Attila Andrade Jr. has written a text book for his students, entitled Doing Business in Latin America. The book has been available as a courtesy to his “Doing Business in Latin America” course participants and has received high praises from the student body. The book is scheduled to be printed and published.

Bob Dekle
Director, Criminal Prosecution Clinic; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center, Master Lecturer

“Special report: Cost of Florida’s death row easily exceeds $1M per inmate” (Oct. 7, 2012, Treasure Coast Deathrow)

This article discusses the debate over the large cost of legally challenging capital punishment before the execution of a prisoner.

From the article:
George R. “Bob” Dekle Sr., a legal skills professor at the University of Florida agreed with Bakkedahl. The 29-year former state prosecutor said some defense lawyers specializing in death row appeals “feel their duty to their client trumps their duty” to the system.

“If the client is guilty and deserving of death, then the last thing they want is for the system to work properly,” he said. “The more monkey wrenches that can be thrown into the system, the longer the client lives.”

Regional counsel officials though, flatly reject positions like Dekle’s and Bakkedahl’s. They insist by vigorously pursuing death row appeals, they’re fulfilling a statutory duty: to represent clients facing execution in a dauntingly complex area of law.

Paul Donnelly
Adjunct Professor

Paul Donnelly was recently selected for inclusion in the 2013 Best Lawyers in America list, which places him in the top 5 percent of all lawyers in America.

Nancy E. Dowd
David H. Levin Chair in Family Law; Director, Center on Children & Families

Nancy Dowd presented her article “Identities and Vulnerabilites: The Case of Black Boys” at “Vulnerabilities and Identities:  An Uncomfortable Conversation” at Emory University School of Law in September.  This month, she presented “What Men?  The Essentialist Error of The End of Men” at a Boston University School of Law symposium. Additionally, the paperback version of Dowd’s Justice for Kids: Keeping Kids Out of the Juvenile Justice System will soon be published.

Randall Jenkins
Adjunct Professor; Coordinator of Insurance and Risk Claims and Litigation, University of Florida

Randall Jenkins was recently interviewed for a story on Rock Center with Brian Williams regarding the traveling surgical technician who had hepatitis C and infected several patients with the virus.

Amy Landers
Visiting Pofessor of Law; Director, Intellectual Property Concentration

“Gainesville ranked no. 1 for pirating” (Oct. 5, 2012, The Independent Florida Alligator)

In terms of illegal downloads, Gainesville has become the pirating capital of the U.S., followed by Albany, Ga.; Fairbanks, Alaska; Lexington, Ken., and Tallahassee.

From the article:
Amy Landers, visiting professor of law at UF, said the study doesn’t necessarily mean Gainesville’s residents — particularly students — don’t care about copyright laws. She said because the study doesn’t track the identities of users, there’s no reason to jump to the conclusion that UF students are to blame.

“There’s no reason to think that a college student would be less respectful of the law,” she said.

Landers, who specializes in intellectual property law, said she recommends avoiding all illegal downloading.

“It is a civil and criminal violation of the law,” Landers said. “The music industry has been aggressive about pursuing lawsuits.”

Omri Marian
Assistant Professor of Law

Omri Marian recently presented his paper, “Jurisdiction to Tax Corporations,” at the National Centre for Business Law at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Vancouver, Canada.

Tim McLendon
Staff Attorney, Center for Governmental Responsibility

 “Voters in Florida are set to weigh in on two contentious ballot questions” (Oct. 6, 2012, The New York Times)

The article discussed the two ballot questions Floridians would have to vote on in the upcoming election: abortion and separation of church and state. The first measure would restrict abortions and the second would allow public money to flow to religious institutions.

Striking down these initiatives is among the ideas being talked about in regards to these two questions, as is rewording the questions to have a different meaning.

From the article:
“It is possible,” said Tim McLendon, a staff lawyer at the University of Florida law school’s Center for Government Responsibility. “They could redo it, and it could reappear.”

Elizabeth A. Rowe
Feldman Gale Term Professor in Intellectual Property; UF Research Foundation Professor of Law; Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law

Elizabeth Rowe served as an invited commentator at a roundtable on “IP and the Constitution” at the University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property.

Jennifer Zedalis
Director, Trial Practice; Senior Legal Skills Professor; Coordinator, Gerald T. Bennett Prosecutor/Public Defender CLE Course; Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center

“State attorney candidates ramp up the rhetoric” (Oct. 7, 2012, Herald-Tribune)

This article delves into the Florida code of ethics and the laws against judges supporting or endorsing any candidates or playing any roll at all in judicial elections.

