Congratulations to the four Florida law students who received the Criminal Law Section’s 2024 Student Scholarship Awards. The Section’s 2023-2024 Chair, Joe Spataro, presented the awards during the Section’s Membership and Awards Ceremony at the Annual Florida Bar Convention in June. Congratulations to Sarah Tanner, Cooley Law School; Fabrizia Wade, Florida State University College of [...]

Retired Miami Circuit Judge Stanford Blake is the Criminal Law Section's 2024 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award recipient. Former CLS Executive Council member Brian Tannebaum, Judge Blake's mentee and longtime friend, presented the award during the Annual Florida Bar Convention in June. Photo:  (L-R) Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Judge Peggy Quince, Judge Stanford Blake, [...]

The Florida Bar Criminal Law Section's 2023 Selig I. Goldin Memorial Award recipient is James E. Felman of Kynes Markman & Felman, P.A. in Tampa. Felman is pictured with Michele and Morgan Stone, the daughter and granddaughter, respectively, of Selig Goldin. Read The Florida Bar News write-up here. From The Florida Bar News:  Veteran Tampa attorney James [...]

Three Florida law students will receive the Criminal Law Section’s 2023 Student Scholarship Awards during a reception at the Annual Florida Bar Convention this month. Students Haley Kinart and Skyler Jackle of Stetson University College of Law and Victoria Thacker, Florida International University College of Law, will receive $2,500 cash scholarships. The June 22 reception [...]

The Criminal Law Section offers a strong catalog of CLE programming through Florida Bar InReach. Bookmark this link —  bit.ly/CrimLaw_CLE — to go directly to the sort for upcoming CLE, online seminars (on-demand), and downloadable audio.