Blog: Stories of Justice

Story of Justice: Marla’s Ex-Boyfriend is Stalking Her Background Marla* is a waitress in her 20’s trying to move ahead in life. She had a relationship with David* for about a year, but after noticing increasingly abusive behaviors from him, she decided to end the relationship. From there, David started stalking Marla and threatening to...Read More

Profile in Good: Courtney Magnus Courtney Magnus is the Supervising Attorney for the Economic Advocacy and Community Health (EACH) Unit at Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida (CCLA). At CCLA Courtney represents clients in Social Security disability cases and supervises staff in public benefits cases including, SNAP, Reemployment Assistance, and access to healthcare....Read More

Pro Bono Attorney Spotlight: Manju Kalidindi Manju Kalidindi has been an active volunteer attorney with Legal Aid’s Broward Lawyers Care (BLC) for the past fourteen years, during which she has handled thirteen pro bono cases. Her pro bono work has benefitted survivors of domestic violence and other crimes in their immigration matters, enabling survivors of...Read More

 Legal Aid Programs in Broward County Held Their 10th Annual Bridge to Justice Breakfast Legal Aid Programs in Broward County (Legal Aid Service of Broward County and Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida) jointly held their annual Bridge to Justice breakfast fundraiser on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Signature Grand in Davie, FL.  More...Read More

Constance Files an Appeal with the DEO Background Constance* is 40 year-old-mother of four who collected unemployment compensation after her employer sent her home in early 2020 due to COVID-19. Constance later received a letter from the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) stating that she had an overpayment of state unemployment benefits of approximately $3,000....Read More