News & Public Affairs

Florida Chief Justice Peggy Quince encourages lawyers to do more pro bono work listen

Listen to this entire show:

Tags: Bush v. Gore, Florida Supreme Court, Supreme Court

The Chief Justice of Florida’s Supreme Court, Peggy Quince, was the first African-American female to be appointed to a Florida district court of appeal in 1993.

In an address this afternoon to the St. Petersburg Bar Association, Chief Justice Quince stressed that lawyers should volunteer their services and should strive for a criminal justice system that insists on treatment rather than just incarcer...