Judges Gamm, Ribas, and Schulman, along with their judicial assistants and family members, ran a 5K this weekend in support of Kids in Distress. Both Judge Ribas and Judge Schulman won 1st place in their age groups!

In preparation of  “Black History Month: A Celebration of the Black legal Community, Broward’s Legal Firsts,” presented by the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit and the Broward County Bar Association on February 16, from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m in the jury assembly room, 3320, many of the celebrated pioneers stopped by Court Administration to be interviewed on camera for the occasion. This is an event that shouldn’t be missed. You can register to attend here.

Judge Florence Barner spoke to 4th and 5th grade students last week for Career Day at Robert D. Ingram Elementary School.

Workers began removing furniture from courtrooms and offices this week, as the county gets closer to demolishing the old central and west wings of the downtown courthouse. All court operations and staff moved out last year, but the items that stayed behind are finally leaving too. It will take a little less than a month to clear out all 10 floors of the old building.