April 15, 2013 | Volume XIX, Issue 28
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
The University of Florida Levin College of Law Honor Code Committee is proud to announce its newly elected executive board for the 2012-2013 school year: Chairman of the Honor Committee: David Emas; Vice Chairman of the Honor Committee: Anthony Jones; Director of Communication: Zach Foster; and Secretary: Brett Owens. Pictured from left, Owens, Emas, Jones and Foster.
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
Caroline Joan (Kay) S. Picart (3L) has published two law review articles in April 2012: “A Tango between Copyright and Critical Race Theory: Whiteness as Status Property in Balanchine’s Ballets, [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
A UF Law student took home the first-place prize last month for her writings on digital discovery. Margaret Rowell Good (3L) won the 2012 Florida Law Student Essay Contest, which [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
University of Florida Levin College of Law student Tim Mason (2L) was elected March 8 as president of the Florida College Democrats. The election was held during the College Democrats’ [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
The ABA recommends that each lawyer render at least fifty hours of pro bono work per year. Specific requirements are listed as to the type of work that qualifies as pro bono. However, compassionate lawyers and law students are needed to answer the call to public service if we are to meet the needs of those in society who require legal assistance but cannot afford it.
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Published: Apr 16th, 2012
Before coming to law school, I would have never imagined myself standing in the cold, cement-block labyrinth of a federal prison. But my interest in public service led me to [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
By Dominique McPherson Public Interest Law Fellow “SLC is a small firm with a big impact,” said supervising attorney Kirsten Clanton on my very first day at Southern Legal Counsel, [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
The Center for Governmental Responsibility Public Interest Law Fellowship program is a cooperative effort between The Florida Bar Foundation and CGR that began in the mid-1980s and provides low-income and [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
UF Trial Team members Georgia Buckhalter (3L), Marissa Faerber (3L), Andrea Nieto (3L) and Kimberly Stewart (3L), led by coaches Tom Farkash (JD 76) and Dan Hogan (JD 11), competed [...]
Published: Apr 16th, 2012
Almost 30 years ago at the University of Florida, one law student embarked on a career of conservation of land, the environment and, eventually, cooking grease. In July, Phyllis Harris [...]
