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Wecome to the City, County & Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar.
The mission of the City, County & Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar is, "To generally serve as an organization and resource within The Florida Bar for lawyers representing local government interests and also practicing in this field on behalf of private interests." The section pursues this mission by providing quality CLE and other programs for our members with an interest in city, county and local government law in Florida. We also seek to promote professionalism and collegiality among lawyers who practice in the area of local government law not only through education but also through social opportunities and networking. In addition the Section publishes a quarterly newsletter "The Agenda " and regularly submits articles relating to the practice of local government law in the Florida Bar Journal.
The Section's website offers us an exciting opportunity to enhance our efforts to serve Section
members and to facilitate and encourage Section involvement by a broader and more diverse body of
individuals from different locales and practice areas. Please take a moment to see what the Section,
and our website, have to offer. Then let me know how we can expand and improve the website or any other
Section programs or activities, to better serve as a valuable resource for you.
Items of Interest:
NEW: Grants Available
The Executive Council of the City, County and Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar will provide grants to local government
attorney's offices in the State of Florida. See attachments for more information.
Click here for grant application.
Click here for Internship application.
Click here for Executive Council Objectives.
NEW: Case Law Updates:
If you have any news, updates or case law summations that would be of interest to the section please forward them to yates@remingtonagency.com.
NEW: Sunshine Law, Public Records, and Ethics Seminar
This seminar, formally the Florida Ethics Conference and Attorney General’s Sunshine Summit will be presented by
The City, County and Local Government Law Section, February 6, 2009.
This one day program will provide 4.0 hours in ethics and 7.5 hours in
general. For more information see attached brochure. Click here to download brochure
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NEW: Order CD audio
34th Annual Public Employment Labor Relations Forum October 16-17, 2008
This two-day course on public employment labor relations will discuss police officers' bill of rights; sexual harassment;
retaliation and whistleblower claims, developments and strategies; public retirement issues and update; use of consultants
in investigations; PERA and PERC; FCRA and FCHR; eleventh circuit employment law update; financial urgency in the
public sector; mediation in the public sector; and ethical obligations of public officers. Click here to download brochure.
Case Law Updates:
In the Supreme Court of Florida:(The Florida Bar, Re: Petition to Amend Rules Regulating the Florida Bar ) Case No. SC04-2246 - Comments by the City, County and Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar.
NEW: City, County and Local Government Law Section Annual MeetingThe section would like to thank the following law firms for sponsoring
the upcoming Annual Meeting May 7-9, 2009
Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
Gray Robinson
Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.
Upchurch Watson White & Max, Bryant Miller Olive,
Carlton Fields and
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.
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