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University of Florida Levin College of Law
April 15, 2013 | Volume XIX, Issue 28

University of Florida Levin College of Law students continue to lead the Florida Blue Key. The fall president-elect is Brock Hankins (2L), who succeeds current FBK President Dana Somerstein (3L). On April 7, five UF Law students were tapped as members into the prestigious organization [...]
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- FlaLaw resumes publication in fall 2013
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News
- Administrators address concerns at Town Hall meeting
On April 9, the John Marshall Bar Association hosted UF Law’s latest Town Hall Meeting with four UF Law deans. Historically these meetings have led to updates like the study lounge and more swipe card entries. “It’s been really encouraging to see the administration is really taking [...]
- Career Corner: Balancing work and family
Ian (JD 07) and Lauren Alperstein (JD 08) are full-time attorneys with Laufer & Laufer, PA and Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, respectively. Ian represents insurance carriers, while Lauren works in family and matrimonial law. They have also picked up another job as parents to a [...]
- UF Law grad becomes New York Times bestselling author
It was 1994 when a newly published author paced the floors of his local bookstore in South Florida. He grabbed a James Grippando novel from the shelf and walked toward the counter with the thriller, titled The Pardon. “That’s my book, you know,” he told the sales clerk as he laid [...]
- Career Corner: Law grads find more than passion for law at UF
After being introduced through a mutual friend on the moot court team in the fall of 1988 at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Marc Chapman (JD 89) and Tracy Duda Chapman (JD 90), became friends right away. But it wasn’t until they worked at the same law firm in [...]
- Faculty Scholarship & Activities: April 15, 2013
Professor Blair’s paper was accepted for publication; Professor Cohen spoke on two panels at an ABA meeting; Professor DiMatteo was a faculty achievement award winner; Dean Flournoy was selected by UNC-Chapel Hill as its scholar of the week; Professor Hernández-Truyol was appointed to the board of the Southern Legal Counsel; Dean Jerry published an essay; Professor Johnston presented a work-in-progress at Wake Forest; Professor Nagan’s published two articles; Professor Rawls participated in UF Law’s Law and Justice Conference; Professor Sokol was named chairman of the Hispanic National Bar Association’s new Law Professor Committee; and Professors Dekle, Hamilton, Lidsky, McMahon and Nunn were quoted as experts in various local and national media.
News Briefs
- News Briefs: April 15, 2013
- Student authors articles, fourth book
- LIC Notes: Congressional Rules: CRS Primers
- Important registration information from Student Affairs
- 2013 Class Gift Legacy
- Jobs & Opportunities: April 15, 2013
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