Journal of Technology Law and Policy publishes 15th Anniversary issues this year
The Journal of Technology Law and Policy is excited to be publishing its 15th Anniversary issues this school year. Alumni of the journal can receive recognition by participating in the 15th Anniversary Alumni Sponsorship. We are extremely grateful to the following alumni who have already graciously contributed to the sponsorship: Matthew Thatcher, Kris Powell, Ken Tinkler, Gabriel Fitch, Rebecca McFadyen, and Maulin Shah. For more information on the sponsorship or questions on how to get involved with the journal, please contact Nicole Fluet, editor-in-chief, at jtlp.eic@gmail.com.

Princeton Review seeks input from law students
The Princeton Review has once again named the University of Florida Levin College of Law one of the best law schools in the nation. Distinguished schools will be profiled in the 2012 edition of Best Law Schools. In order to help them represent UF Law accurately, please fill out the following survey to author a new “Students Say” profile and update our ratings.

Law School College Republicans resume meetings
The Law School College Republicans will be starting back up after a brief hiatus. Meetings will be every other Tuesday (beginning on the 18th) at 12:30 p.m. in the meeting room in the back of the law school cafeteria. For more information, join the Facebook group by e-mailing uflawrepublicans@groups.facebook.com. This week the group will be organizing for the upcoming semester. All interested are invited to come. Adviser professor is Steve Willis and club chairman is Bryan Griffin.

The half-mile trail, which circles the UF Law campus, was officially dedicated on Friday with Dean Robert Jerry offering a few remarks, followed by Professor Lyrissa Lidsky’s running club making the inaugural lap around the trail in the brisk afternoon air.

“The trail is a great way to promote fitness at the law school,” Jerry said. “I hope this group will continue to grow when we walk around out here in the future.”

Jerry also announced that UF Law will be creating a fitness Web page that will provide information about the walking trail as well as other fitness options available around the University of Florida campus.

“This is also a great opportunity for us to think about another initiative we will probably roll out here at the law school: the study of walking trail law,” the dean added jokingly. He continued to cite actual legal cases that involve walking trails and one involving the “sub-specialty” of fitness trails.

Lidsky took a moment to say that she was glad the running club was able to help inaugurate the trail, before the group set off with Jerry for the first official lap around the campus.

The inspiration for the walking trail developed last summer when Professor Leonard Riskin had the idea to promote healthy lifestyles on campus by creating a fitness walk on the third floor of Holland Hall, said Jerry. But after further discussions, they decided it would be more interesting to create the trail outside.

The new trail begins at the northwest corner of the Advocacy Center, moving between Bruton-Geer Hall before turning north to Southwest 2nd Ave. Following Southwest 2nd Ave., the trail turns south at Village Drive before coming back to the starting point at the Advocacy Center. The path was accurately measured and plotted out by Facilities Manager Robert Horn, and his staff painted distance markers every 0.05 miles with arrows along the way to keep people on the trail, said Debra Staats, associate dean for administrative and fiscal affairs.

“I hope the law school community takes advantage of this easy and convenient way to get in some exercise on our campus,” Staats said. “I myself plan to bring in my walking shoes and try to get moving more.”