This annual event is held in conjunction with The Florida Bar convention at the Gaylord Resort in Orlando, and features teams from each law school from the state of Florida. Furthermore, the competitors met many Levin College of Law alumni from across the state. The competition focused on two issues: the 4th Amendment implications of a warrantless GPS tracking device, and a juror’s non-disclosure during voir dire. Siddle and Wasserstrom split the juror portion, while Landback argued the GPS issue for both respondent and petitioner. The team would like to thank their families and teammates that came out to watch the oral arguments. In particular, the team would like to thank the Honorable Edward C. LaRose (2nd District Court of Appeal in Lakeland) for his support during the preliminary rounds.

FJIL also proudly introduces its new and continuing general board members: Alex Braunstein, M. Austin Moretz, Adriana Paris, Brian Wagner, Jennie Zilner, Brittany Jacobs, Nicole Zakarin, Jason Levy, Laura Thayer, Julie Wells, Jeff Rechtman, Joshua Root, Mai Tran, Moish Peltz, Julie Ickes, Zachary Ullman, Benjamin Baird, Matthew Lane, Bill Doiron, Clay Matthews, Robert Gidel, Nicholas Batty, James Glover, Jonas Cummings, Matthew Frey, Jonelle Reed, Eric Nechter, Kendall Obreza, Daniel Smith, Matthew Nellans, Suryia Rahman, Phil Kegler, Paydon Broeder, Lauren Wajsman and Winton (“Buddy”) Wilks.

Finally, congratulations to Jennifer Allen for winning FJIL’s Best Case Comment, entitled: “A.C.L.U. v. United States D.O.D.: Substantive Difference = Substantial Deference.” Her case comment will be published in FJIL’s Issue 23.3 (December 2011), alongside articles by Professors Daphne Richemond-Barak (Radzyner School of Law, Israel); Alan Reed (University of Sunderland, Sussex, U.K.); and Robert Rains (Pennsylvania State University, U.S.).

One hour per week and participation in one of the special events are the minimum commitments for the program. To learn more about the Student Recruitment Team and for an application, attend an informational meeting Wednesday, Aug. 31, at noon in HOL 285A. For more information contact Noemar Castro.

• The EJCBA created a new law student membership category;
• The EJCBA launched a law student mentoring program;
• EJCBA opened up committee leadership positions to law students;
• UF Law students created a new student organization (8th Judicial Circuit Law Student Association www.ejclsa.info) to facilitate law-students involvement with the local legal community;
• Procured a $3,000 grant from The Florida Bar. These proceeds:
  • Enabled UF Law to host the North Central Florida Diversity Forum;
  • Will enable local youth to travel to the Florida Supreme Court in the spring of 2012 in conjunction with the “Street Law” program conducted by the Josiah T. Walls Bar Association and UF Law’s Black Law Student Association; and
  • Will support a proposal from the Center for Children and Families at the University of Florida Levin College of Law aimed at reducing disproportionate minority youth involvement in the criminal justice system.