s growing availability and acceptance into students’ workflow, some law schools are wondering whether unauthorized AI use should be an honor code violation—something that could potentially trip up aspiring lawyers in the character and fitness portion of the bar licensure process.

Nov 4, 2025 11:17 AM CST

Over $200M verdict overturned in ‘Maya’ hospitalization case chronicled in Netflix documentary

A trial judge made errors requiring a new trial in a case stemming from a woman’s suicide after her 10-year-old daughter was removed from her care and held at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, a Florida appeals court ruled last week.

Nov 3, 2025 11:05 AM CST

Florida workgroup offers dozen alternatives to ABA law school accreditation

A workgroup created by the Florida Supreme Court has developed a dozen alternative methods for law school accreditation as the state considers options beyond the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, including requesting that the council become independent from the ABA.

Oct 30, 2025 11:33 AM CDT

Florida cases seeking death penalty for child sex abuse could test precedent in Supreme Court

Two Florida prosecutions could test the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in 2008 that held that the death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional.

Oct 30, 2025 10:01 AM CDT

Lincoln’s Last Theorem: Confronting the stereotype that ‘lawyers are bad at math’

Lawyers are frequently stereotyped as being "bad at math." The stereotype is inaccurate. Lawyers must employ mathematics regularly in both litigation and transactional work; they cannot be innumerate and practice competently. The “lawyers are bad at math” stereotype excuses otherwise unacceptable practices and must not be perpetuated.

Oct 28, 2025 3:01 PM CDT