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3L wins 2012 Florida Law Student Essay Contest

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 [...]

2L wins presidency of the Florida College Democrats

2L wins presidency of the Florida College Democrats

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’ [...]

UF Trial Team makes Sweet Sixteen

UF Trial Team makes Sweet Sixteen

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 [...]

FlaLaw article makes its way to nationals

Published: Apr 9th, 2012

The October FlaLaw article “Running Through Life” is running away with a top prize. The profile on Sara Phillips, a visiting third-year law student from Michigan State University College of Law written [...]

Law Association for Women donates over $4,000 to PACE Center for Girls

Law Association for Women donates over $4,000 to PACE Center for Girls

Published: Apr 9th, 2012

The Law Association for Women held its Annual Professor Auction this past fall and raised over $4,000 for the PACE Center for Girls. PACE is a Florida-based, nationally recognized not-for-profit [...]

Alumna joins staff as Tax LL.M. career counselor

Alumna joins staff as Tax LL.M. career counselor

Published: Apr 9th, 2012

Erica Peterson Connor, Esq. (JD 05) has joined the University of Florida Levin College of Law staff as a Tax LL.M. career counselor in the Graduate Tax Program. Connor possesses [...]

Law students lead police to escaped arrestee

Law students lead police to escaped arrestee

Published: Apr 9th, 2012

UF Law students Cameron Frye (middle left) and William Hyenga (middle right), pictured with Gainesville Police Department Cpt. Bart Knowles and Cpl. Angelina Valuri, were leaving Southwest Rec Center March [...]

UF Law librarians active at SEAALL

Published: Apr 2nd, 2012

UF Law librarians were active this past week at the annual Southeast Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (SEAALL) meeting, which was held at the Hilton Clearwater hotel [...]

Florida Law Review Journal ranking improves

Florida Law Review Journal ranking improves

Published: Mar 26th, 2012

The Florida Law Review‘s journal ranking improved this year to No. 37 among all student-run legal journals. The journal rankings are calculated by evaluating the success of the journal’s publications for [...]

Faculty scholarship and activities

Published: Mar 26th, 2012

Bob Dekle Legal Skills Professor “Experts: Hazing case could be tough” (March 17, 2012, St. Augustine Record) This article looks at challenges prosecutors are facing in the hazing death of Florida [...]