FlaLaw » Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw University of Florida Levin College of Law Fri, 17 May 2013 20:30:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 3L wins 2012 Florida Law Student Essay Contest http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2012/04/3l-wins-2012-florida-law-student-essay-contest/ http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2012/04/3l-wins-2012-florida-law-student-essay-contest/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:01:38 +0000 wsmitty@ufl.edu http://www.law.ufl.edu/wpflalaw/?p=4492 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 is sponsored by Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company and the Young Lawyers Division of The Florida Bar. For her first-place finish with her essay, “Loyalty to the Process: Advocacy and Ethics in the Age of E-Discovery,” Good will receive, among other benefits, $500 and recognition by the insurance compnay and YLD in June at the Florida Bar’s annual convention in Orlando. Good serves the Florida Bar YLD as one of six representatives from UF Law, and she was previously an editor of the Florida Law Review. Good’s essay will be published in the Florida Bar Journal‘s June issue. Upon graduation, Good plans to join the firm Matthews Eastmoore in Sarasota.

]]> http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2012/04/3l-wins-2012-florida-law-student-essay-contest/feed/ 0 Florida Bar YLD Law Student Division co-hosts free CLE, networking event Oct. 28 http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2011/10/rida-bar-yld-law-student-division-co-hosts-free-cle-networking-event-oct-28/ http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalaw/2011/10/rida-bar-yld-law-student-division-co-hosts-free-cle-networking-event-oct-28/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:08:49 +0000 wsmitty@ufl.edu http://www.law.ufl.edu/wpflalaw/?p=166 The Florida Bar YLD Law Student Division has partnered with the 8th Judicial Circuit Bar Association and Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company to provide a great opportunity for area lawyers to receive free CLE credit and students to connect with Gainesville lawyers at a networking lunch and learn.

On Friday, Oct. 28, at noon in HOL 345, William E. Loucks, president/CEO of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, will discuss practical and ethical tips for avoiding legal malpractice.

Throughout his career, Loucks has been actively involved in the Florida legal community. He has served on the executive, disciplinary, and Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Board of Governors of The Florida Bar. He has also served as a governor of The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division. In addition, he has been a member of the Judicial Council of Florida, chair of the Statewide Fee Arbitration Committee and member of the 7th Judicial Circuit Nominating Committee.

Prior to accepting the position of president/CEO of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Loucks served on its board of directors and as chairman of its underwriting committee. The Florida Bar YLD Law Student Division looks forward to welcoming Loucks and local attorneys to campus.

The event will include pizza courtesy of Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company.

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