Black History Month: Broward’s Legal Firsts – Honoree Interviews
Click here to view interviews of the 11 honorees that were celebrated during Black History Month: A Celebration of the Black Legal Community, “Broward’s Legal Firsts”
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Drug Court Holds 93rd Graduation Ceremony
Last week, the Seventeenth Circuit hosted its 93rd Drug Court Ceremony and celebrated 161 graduates of the felony drug court program.
David Posnack High Schoolers Tour the Central Courthouse
Students from the David Posnack Jewish Day School visited the central courthouse last week as visitors of Judge Towbin-Singer. They observed court and toured judicial offices, and were treated to a mock trial with Teen Court!
The group is pictured here with Judge Levenson.
Black History Month: A Celebration of the Black Legal Community, “Broward’s Legal Firsts”
The Seventeenth Circuit and the Broward County Bar Association presented “Black History Month: A Celebration of the Black Legal Community” on Friday, February 16, 2018. Several hundred attendees gathered in the jury room as “Broward’s Legal Firsts” honorees were celebrated for their contributions to the legal community.
Annual Broward County High School Mock Trial Competition
The annual Broward County High School Mock Trial Competition welcomed five schools to the central courthouse, Fort Lauderdale High School, American Heritage, Cardinal Gibbons, David Posnack Jewish Day School and Miramar High School, to compete Friday, February 16, 2018. American Heritage, the winner of the competition, will now compete in the statewide competition in Tallahassee in March.
Chief Judge Tuter welcomed the students, coaches, parents and teachers in the morning as well as judged the final round of the competition.
Many judges, lawyers and law students volunteered to be judges and jurors during the competition as did the following judges: Stacey Schulman, Elizabeth Scherer, Dennis Bailey, Deborah Carpenter-Toye, Betsy Benson, Jennifer Hilal, Martin Fein, Keathan Frink, Marina Garcia-Wood, and Jack Tuter. Magistrates Phoebee Francois, Randi Glick Boven and Phillip Schlissel also assisted.
Unified Family Judges Lunch and Learn
Judges in the Unified Family Court division attended a lunch and learn training last week regarding members of the military, and their families, in the court system. “MARRIED TO THE MILITARY” A Family Law Presentation was put together by the United Way of Broward County, Mission United, and Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc.
