Charles Blow, a New York Times op-ed columnist, highlighted the media’s role in the Trayvon Martin case at the 10th Annual Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations Spring Lecture on March 20 at UF Law. (Photo by Haley Stracher)

By Jenna Box (3JM)
Student Writer

A man with a gun. A dead teen. A hoodie.

These images have been burned into the minds of Americans as symbols interracial crime, the use of deadly force and diversity in media coverage and crime reporting.

A little more than a year ago, the tragic shooting of a 17-year-old black teen walking home in a hoodie in Sanford, Fla., made waves across national media outlets.

On March 20, the 10^th Annual Spring Lecture put on by the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations titled “At Close Range: The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin,” brought myriad questions about this case to light through a variety of interdisciplinary panels.

Keynote speaker Charles Blow, a New York Times op-ed columnist, highlighted the media’s role, and experts from nine University of Florida departments offered insight from their unique fields at the all-day event filmed by C-SPAN.

“Academic exploration of public policy issues from a multitude of perspectives cannot only deepen our own understanding but also help build a foundation for thoughtful policy making by those who create the laws, regulations and rules that govern all of us,” Dean Robert Jerry said as he opened the event to a packed audience in UF Law’s Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, HOL 180.

The case has all the elements of a good story, Blow said: guns and murder, an unarmed boy and a suspicious man, racial profiling and threat responses. The combination of these raised some tough legal, social and racial questions.

Blow mentioned how the victim’s race has affected news coverage. Outside of Florida, he said, the only journalists who seem to write about the case are relatively young black men like him. Also, he mentioned the common topic of discussion: whether a black teen wearing a hoodie was enough to cause “suspicion.”

The arguments that “the way he behaved, the things that he wore, suggested he was not worthy of life past Feb. 26 fall short,” Blow said. “There is nothing that you can wear that gives someone license to shoot someone in the chest.”

Additionally, Blow spoke passionately about the “cocoon” media consumers place themselves in.

“People prefer to be affirmed in their beliefs than challenged,” he said. “I believe that is what we’ve seen in the Trayvon Martin case. People know what they want to believe and only listen to sources who confirm it.”

Alongside Blow, representatives from the UF departments of African-American studies; anthropology; English; health services; history; journalism and communications; philosophy; political science; and sociology, criminology and law, gave lectures and answered questions earlier in the day.

“[Blow] was an exceptional choice,” said Katheryn Russell-Brown, director of CSRRR, Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law and organizer of the event. “He was pitch-perfect and was able to use the case to discuss broader issues of journalism, politics and justice. This was a chance to talk across race, across disciplines on a wide range of issues.”

University of Arizona Professor Carol M. Rose addresses racially restrictive covenants at the sixth annual Wolf Family Lecture on March 13, 2013. (Photo by Haley Stracher)

By Francie Weinberg
Student writer

The sixth annual Wolf Family lecture drew a capacity crowd in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. This year’s guest speaker, Professor Carol M. Rose, presented her lecture on “Property Law and the Rise, Life and Demise of Racially Restrictive Covenants.”

Up until the 1940s it was not uncommon for property deeds to include clauses that restricted the sale of property to whites only. In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled against these racially restrictive covenants, and the practice was outlawed in 1968 by the Fair Housing Act. The lecture offered valuable insights for property law students, as well as those interested in constitutional law and those  involved with the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations.

“In the early 20^th century, African Americans started to move to cities,” Rose said at the March 13 lecture. “The hope was to escape the violence and oppression of the Southeast, so Caucasians began to take legal routes to get them out of their neighborhoods.”

She went on to explain that though race-restriction laws were Constitution-proof, they were not property-proof. It became harder and harder to sneak a Caucasians-only clause into property contracts.

“The pool of potential white buyers dried up,” Rose explained. “The only feasible buyers were minority members. This resulted in kind of an odd alliance between the white sellers and the black buyers: both of them wanted to get rid of restrictive covenants.”

Rose is the Gordon Bradford Tweedy Professor Emeritus of Law and Organization and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School and the Lohse Chair in Water and Natural Resources at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Her book, Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms (Harvard University Press), co-authored with Yale Law Professor Richard Brooks, will be available in April.

