The Hillsborough County Bar Foundation began hosting the Law & Liberty Dinner in 2005. Since then, proceeds from this annual signature event have helped the Bar Foundation provide local legal-related charities with more than $1 million in support and grants.
Beneficiaries include:
Bay Area Legal Services L. David Shear Children’s Law Center and the Judge Don Castor Community Law Center
Voices for Children Guardian ad Litem Program
The Spring of Tampa Bay’s After-Hours Personal Protection Injunction Program
Mary Lee's House
Gift of Adoption - Florida Chapter
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The Law & Liberty Dinner has featured prominent guest speakers and this year's speaker is Actor – Law & Order: SVU, Grammy Award Winning Artist, Author, and US Army Veteran Ice-T as our guest speaker for the evening. Ice-T has recently been nominated for the People’s Choice Actor of the Year Award. Although his life is much different today, as an orphan at age 11, his early childhood and young adulthood closely aligned with those in need in our community who receive services from our grant recipient organizations.