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Former Director Honored

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:00:12 +0000

John Berry, former Director of UF’s Center for Professionalism, has been recognized with the American Bar Association’s Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award. Berry is Executive Director of the State Bar of Michigan, where he has served since last November. “It is gratifying to know this award recognizes the importance of stressing professionalism in the law school experience. I am pleased with the award, but most pleased with the chances I had to serve this profession including, of course, the great opportunity to serve my alma mater, the University of Florida.” Berry was Director of the Legal Division of The Florida Bar for 15 years and Arizona State Bar for two.

In the spotlight: Page

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:58:06 +0000

Eminent Scholar William Page’s article, “Internet Regulation and Consumer Welfare: Innovation, Speculation, and Cable Bundling,” has been published in the Hastings Law Journal. (Reprint in Faculty Lounge.) He also was quoted in the Washington Post in “Family Ties and Antitrust Whys,” regarding the government’s case against Microsoft.

In the spotlight: Wright

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:55:59 +0000

Associate Professor Danaya Wright’s article, “Eminent Domain, Exactions, and Railbanking: Can Recreational Trails Survive the Court’s Fifth Amendment Takings Jurisprudence,” was published in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law.

BLSA/Law Review Collect Books for Liberian students

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:45:53 +0000

The Black Law Students Association and Florida Law Review last week presented more than 600 textbooks and study aids they collected to assist law students at the University of Liberia. (They will continue to accept donations until Wednesday, Sept. 12.) The project was suggested by Adjunct Professor/Federal Magistrate Judge William Wagner, former U.S. Diplomat in Liberia now drafting a Liberian Code of Evidence. Florida Law Review Editor-in-Chief Chris Socco and BLSA President Byron Cherry (second and third from left) presented the books to former Liberian Minister of Justice Phillip Banks (third from right) and University of Liberia School of Law Dean David Jallah (right) at a concourse presentation. Also on hand were Associate Dean Michael Seigel (left), Legal Information Center Director Betty Taylor, Dean Jon Mills and Professor Winston Nagan. The Liberian dignitaries addressed Nagan’s Conflicts of Laws class during their visit. Students helped package the books for shipment while enjoying coffee and doughnuts courtesy of LEXIS. This is the second major donation of books from the law school in 2001. In July, the college donated more than 600 boxes containing 5,600 books to Florida International University in Miami, for use in FIU’s new law library. The law school could no longer house the books, which were duplicates, for space reasons. Books also were offered to the new Florida A&M law school, to be located in Orlando.