The Florida Bar Foundation

The Florida Leadership Development Institute

For more information contact Jennifer Wimberly.

The Florida Leadership Development Institute (LDI) is a 14-month program sponsored by The Florida Bar Foundation in collaboration with the Center for Legal Aid Education (CLAE). 
Its goal is to create a broader, more
experienced, and diverse pool of
leaders in the Florida legal aid
community. 

The LDI is for attorneys who have demonstrated their commitment to providing legal assistance to the poor
and who are willing to take on leadership roles either as client-based or community advocates, in management positions, or a combination of those roles. 

LDI fellows learn the fundamentals of effective leadership; receive extensive, hands-on support in utilizing leadership tools; and will develop and implement a leadership project with the support of a mentor, a community of peers, and experienced Institute faculty.

The mentors participating in the LDI are experienced and committed legal aid attorneys who have demonstrated leadership skills in management, advocacy, community participation, and other areas. Through their participation in the LDI, mentors receive training on mentorship; hands-on support in working with the fellows; and the mentors, as a group, learn from and support each other. While working with the fellows participating in the Leadership Development Institute, the mentors are helping to shape the next generation of legal aid leadership.

Mentors Application