From the article:
“It’s a fair topic, but it’s an oversimplification to say ‘There is a low conviction rate, oh wow, he’s not doing a good job,’” said Jennifer Zedalis, the director of trial practice at the University of Florida’s law school.

Jonathan Cohen gave a talk on “Listening with an Open Mind” at the Association of North Central Florida Mediators in Gainesville in August.

Stuart R. Cohn
Associate Dean for International Studies, John H. & Mary Lou Dasburg Professor of Law

Cohn just published “The New Crowdfunding Registration Exemption: Good Idea, Bad Execution” in 64 Fl. L. Rev. 1433 (2012).

Diane Mazur
Professor of Law

Diane Mazur’s book, “A More Perfect Military: How the Constitution Can Make Our Military Stronger,” was reviewed by constitutional expert Sanford Levinson in the Texas Law Review.

Mazur’s research on military voting and the 2000 Florida election recount was also discussed in a San Diego Union-Tribune editorial, “Military Voters as Political Pawns.”

“Water democracy: Even as supply threatens to run out, public shows little interest” (July 3, 2012, Orlando Sentinel), http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-03/news/os-florida-water-democracy-20120703_1_water-supply-water-issues-water-watchers?pagewanted=all

Jonathan R. Cohen
Professor of Law

Jonathan Cohen recently published two articles in the Barry Law Review journal, “The Path between Sebastian’s Hospitals: Fostering Reconciliation after a Tragedy,” and in the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, “Conflicts as Inner Trials: Transitions for Clients, Ideas for Lawyers.”

Bob Dekle
Master Legal Skills Professor

“Zimmerman’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Recuse Herself, Records Sealed” (April 16, 2012, The Daily Beast), http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/zimmerman-s-lawyers-ask-judge-to-recuse-herself-records-sealed.html

“Trayvon Martin shooting reveals flaws in law” (April 22, 2012, Detroit Free Press)

“Charges expected in FAMU drum major’s hazing death” (May 2, 2012, Associated Press)

“Criminal Charges for 13 in Florida A&M Hazing Death” (May 2, 2012, New York Times), http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/us/13-charged-in-hazing-death-at-florida-am.html?_r=3

“Florida ‘stand your ground’ law yields some shocking outcomes depending on how law is applied” (June 3, 2012, Tampa Bay Times), http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/article1233133.ece

“Woman Accuses Zimmerman of Molesting Her, but Is It Relevant?” (July 16, 2012, The Daily Beast), http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/16/woman-accuses-zimmerman-of-molesting-her-but-is-it-relevant.html

Joan D. Flocks
Director of the Social Policy Division for the Center for Governmental Responsibility

Joan Flocks’s article, “The Environmental and Social Injustice of Farmworker Pesticide Exposure,” was published in the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy in 2012.

Paul R. Gugliuzza
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

At the annual Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) conference, Paul Gugliuzza organized a panel on the America Invents Act and patent reform, and presented his paper, “Patent Law Federalism.” Gugliuzza also presented his paper, “The Federal Circuit as a Federal Court,” at the 12th annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference at Stanford Law School and the 2012 Patent Conference at Boston College Law School.

The Georgetown Law Journal recently published Gugliuzza’s article, “Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction.” Another article by Gugliuzza, “The New Federal Circuit Mandamus,” was published in the Indiana Law Review.

Monique Haughton-Worrell
Senior Legal Skills Professor

“Trayvon killer ‘in peril’” (April 22, 2012, New York Post), http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/trayvon_killer_in_peril_uhrxc2vccCTV8jKKTn44LO

Joseph Jackson
Senior Legal Skills Professor

“Bonita Springs’ fear of shelter unfounded” (May 4, 2012, News-Press), http://www.news-press.com/article/20120505/OPINION/305050009/-1/NEWS0106/Bonita-Springs-fear-shelter-unfounded?odyssey=nav%7Chead

Michelle Jacobs
Professor of Law

“George Zimmerman Released on $150,000 Bond, ‘Sorry’ For Trayvon’s Loss” (April 20, 2012, The Daily Beast), http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/20/george-zimmerman-released-on-150-000-bail-sorry-for-trayvon-s-loss.html

“George Zimmerman seeks hearing to dismiss murder charges” (Aug. 10, 2012, USA Today), http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-08-09/zimmerman-hearing-charges-dismissed-trayvon/56922994/1

Randall Jenkins
Adjunct Associate Professor for the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions

Randall Jenkins spoke on the topic of “Disclosure: Early Mediation” at the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists in West Palm Beach in June 2012. Jenkins was also invited to speak about “Pre-Suit Mediation” at the 2012 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in St. Andrews, Scotland, in September 2012.

