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The archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, comforts families outside the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

How to help Uvalde families following yesterday's elementary school shooting

Rachel Treisman

The community is looking for blood donations, legal assistance and funds for victims' families.

Attorney Marc Scanlon meets with client Kimberly Ledezma at Salud Family Health Centers' clinic in Commerce City, Colo. Every day in this Denver suburb, four lawyers join the clinic's physicians, psychiatrists and social workers to consult on cases, as part of the clinic's philosophy that mending legal ills is as important for health as diet and exercise.

Sometimes Lawyers Can Improve A Patient's Health When Doctors Can't

Jakob Rodgers

Putting lawyers in medical clinics — sometimes funded by Medicaid — is based on the idea that fixing some legal woes can be vital to good medical care. Emerging evidence suggests that works.

This satellite image of Hurricane Matthew was taken on Sept. 30, 2016.

Free Legal Service For Low-Income Floridians Available Online

Cyd Hoskinson

The Florida Bar is trying to get the word out about a free, online legal service for low-income Floridians before hurricane season starts and storm...

South Floridian Takes Reins As Florida Bar President

Lawyers in Florida have a new leader - Michael Higer, a South Floridian has taken over as the Florida Bar's 69th president.Higer is in his first month of…

How Many People Represent Themselves In Court? Lawyers Are Trying To Figure That Out

How many people in South Florida represent themselves in court? How many people don’t have access a lawyer?The short answer is we don’t know, but an…