Following Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Labarga’s administrative order that established the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice, the Commission will hold its first meeting on Friday, January 16, 2015 in Tallahassee, Florida.
FIU Law Dean R. Alexander Acosta is among the 27-member commission made up of leaders from all three branches of Florida government, The Florida Bar, The Florida Bar Foundation, civil legal aid providers, the business community and other stakeholders, who will work in a coordinated effort to identify and remove economic barriers to civil justice.
The meeting is open to the public and will be broadcast live on the Florida Supreme Court’s Gavel to Gavel website here.