The lecture was streamed via live webcast and can be viewed at http://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/4775d77635a741deb45688dbd080d5fd1d.

The Wolf Family Lecture Series was endowed by a gift from UF Law Professor Michael Allan Wolf, who holds the Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law, and his wife, Betty. Wolf is the general editor of a 17-volume treatise, Powell on Real Property. The treatise is the most referenced real property treatise in the country and is cited regularly by the courts, including several citations in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Wolf family’s strong ties to the University of Florida date back to the 1930s, when Wolf’s father, Leonard Wolf, was a UF undergraduate. Since that time, two more generations of his descendants have made their way to Gainesville to study and work.

Past scholars who have delivered the Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property include Thomas W. Merrill, Charles Evans Hughes Professor of Law at Columbia Law School; Gregory S. Alexander, A. Robert Noll Professor of Law at Cornell Law School; Lee Fennel, Max Pam Professor of Law at the University of Chicago; Joseph William Singer, Bussey Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School; and Vicki L. Been, Boxer Family Professor of Law and director of the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University School of Law.

JaDawnya C. Butler (JD 04) loves people. From her affinity for public speaking to her knack for giving legal advice to friends and family, her job as chief senior assistant district attorney in Atlanta is a perfect fit.

Butler currently serves as the Zone 4 community prosecutor in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. In addition to prosecuting cases, she attends weekly community and police precinct meetings and works as a liaison between prosecution and the people of Fulton County. She leads a reading program for third graders where attorneys and judges read to and mentor a student on their lunch breaks.

She also teaches fifth graders weekly on the criminal justice system and mock trial and often speaks at local high schools on the criminal justice system. Butler also serves as a guest legal analyst on the live and nationally syndicated show, In Session.

Butler earned her undergraduate degree from Spelman College and immediately after graduating from UF Law, she started her own boutique practice, The Butler Law Group, LLC, where she served the greater Atlanta community for five years. She then joined the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. Fulton County is the busiest trial court of general jurisdiction in the state and offers her the intense and exciting environment she always wanted. Serving in the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office also gives her the learning opportunities and experience she will need for her ultimate goal of becoming a Fulton County Superior Court Judge.

Her time at UF Law prepared her for a world of opportunities, she says. She competed successfully with both moot court and trial team, and uses the skills she learned here in her everyday practice.

Butler recommends that students garner as much legal experience as possible through internships and externships. She also suggests that students become familiar with and active in local bar associations.

“Always choose experience and passion over pay. Be willing to create your own experience if necessary and don’t be afraid. It all works out in the end,” Butler advises.

But, most importantly, she suggests students focus on their grades in order to set them apart to potential employers.

“Law school is a very challenging process,” she said. “Put yourself all the way in, get the best that you can out of it and don’t forget to enjoy the ride.”

Butler takes her own advice every day. Though she describes herself as ambitious to a fault, her hard work, motivation and outgoing nature have paid off.

She is the recipient of the University of Florida Levin College of Law Black Law Student Association’s 2006 Outstanding Alumni award and a 2008 graduate of The State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division’s Leadership Academy. In 2012, she was named one of Atlanta’s “Top 100 Black Women of Influence” by The Atlanta Business League. She was also chosen as a member of LEAD Atlanta’s 2013 Class and was featured as the cover story for The Daily Report’s annual “On the Rise” edition. She was awarded the 2012 Special Commendation Award by the African Leadership Magazine and named “Top 100 Law Leaders” in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2012.  In 2012, she served as president of The Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys- a statewide, 31 year-old organization boasting nearly 1,000 members.

In her limited free time, Butler loves to cook and entertain for family and friends. Sharing stories and advice is one of her most important passions.

“My mentor taught me very early on about the three original professions: doctors, lawyers and pastors. Doctors were called to heal the body and pastors were called to heal the soul but lawyers were called to heal the community. I think there’s something so special about being able to use your gift to provide healing through education and vindication, and that’s a gift that I have the pleasure of giving on a daily basis.”

