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Most Recent Press Releases
2008
Date
 Release
05-06-2008 Judicial Campaign Ethics Forums. The Judicial Ethics Advisory Commission in cooperation with the Office of the State Courts Administrators offers this forum to train judicial candidates about obeying election ethics rules. Read More.
04-11-2008 Justice Raoul Cantero Resigns. Citing family reasons, Florida Justice Raoul G. Cantero, III, age 47, has resigned from the Florida Supreme Court. Read More.
03-14-2008
 Peggy A. Quince Elected to Become Florida's 53rd Chief Justice. The Justices have unanimously elected Quince to serve as the first African American woman to lead the state's Third Branch of government. Read more.
 

 

Most Recent Press Releases
2007
Date
 Release
11-12-2007

Florida Mental Health Summit. Governor Charlie Crist and other state leaders met with Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis for a statewide mental health summit at the Supreme Court Building on November 14 at 1:00 p.m., at which time a comprehensive Report was released on how the justice system can best deal with the mentally ill. Read more.

04-26-2007 Mental Health Summit. Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis will attend a national summit on the growing problem of jailing the mentally ill and will hold a statewide summit on the issue this fall. Read more.
04-04-2007 Mental Health & Law Initiative. The Chief Justice announced a new initiative in cooperation with the other branches of government to address the growing problem of the mentally ill and their interaction with the legal system. Read more.
 
2006
Date
 Release
06-18-2006
 Judicial Campaign Conduct Forum. The Judicial Ethics Advisory Commission in cooperation with the Office of the State Courts Administrators offers this forum to train judicial candidates about obeying election ethics rules. Read more.
 
03-15-2006
 R. Fred Lewis Elected to Become Florida's 52nd Chief Justice. The On March 15, 2006, the Justices unanimously elected R. Fred Lewis to become Florida's Chief Justice starting July 1. Read more.
 
02-17-2006
 Video Developed to Help Inform Juveniles & Their Families. The Steering Committee on Families & Children in the Court has developed a video that can be shown the juvenile offenders and their families explaining the legal process they are facing. Read more.
 
2005
Date
 Release
12-02-2005
 Court Posts Criminal Jury Instructions On-Line. The Florida Supreme Court's website now includes up-to-date criminal jury instructions. Read more.
 
10-26-2005
 State Courts' Hurricane Preparation Pays Off. Four years of emergency preparedness planning paid off during the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons as state courts continued their essential functions even in devastated communities. Read more.
   
05-05-2005
 State Courts Work to Improve Experience of Jurors. Chief Justice Barbara J. Pariente worked with Leon County and City of Tallahassee officials to make it easier for people to serve as jurors, a project that could be duplicated elsewhere. Read more.
   
05-03-2005
 Long-Time Supreme Court Marshal Retires. Wilson Barnes, the Court's marshal for 15 years, was well known for his booming rendition of the traditional "Oyez!" in Court. Read more.
   
05-02-2005
 Law Month Programs Announced. This year's law month activities honor the role of the jury in American law, and were recognized in Florida by a Proclamation by Chief Justice Barbara J. Pariente. Read more.