Johnny Kearns
Adjunct Lecturer

“Attorneys investigate mishandled evidence” (April 23, 2012, Gainesville Sun), http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120423/ARTICLES/120429836?p=all&tc=pgal

Shani M. King
Associate Professor of Law; Co-Director for Center on Children and Families

Shani King’s article, “Owning Laura Silsby’s Shame: How the Haitian Child Trafficking Scheme Embodies the Western Disregard for the Integrity of Poor Families” was published in the Harvard Human Rights Journal this year.

King also presented at a symposium on the work of Dorothy Roberts at University of California Irvine in May 2012.

Christine A. Klein
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law; Director for the LL.M. Program in Environmental & Land Use Law

“Entrenched ideas targeted at conference to consider lessons of Irene” (April 28, 2012, Burlington Free Press), http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/interactive/article/20120428/GREEN01/304280001/Ideas-targeted-at-conference-to-consider-lessons-of-Irene?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

Christine Klein presented in August 2012 “Water Bankruptcy” at the Colorado-Duke Law School fourth annual symposium on natural resources, energy, and climate in a climate changed world, as well as the third annual meeting of the Association for Law, Property, and Society at Georgetown Law Center in March 2012. Klein also presented “Compartmentalized Thinking and the Clean Water Act” on the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act at George Washington Law School in March 2012.

Lyrissa B. Lidsky
Professor of Law; Stephen C. O’Connell Chair

Lyrissa Lidsky’s paper, “How Not to Criminalize Cyberbullying,” was recently listed on SSRN’s top ten download list for IRPN: Open Commons.

Tom C. W. Lin
Assistant Professor of Law

Tom Lin recently published “Executive Trade Secrets” in the Notre Dame Law Review.

Joseph Little
Professor Emeritus

“Suspended FSCJ associate VP: Much wrong inside college leadership” (May 7, 2012, Florida Times-Union), http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2012-05-06/story/suspended-fscj-associate-vp-much-wrong-inside-college-leadership

“SCF president’s career in jeopardy over grant signatures” (June 20, 2012, Herald-Tribune), http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120620/ARTICLE/120629964?p=all&tc=pgall&tc=ar

“FL: ‘Activist judges’ set to face the music in merit retention fight” (Aug. 16, 2012, Florida Watchdog.org), http://watchdog.org/50001/fl-activist-judges-set-to-face-the-music-in-merit-retention-fight/

Amy Mashburn
Professor of Law

“Barber’s attorneys seek new trial” (May 5, 2012, St. Augustine Record), http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2012-05-05/barbers-attorneys-seek-new-trial-say-original-legal-team-had-1-million

Diane H. Mazur
Professor of Law

“Military Groups’ Argument About Obama Voting Lawsuit ‘Extremely Misleading,’ Prof Says”, (Aug. 6, 2012, BuzzFeed.com), http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/military-groups-argument-about-obama-voting-lawsu

Diane Mazur published an op-ed at Rick Hasen’s Election Law Blog, entitled “Should We Have VIP Lanes for Military Voters?” The op-ed responds to misrepresentations about Ohio military voting rules and revisits similar problems during the Florida presidential recount in 2000.

Mazur also published an article, entitled “The Constitutional Bond in Military Professionalism,” in the Texas Law Review. In the article, Mazur explains why a close bond to constitutional ideals is a benefit to the military and not a burden.

Martin J. McMahon Jr.
Stephen C. O’Connell Professor of Law

Martin McMahon Jr. published a number of books, supplements, and papers, including: “Federal Income Taxation of Partnerships and S Corporations”; 2011-2 Cumulative Supplement to Bittker, McMahon & Zelenak, “Federal Income Taxation of Individuals”; 2012 Supplement to McDaniel, McMahon & Simmons, “Federal Income Taxation of Business Organizations”; 2012 Supplement to McDaniel, McMahon & Simmons, “Federal Income Taxation of Corporations”; 2012 Supplement to McDaniel, McMahon, Simmons & Polsky, “Federal Income Taxation, Cases and Materials”; “Recent Developments in Federal Income Taxation: The Year 2011” for the Florida Tax Review; and “Now You See It, Now You Don’t: the Comings and Goings of Disregarded Entities” in The Tax Lawyer.