The course schedules for the upcoming academic year (Summer 2013, Fall 2013, and Spring 2014) have been released and are posted on the Student Affairs website:  http://www.law.ufl.edu/student-affairs/current-students/course-schedules. There is very important information you should be aware of concerning distance education courses prior to registering for classes.  Based upon ABA Standard 306(d), governing distance education in U.S. Law Schools, no student may obtain more than four credit hours of distance education(online/asynchronous) courses in the same term, and no student may receive more than a total of 12 credit hours of academic credit for distance education(online/asynchronous) courses to count toward the J.D. degree.  Furthermore, since students are permitted, with prior approval, to complete up to six credit hours of graduate level courses to count toward law school graduation requirements, and since some students complete distance education courses through the Graduate School, the four credit hours and 12 credit hours limitations apply to these courses, as well. Thus, if a student is registered for an online graduate level course, this reduces the number of hours permitted for other distance education(online/asynchronous) courses either through the Graduate School and/or through the law school.

This information is particularly important for the Summer 2013 term, as there are currently 6 asynchronous (distance education) courses on the law school’s summer schedule of courses. Out of these six courses, one is a one credit hour course and the other courses are two credit hours. Therefore, you will only be able to register for up to two of these asynchronous courses during the summer term. Please review the schedule of courses carefully and plan your schedules accordingly.  As you register for classes, you will be reminded of this requirement in ISIS when/if you register for any law distance education(asynchronous/online) course. If you attempt to register for a distance education(asynchronous/online) course, the following message will pop up to remind you of this rule:

“Per ABA Standard 306D, a law student may not register for more than four credits of asynchronous online courses in one term.” 

If it is determined that you have registered for more than four credits of asynchronous (distance education/online) courses in any term (e.g., this summer), you will be notified to drop a course or courses.  If this is not done, you will then be administratively dropped from the course or courses until you are in compliance with the ABA Standard 306(d).

If there should be any questions or concerns about any of this information, please feel free to contact Assistant Dean of Students, Kari Mattox, at mattoxk@law.ufl.edu, or stop by the Office of Student Affairs.

Careers in International Law speaker today at 1 p.m.

University of Wyoming Professor Matt Wilson will speak to students Monday at 1 p.m. in HOL 270 about how to chart a career plan to pursue international legal opportunities. Wilson draws upon 20 years of international experience in legal, business, and educational matters in the United States, Japan, the Philippines, and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Wilson practiced law at Akerman Senterfitt P.A., a major Florida-based law firm, and as former general counsel for a telecommunications/Internet firm. As legal counsel to domestic and multinational corporations, Wilson’s legal activities have encompassed complex commercial litigation, intellectual property litigation and transactions, cyberspace law, employment law, as well as general corporate matters. He also has extensive business experience working in Japan with a large electronics manufacturer, hydrological and meteorological instruments maker, and a multinational medical devices company.

Estates Planning Certificate Program — Fall 2013 Registration

On Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room, Professor Lee-ford Tritt, along with current Estates Planning Certificate Program participants, will hold a round-table discussion about the Estate Planning Certificate Program. Topics that will be discussed will be the benefits of attaining the certificate, the requirements for attaining the certificate, priority registration and course selection for fall 2013. Professor Tritt is excited to meet everyone and pizza will be served. If you are currently enrolled in the Certificate Program, please drop by to introduce yourself to your colleagues or just to grab a slice of pizza.

LIC Notes: New LIC display complements CSRRR Spring Lecture

The Legal Information Center has put together a display concerning the issues of race, gun control, and American justice. Created by Reference Librarian Loren Turner, in consultation with fellow librarian Shamika Dalton and the Center for the Study of Race & Race Relations (CSRRR), the display complements the CSRRR’s 10^th annual Spring lecture “At Close Range: The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin.”  Some of the books highlighted in the display include:

• Protecting our Own: Race, Crime, and African Americans by Kathryn Russell-Brown
• Under Fire: The NRA and the Battle for Gun Control by Osha Gray Davidson
• At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray
• Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn C. Loury
• The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America by Samuel Walker
• Black Trials: Citizenship from the Beginning of Slavery to the End of Caste by Mark Stuart Weiner

The display will be available in the New Books area until the end of March.

