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The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories about:

• The Supreme Court declining a Civil Procedure Rules Committee proposal to add an enforcement mechanism to a rule governing proposals for settlement.
• Bay Area Legal Services launching a new consumer and federal litigation practice area.
• Merritt McAlister being appointed dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories about:

• An Elder Law Section anti-fraud initiative that lawmakers approved last year working to protect Florida seniors.
• The Florida Supreme Court agreeing to decide whether Citizens Property Insurance — the state-run insurer of last resort — may require customers to resolve claims disputes through binding arbitration.
• A veteran Florida Bar leaders mission to raise the profile of Florida’s local professionalism panels.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories about:

• Miami Dade College’s Wolfson AI Center and Commissioner Raquel Regalado sponsoring an intensive, practical, hands-on AI clinic.
• The Office of the State Courts Administrator offering a free, three-part webinar series examining the effects of trauma on victims who enter the court system.
• Deputy Chief 11th Circuit Judge Gina Beovides and veteran South Florida civil trial lawyers sharing insights into trial preparation later this month at a Miami-Dade Bar “CLE Lunch & Learn Trial Bootcamp Seminar.”

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories about:

• Chief Justice John Couriel saying he has learned two things in his first 70 days leading the Florida Supreme Court: He is grateful for the opportunity, and he intends to treasure every day he has the opportunity to do the job.
• Rising threats against federal judges and a new report showing that the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act is failing to block easy access to their home addresses.
• The Supreme Court amending the Florida Family Law Rules of Procedure to designate all of Florida’s family law forms as “Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Forms” and unifying the process for creating, amending, abrogating, and maintaining the forms

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories about:

• Security incidents “of significant concern” involving federal judges rising 57% in 2025.
• The inaugural Young Lawyers Summit focusing on early-career and new attorneys.
• A string of Miami-Dade arrests for fraud and exploitation highlighting the need to protect a growing population of seniors and vulnerable adults.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• Defense attorneys flooding the courts with motions requesting 12-member juries, and some prosecutors are beginning to go along.
• Florida’s county court clerks saying standardizing document titles could make it easier for judges to identify filings and reduce filing errors across the state’s patchwork of county courts
• A Central Florida lawyer who is a big romance novel and rom-com fan taking a dive into publishing.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

•  A Stetson Law professor saying lawyers who think generative AI is a mere paragraph factory — or worse, is out to replace them — are making a mistake.
• Florida lawyers taking to The Florida Bar’s new Jury Instructions Builder.
• The Florida Bar creating a webpage that puts more than 100 courses and other free CLE resources in one place.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• Florida’s public defenders launching a campaign to bring starting salaries into parity with their prosecutor counterparts.
• The Business Law Section creating an AI Task Force.
• Legal Aid Service of Collier County receiving a $600,000 grant from the Naples Children Foundation to continue providing free civil legal services to at-risk children.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• The Miami-Dade State Attorney praising Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature for approving “significant” salary increases for front-line prosecutors, investigators, and support staff.
• The Florida Bar's Rules Committee unanimously approving a proposal to create a new, narrowly tailored practice authorization that would allow certain out-of-state lawyers to provide limited legal services for nonprofit cancer research organizations conducting clinical trials in Florida.
• Nova Middle School winning the “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” national civics competition for the fourth consecutive year, a streak fueled by a husband-and-wife team of Florida lawyers who have transformed the school's law program into a national powerhouse.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.

The latest edition of Florida Bar News Briefs, a weekly podcast dedicated to what’s happening in the legal profession, is now available with stories including:

• The National Center for State Courts warning about the threat AI-generated evidence poses to "public trust in the courts."
• The Florida Bar, once again, warning members about multiple fraudulent emails circulating that falsely appear to come from Bar leaders.
• The University of Florida's Levin College of Law establishing a new endowed chair in constitutional law after receiving a $1 million gift from alumnus and Coral Gables attorney Hugh Culverhouse, Jr.

Florida Bar News Briefs is a production of The Florida Bar Journal & News Department's multimedia network/.