Orange County resumes civil jury trials starting tomorrow, April 30. Trials are limited to five days and venire panels are limited to 25-30 jurors to maintain a safe distance for everyone. For those clients and witnesses unable to attend, video conferencing will be available.

Fifty million dollars for a new Second District Court of Appeal courthouse, funds for 15 new judgeships, and money to help the courts cope with the expected surge of post-COVID-19 pandemic cases are in the final budget pending before the Florida Legislature.

The Council of State Governments has launched a new two-year Healthy States National Task Force...

The branch response to COVID-19 has been shaped by two foundational policy goals: protect the lives and health of everyone at the court and keep the courts open to ensure justice for the people.

With Florida’s 2021 Legislative Session underway, Florida Bar President Dori Foster-Morales spoke with Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady about the court system’s legislative budget request. Watch as Chief Justice Canady shares the key messages being communicated to lawmakers by the court system. He also provides an update on funding...

After more than a year since in-person operations were mostly suspended due to Covid-19, the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit (Broward County) cautiously and successfully held its first jury trials this week.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady is assuring Bar members that the courts are working diligently on a COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan. Addressing a March 30 Florida Bar Virtual Town Hall Forum hosted by President Dori Foster-Morales, Chief Justice Canady cautioned that the pandemic continues to pose “ongoing challenges,” and he...

It has been exactly one year since the Fifth Judicial Circuits closed theirs doors, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, we have learned of new ways to adapt and stay operational through these challenging times. Here is a look back at our year in the circuit and how we worked through...

March 11, 2021, marked the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 administrative order issued by Chief Justice Charles Canady advising courts around the state to monitor the fast-developing emergency. With more than 50 administrative orders, amendments, and guidelines issued and distributed in the year that followed, protecting the health and...

 Seventh Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Raul A. Zambrano has announced that in-person jury trials may resume throughout the circuit effective March 15, 2021. Trials will be livestreamed and may be viewed from the Court’s website.