April 15, 2013 | Volume XIX, Issue 28
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
Two recent LexisNexis law firm surveys attempt to understand better the gap between hours billed and actual hours worked. The first study, “Billable Hours,” asks “Does the ability to bill [...]
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
The University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Graduate Tax Program welcomed distinguished members of the global tax community for the eighth annual International Tax Law Symposium, Friday, Oct. 19. There were around 100 attendees at the symposium, which is geared toward educating [...]
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
When some think about the work of lawyers in a courtroom, they may conjure up images of attorneys giving impassioned speeches to a jury. But there is another side of courtroom lawyering in the form of appellate proceedings.The 1st District Court of Appeal made its annual visit to UF Law [...]
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
The John Marshall Bar Association’s annual community service week Oct. 8-14 gave students at the University of Florida Levin College of Law an easy and fun to way to give back to the community. The week began on Monday, Oct. 8, with Canned Immunity, a canned food drive that donates [...]
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
A “train wreck” is how Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley describes the legal regime prevailing for same-sex couples. Until same-sex marriage is recognized and protected on a federal level, gay couples will continue to face potential legal complications due to varying degrees of recognition of civil unions and gay marriage from state to state, Harvard Law Professor Janet Halley said [...]
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
Spring Supreme Court Externships Program
Two positions are now available at the Florida Supreme Court for the Spring 2012 semester. They are each a five-credit externship, running Jan. 14 – April 26, 2013, and require 20 hours per week.
Applications open for 2013 Evan Yegelwel Summer Fellowship
The Evan Yegelwel Summer Fellowship award permits one UF Law student to participate in a paid Summer Fellowship Program at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Florida Regional Office in Boca Raton.
Spring Semester Foreign Enrichment Course and Spring Break Field Course will feature International Development Law and Policy
The UF Levin College of Law Environmental and Land Use Law Program will offer the following conservation and development practice related courses for Spring 2013 Semester
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
John DeVault III (JD 67) had no connection to lawyers growing up, but what he did have was books. He read about Clarence Darrow, Thurgood Marshall and other great lawyers. “Those were life-changing events in our world, and seeing that lawyers had the ability to have that kind of impact really made an [...]
Published: Oct 29th, 2012
Professor Gugliuzza pushed two online articles, Professors Cohen, Dekle and Mills were quoted in the media and Professor Nance presented a paper at Tulane Law School.
