Career Services
Contact Career Services
Address:
Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Center for Career Services
244 Bruton-Geer Hall
2500 S.W. 2nd Avenue
P.O. Box 117630
Gainesville, FL 32611-7630
Email: careers@law.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-0860
Fax: 352-392-4640
Career Services Team
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Linda Calvert Hanson,
Assistant
Dean for Career Services, returned to her alma mater in 2003 after a varied
career in the legal profession and academia. She was
on faculty teaching civil law at the University of
Florida and the University of Central Florida for
ten years, practiced as a private civil law attorney
and as General Counsel to a Florida Special District
before returning to academia in administration. She
served three years as Assistant Dean for Professional
Development at Florida Coastal Law School before returning
to the University of Florida. Dean Calvert Hanson earned her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Florida and she is a member of the Florida Bar. Hansonl@law.ufl.edu |
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Jessie Howell Wallace, Director
for Career Services, administers
the recruiting programs including on-campus interviews,
all job fairs and employer diversity initiatives.
Jessie also provides general and individual career
counseling and she serves as the Administrative Advisor
for the Virgil Hawkins Pre-Law Society. Jessie has
prior law career services experience from Northeastern
University School of Law in Boston. Jessie received
her B.S. from Northeastern University and her J.D.
from the UF Levin College of Law and is a member of
the Florida Bar. Howellje@law.ufl.edu |
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Kristen Bryant, Assistant Director for Career Services, oversees the Small Firm Project, the Pro Bono and Community Service Project and she coordinates the Southeastern Law Placement Consortium (SELPC). She is the primary Public Interest Law counselor who also coordinates the Equal Justice Works Job Fair. Kristen, who earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida and her Juris Doctor from Loyola University College of Law New Orleans, is a member of the Louisiana Bar. She previously worked for several years as a Court Attorney for the Jefferson Parish Juvenile Court in Harvey, Louisiana before relocating to Gainesville. Bryantk@law.ufl.edu |
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Jocelyn Donahue, Assistant
Director for Career Services, oversees career education programs and work shops
and administers 1L initiatives including the 1L resume
tutorial and shadow program. She serves as one of
the primary career counselors to first-year students.
Jocelyn, who earned her undergraduate degrees from
the University of Florida and her Juris Doctor from
the University of North Carolina School of Law, is
a member of the North Carolina Bar and she previously
was a litigator for Morris York Williams Surles &
Barringer, LLP in Charlotte for three years before
returning to Gainesville. Donahuej@law.ufl.edu |
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Annemarie Schuller, Part-time
Attorney-Advisor, provides
career counseling to students and alumni with a focus
on the LL.M. in Taxation and LL. M. In Comparative
Law students. Annemarie graduated from Loyola University
Chicago School of Law and was a litigator for Jenner
& Block, LLP, Chicago for four years. She also
studied and worked in Germany for several years and
participated in the Army Judge Advocate General’s
Corps as a summer law clerk. Career3@law.ufl.edu |
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Wanda Chapman, Recruitment
Coordinator, supports the
recruiting program and assists employers, students
and alumni as well as the Career Services professional
staff. Wanda earned an Associates Degree from the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh and she also has taken
classes at Santa Fe Community College. Chapmanw@law.ufl.edu |
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Kimm Tyson, Resource Coordinator, schedules appointments for the professional counselors, handles position listings, reciprocity requests and maintains the Career Resource Library. She also provides assistance to students, employers and alumni and helps the Career Services professional staff. Tysonk@law.ufl.edu |