New library food policy

Based on recommendations by students and the Student Library Advisory Committee (SLAC), the first floor is now a “no food zone.” Beginning Monday, March 11, food is allowed on the second floor, but only snacks, either non-messy fruits and vegetables or the vending machine variety (pretzels, chips, cookies, etc.). Study rooms remain food-free. Library staff hope this will accommodate student needs, both for quick bites while studying, and for completely quiet, food-free zones. Remember that drinks need a secure lid! Thank you for helping make the library a pleasant place to study. For more information, see Shira Megerman in HOL 175B.

Environmental students visit Belize cacao nursery for spring break

Gentry Mander (1L), far right, and Tom Ankersen (second from left) with representatives of the Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education and farmers from the Trio Village in Southern Belize in front of a cacao nursery.  Mander and the UF Law Conservation Clinic have been working with BFREE to create a private system of payments for environmental services to compensate the farmers for converting a portion of their farm to shade-grown cacao, which is used to manufacture chocolate. The farmers in the photo have entered into agreements with BFREE drafted by the Clinic. Project funding is provided through a novel use of monies from a Natural Resource Damages Act settlement in the United States. Students on the UF Law Belize Spring Break Field Course had the opportunity to visit the BFREE field station where the cacao seedlings are started, visit the farmers in Trio Village, and learn about the nexus between neo-tropical migratory birds in Belize and Massachusetts that provided the justification for the use of settlement funds.

UF Law Alumni and Student Orange & Blue-B-Que

Join your fellow (and future) UF Law alumni at the law school campus on Saturday, April 6, at 11 a.m. (before the spring Orange & Blue Debut football game) for this inaugural event hosted by the Center for Career Development. The CCD hopes to provide an atmosphere that helps foster connections between current and future generations of Gator lawyers. RSVP by March 31 here: Orange and Blue-B-Que RSVP.

2013 Class Gift Legacy

The University of Florida Levin College of Law would not be what it is today without support from alumni. As you prepare to join the distinguished Gator Nation alumni network, now is your chance to make a difference and leave a legacy for future generations of students. Consider making a gift, at any amount, in support of your college. UF Law appreciates your support, as the 2013 Class Gift campaign aims to achieve 100 percent participation from all graduating 3Ls.

To make a gift today visit http://www.law.ufl.edu/alumni/giving/class-gifts.

Earn six credits in an outstanding foreign summer law program at UF Law.

Costa Rica: June 16 – July 22, 2013

Located in San Jose, Costa Rica, this program is especially attractive to anyone interested in international or environmental issues. Classes held at the University of Costa Rica will be spiced up with issue-oriented field trips and visits to legal institutions.

France: June 24 – July 26, 2013

A week in Paris followed by four weeks in the charming university city of Montpellier, France. Plus, many French students will be sharing your classes. A fabulous mixture of learning, culture and travel.

South Africa: June 10 – July 12, 2013

We are fortunate to have a strong relationship with the University of Cape Town, regarded as one of the best universities in all of Africa. Cape Town itself? It’s acknowledged by many as the most beautiful city in the world. An unforgettable journey into a fascinating country, culture and land of beauty.

The deadline has been extended to Wednesday. To apply, use the ‘Apply Now’ button on each program’s Admission Requirements webpage. It’s rolling admission for all three programs so don’t miss your chance to participate. Refer to the study abroad website for information on the programs or let Michelle Ocepek know if you have any questions (ocepek@law.ufl.edu or 352-273-0620).

Legal Writing/Appellate Advocacy department seeks teaching assistants

The Legal Writing/Appellate Advocacy department is accepting applications for teaching assistants. Interested students can pick up applications in the department office on the second floor of the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center or ask their appellate advocacy professor. The deadline to submit applications is April 1.

Public Justice essay contest awards $5,000 to winner

Public Justice is holding its annual Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Contest, which gives $5,000 to the winner. The intent-to-enter deadline has passed, but the essay submission deadline is March 31 for those who met the initial deadline. This year’s topic is “Is Democracy For Sale? Have Citizens United’s holdings run amok? Legal challenges left to Super Pacs? Can funding disclosure be required?”

