Faculty & Staff
Legal Skills Faculty
Clinics | Legal Research & Writing | Legal Drafting
Clinics
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Jeffrey T. Grater Senior Legal Skills Professor; Co-Drector, Civil Clinics, Associate Director, Children and Families Background: B.A., J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Family Law and Practice, Mediation. |
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Thomas T. Ankersen Director, Conservation Clinic, Center for Governmental Responsibility Background: J.D., University of Florida, M.A., University of South Florida, B.A., University of South Florida |
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Robin K. Davis Senior Legal Skills Professor; Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families Background: J.D., University of Florida (cum laude) B.A. Michigan State University (magna cum laude) Expertise: Mediation, Family Law, and Domestic Violence. Former ADR Director of the Eighth Judicial Circuit; has mediated more than 2000 cases. |
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George R. "Bob" Dekle Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., J.D., University of Florida. Former Columbia County Assistant State Attorney. Recipient of Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association Gene Berry Memorial Outstanding Prosecutor Award and Lifetime Achievement Award for his efforts in continuing legal education for prosecutors. Expertise: Criminal Trial Practice. |
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Teresa Drake Director, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Clinic (IPVAC) Background: B.S., Drexel University (highest honors); J.D., University of Florida (High Honors, Order of Coif). Expertise: domestic violence, national lecturer on domestic violence and the use of children as witnesses, former prosecutor and division chief of domestic violence unit, former Child Welfare Legal attorney, former director of Guardian ad Litem Dissolution and Custody Division. |
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Lauren G. Fasig Director of Research, Center on Children and Families. Background: B.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Ph.D., J.D., University of Florida. |
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Meshon Rawls Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., J.D., University of Florida. Former Assistant Public Defender. Expertise: Juvenile Law, Children's Rights, Criminal Defense. |
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Peggy F. Schrieber Senior Legal Skills Professor; Co-Director, Clinics, Affiliate Faculty, Center on Children and Families Background: B.A., J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Florida Family Law, Domestic Violence, Unbundled Legal Services and Pro Se Litigants in Family Court. |
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Monique Haughton Worrell Senior Legal Skills Professor; Director of Criminal Defense Clinic; Associate Director, Center on Children and Families. Background: B.A., St. Johns University; J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Criminal Defense, Family and Immigration Law. |
Legal Research & Writing
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Henry T. Wihnyk Director, Research & Writing and Appellate Advocacy; Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., Florida Atlantic University; J.D., Nova University; LL.M., Columbia University. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Litigation, Torts. |
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Mary Adkins Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.S. Journalism, J.D., University of Florida. Senior Executive Editor, University of Florida Law Review. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy, Courtroom Technology. |
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Joseph S. Jackson Legal Skills Professor Background: A.B., Princeton University; J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Constitutional Law, Legal Rights of the Homeless, Anti-Gay Discrimination. |
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Leanne J. Pflaum Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.D., University of Florida; J.D., Florida State University. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy, Introduction to Law. Co-author: Legal Writing By Design. |
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Teresa J. Rambo Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A. (high honors, Four Year Scholar), University of Florida; J.D. (summa cum laude), Santa Clara University. Co-author: Legal Writing By Design. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Practice, First and Fourth Amendment Law. |
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Betsy L. Ruff Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy. |
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Patricia A. Thomson Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., Hollins College; J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy. |
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Diane A. Tomlinson Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.S., B.A., J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Legal Research and Writing, Appellate Advocacy. |
Legal Drafting
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Gaylin G. Soponis Director, Legal Skills Professor Background: A.B., Mount Holyoke College; J.D., George Washington University. Expertise: Legal Drafting, Appellate Litigation, Administrative Law, Sales and Use Taxes. |
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Margaret Temple-Smith Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., J.D., Wake Forest University. Expertise: Legal Drafting. |
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Leslie Knight Assistant Legal Skills Professor Background: B.S., Florida State University; J.D., Duke University. Expertise: Higher Education Law and Business Transactions, including Contract Drafting and Commercial Litigation. |
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Silvia M. Menendez Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., Wesleyan; J.D, University of Minnesota School of Law |
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Deborah Cupples Senior Legal Skills Professor Background: B.A., M.A., J.D., University of Florida. Expertise: Legal Skills and Drafting. |