Florida Justice Institute
| Formation | 1978 |
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| Headquarters | Miami, Florida |
Executive Director | Randall C. Berg Jr. |
| Website | www.floridajusticeinstitute.org |
The Florida Justice Institute (FJI) is a nonprofit public interest
The Florida Justice Institute is led by Executive Director Randall C. Berg Jr., and is staffed by attorneys who handle major, systemic civil rights litigation throughout the state of Florida. FJI litigates primarily on behalf of those incarcerated in Florida's prisons and jails. These types of cases include wrongful death, deliberate indifference to serious medical need, unconstitutional conditions of confinement, excessive force, failure to protect, First Amendment (including free speech, censorship, and religious freedom), disability discrimination, and others. FJI also conducts litigation for non-incarcerated victims of
The Florida Justice Institute also operates the Volunteer Lawyers' Project for the Southern District of Florida, a pro bono project that helps low-income, pro se litigants obtain pro bono attorneys for civil cases. The Florida Justice Institute and the Volunteer Lawyers' Project are both housed in office space donated by the law firm of Carlton Fields, P.A.[3]
In 2007 the institute settled the Parilla v. Eslinger
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- ^ American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU of Florida Launches Equal Voting Rights Project to Address Irregularities, Reform Election Practices in Florida
- ^ "National Fair Housing Advocate Online". Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
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