The winner of the essay contest will receive $5,000, a free 2013 Public Justice Foundation student membership, and the essay will be featured on the Public Justice website and in the nationally disseminated Public Justice newsletter. The contest is open to all law students who are currently enrolled in a U.S. accredited law school.

If you have any questions about the essay contest, contact Cassandra Goings at cgoings@publicjustice.net or 202-797-8600.

Electronic discovery is increasingly becoming a fact of life for all litigators and this conference will feature a wide array of national experts discussing how to competently and cost-effectively handle e-discovery in small and medium cases. The conference will also shed light on the latest developments in Florida and federal e-discovery rules and will feature demonstrations of the latest e-discovery software and tools for each phase of the e-discovery process, for matters ranging from the most humble lawsuit to the largest mega-case.

The conference is part of UF Law’s E-Discovery Project, and is underwritten by the International Center for Automated Information Research, a University of Florida foundation established to promote innovation in information technology. Attendees will be eligible to receive 11.5 CLE credits.

The conference is free for full-time law students and UF faculty and staff. For registration and further information, visit the E-Discovery for the Small and Medium Case website.

“Gay Marriage and the Promise of Equality” will be at noon in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, HOL 180, with a book signing immediately following. The talk is free and open to the public. Parking restrictions in the green areas at the law school will be lifted for the event.

Sachs’ career as a human rights activist started in his student days at the University of Cape Town, when he took part in the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign. He devoted his law practice to defending people charged under racist statutes and repressive security laws. Many faced the death sentence. He himself was raided by the security police, subjected to banning orders restricting his movement and eventually placed in solitary confinement without trial for two prolonged spells of detention. In 1988, Sachs was the victim of a car bomb attack carried out by South African security agents, losing an arm and the sight of one eye.

During the 1980s and early 1990s Sachs was centrally involved in drafting the African National Congress’ proposed constitution for a new democratic South Africa. As a member of the Constitutional Committee and the national executive of the ANC he took an active part in the negotiations that led to South Africa becoming a constitutional democracy. He was appointed by President Nelson Mandela in 1994 to serve on the newly established Constitutional Court, and in 2005 he authored the court’s landmark decision requiring legal recognition of gay marriage in South Africa.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to have Albie Sachs speak at UF,” said UF Law Senior Legal Skills Professor Joseph Jackson. “He’s a remarkable person and a major player in the constitutional transformation of South Africa, who has helped that country heal the divisions of the past.”

Sachs’ talk is co-sponsored by UF Law’s Center on Children and Families and UF’s Center for African Studies.

Sachs will also give a talk at the Center for African Studies at 4 p.m. titled, “Combating Corruption: Kenya’s Efforts to Judge its Judges.” Visit the African Studies website for complete details, http://web.africa.ufl.edu/.

He attended UF Law on a whim and ditched his job as a commercial litigator for seminary. The Rev. Kurt Dunkle (JD 87), a lawyer-turned-priest, described his career path as nothing short of “unexpected.”

Dunkle takes over July 1 as dean and president of The General Theological Seminary, the Episcopal Church’s flagship seminary in New York City.

When he returns as leader to his alma mater, the challenges will be monumental. In 2009 the institution faced about $42 million in debt, an almost non-existent endowment and an eroding student population, he wrote in an email.

After selling valuable excess real estate in Manhattan and turning a guest house into a conference center, the seminary brought itself out of the hole but “not out of the proverbial woods,” Dunkle said.

“The rethinking of our particular place in the life of The Episcopal Church and the growth we need as a church and a seminary will be my assignment,” he added. “UF skills and experiences are still at work.”

Dunkle said UF Law’s greatest gift was critical and creative thinking skills. He’s used these not only as a commercial litigator, but to help him face the myriad challenges he’s been presented with at unexpected turns.

“One of the obstacles I have had to overcome on this journey was not relearning how to think — those UF skills have served me well,” Dunkle said. “Rather, it was getting used to uncertainty.”

Those experiences, and Dunkle’s history after UF Law, set the stage for what he will accomplish as dean and president.

When Dunkle graduated from UF Law, he spent several years working in commercial litigation. He began at Holland & Knight in Lakeland and then moved on to Rogers Towers in Jacksonville for 13 years, where he became a partner and co-head of the litigation department.

“I always felt called by God to be a lawyer. Not by some booming voice in the sky, but by that still small voice of peace and calm that comes from being just where you are intended,” he said.

But one day in 2000, things began to change unexpectedly. He felt called to become an Episcopal priest. The idea was unwelcome, he said, and he tried to fight it at every turn.

Eventually, with assurance from fellow lawyer friends and his wife, he retired from practicing law in 2001, uprooted his family and moved to New York City to attended seminary at General.

After his ordination, he said he continued to use the skills he learned in law school to resolve issues in the midst of a changing world and church.

“I keep reading about the changes facing the practice of law and how law schools, like Florida, must adapt,” he said. “The church is not exempt from change, either.”

In 2004, a partnered gay man was elected Bishop of New Hampshire. That issue was enough to tear the almost 500-year-old fabric of The Episcopal Church, and Dunkle’s church, Grace Epsicopal in Orange Park, was not exempt.

On the day after Easter in 2006, Grace Epsicopal — sitting on seven acres with 21 buildings — lost almost all of its 1, 200 members en masse over the same issues that separated the greater church in 2004. When Dunkle became priest immediately after, he said it had $62 in the bank, about $500,000 in debt and 35 people left in its pews.

“I saw that not as a tragedy, but as a challenge,” Dunkle said. “I was called to build something — a new Episcopal Church congregation.”

Again, he attributed much of his success in re-establishing the congregation to UF Law-learned thinking. He used critical and creative methods to build the church to what it is today: Grace has more than 500 people, money in the bank and has reduced its debt to less than $200,000, he reported.

“Kurt is a terrific example of how preparation for the practice of law at UF Law, and in his case some years of experience in the practice, develops leadership skills that make a talented person like Kurt highly sought after and valued for important leadership positions — in this case, serving as the dean and president of a major seminary,” Dean Robert Jerry wrote in an email. “Shouldering the burdens of others and providing support and service to them is the essence of lawyering, so the overlap with service in a ministry is substantial.”

Rob Birrenkott
Interim Assistant Dean in Career Development 

“Like other schools, UF law school working to expand fellowships” (March 19, 2013, The Alligator)

The article looks at a national trend of law schools helping to ensure real-world experience for graduates. Birrenkott weighed in on what steps UF Law is taking in this area.

From the article:
Rob Birrenkott, the interim assistant dean in career development at the Levin College of Law, said now is an interesting time for law because there is a lot of innovation in the field.

“What UF is doing is taking bits and pieces of different approaches,” Birrenkott said.

For the past two years, UF’s law school has had a postgraduate fellowship program that allows students to partner with entities to help underserved populations, he said.

Charles W. Collier
Professor of Law, Affiliate Professor of Philosophy

Collier’s article “Gun Control in America: An Autopsy Report,” has been accepted for publication in 60:3 Dissent (2013), a peer-reviewed journal.

Elizabeth Dale
Affiliate Professor of Law

Dale’s article “From Opera to Real Democracy: Popular Constitutionalism & Web 2.0″ was published in the Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies. The cite is 6 Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies [Great Britain] (March 2013). “From Opera to Real Democracy: Popular Constitutionalism & Web 2.0,” (Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies).

Jason P. Nance
Assistant Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children & Families

Nance’s article “Random, Suspicionless Searches of Students’ Belongings: A Legal, Empirical, and Normative Analysis” was published in the Colorado Law Review. The cite is 84 U. Colo. L. Rev. 367 (2013).  “Random, Suspicionless Searches of Students’ Belongings: A Legal, Empirical, and Normative Analysis” (University of Colorado Law Review)

Sharon E. Rush
Associate Dean for Faculty Development; Irving Cypen Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children & The Law; Co-founder, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations

Rush gave a three-hour “Introduction to Constitutional Law” course to the Polish Bar on March 13 in Warsaw, Poland. The program was equivalent to UF Law’s CLE programs.