McMahon also presented at Denver University’s 62nd annual Tax Institute, the Oregon tax institute, and the University of North Carolina School of Law’s 24th annual tax institute on “Recent Income Tax Developments,” as well as presenting at the seminar on investment in the United States and international taxation from the Chilean Investors’ Perspective held in Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Jon Mills
Dean Emeritus; Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility

“Justices cool to redistricting challengers” (April 21, 2012, Associated Press), http://staugustine.com/bill-kaczor/2012-04-20/justices-cool-redistricting-challengers

Winston P. Nagan
Sam T. Dell Research Scholar Professor of Law

Winston Nagan’s article, “Individuality, Humanism, and Human Rights,” co-written with Aitza Haddad, is featured in the first issue of ERUDITO, the electronic journal of the World Academy of Art and Science.

Jason P. Nance
Assistant Professor of Law

At the annual Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) conference, Jason Nance presented his paper, entitled “A Legal, Empirical, and Normative Assessment of Strict Security Measures in Public Schools.”

Kenneth Nunn
Professor of Law

“George Zimmerman likely to face jury trial” (April 19, 2012, Los Angeles Times), http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/04/19/george-zimmerman-likely-face-jury-trial

“Businesses Charge Hundreds To Remove Mug Shots Online” (April 23, 2012, ABC News.com), http://abcnews.go.com/Business/businesses-make-profit-copying-mug-shots-online-critics/story?id=16157378

“In Baltimore, New York and beyond, ‘Trayvon-like’ is new descriptor” (April 24, 2012, Los Angeles Times), http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-cases-20120424,0,4249617.story

“Trayvon Martin’s friends frustrated over potentially long wait for trial” (April 27, 2012, South Florida Sun-Sentinel), http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-04-27/news/fl-trayvon-martin-uncertainty-20120427_1_speedy-trial-associate-pastor-second-degree-murder

“Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman waives right to speedy trial” (May 8, 2012, Los Angeles Times), http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-zimmerman-waives-speedy-trial-20120508,0,4573513.story

Roger Perlstadt
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Roger Perstadt’s article, “Article III Judicial Power and the Federal Arbitration Act,” will be published in the American University Law Review this year.

Teresa J. Reid
Legal Skills Professor

Teresa Reid was selected to serve on the University of Florida Mission Statement Task Force, a group formed to consider rewriting UF’s mission statement.

Leonard L. Riskin
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law

Leonard Riskin recently published “Awareness and The Legal Profession: An Introduction to the Mindful Lawyer Symposium” in the Journal of Legal Education.

Riskin also gave a presentation, entitled “The ‘Negotiation’ Within: Connecting and Managing Inner and Outer Conflict,” in March 2012. In the same semester, Riskin conducted a workshop on “Mindfulness and Conflict” for the Chicago Center for Conflict Resolution.

Elizabeth Rowe
UF Research Foundation Professor; Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law

“Naples firm takes giant New Jersey corporation to court over camisole” (June 25, 2012, Marco Island Sun Times)

Sharon Rush
Irving Cypen Professor of Law; Associate Director, Center on Children and the Law

“Ruling has ‘something for everybody,’ UF prof says” (June 28, 2012, Gainesville Sun), http://www.gainesville.com/article/20120628/ARTICLES/120629536?p=all&tc=pgall

Katheryn Russell-Brown
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law; Director for the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations

 “Interracial murder on the rise” (April 19, 2012, Scripps Howard News Service), http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/news/national/interracial-murder-on-the-rise

“FAMU is another case of circling the wagons” (June 1, 2012, Orlando Sentinel), http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-01/features/os-ed-darryl-owens-famu-support-060212-20120602_1_famu-president-blacks-university-trustees

Katheryn Russell-Brown gave two talks in February 2012 at the University of California, Hastings College of Law; “Incident at the Towers,” discussing the impact of racial hoaxes that take place on university campuses, and “Racial Hoaxes: Seeing Crime, Doing Justice.”

Michael Seigel
UF Research Foundation Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Center and Clinics

“Why Zimmerman asked for new judge” (April 18, 2012, Breitbart.com), http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/04/18/Why-Zimmermans-Lawyer-Asked-for-New-Judge

“Gov. Rick Scott shoots down Tampa’s request to ban guns outside GOP convention” (May 3, 2012, Tampa Bay Times), http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/gov-rick-scott-shoots-down-tampas-request-to-ban-guns-outside-gop/1228001

“State will use newspaper’s analysis for ‘stand your ground’ review” (June 5, 2012, Tampa Bay Times), http://www.tampabay.com/news/state-will-use-newspapers-analysis-for-stand-your-ground-review/1233646

Steven Willis
Professor of Law

“How close is too close? The bishop of Orlando encourages Catholics to vote ‘yes’ on two amendments. Over the line?” (July 1, 2012, Ocala Star-Banner), http://www.ocala.com/article/20120701/ARTICLES/120639992/-1/news?p=all&tc=pgall

“Law prof backs courageous bishop: Legally, it’s ‘fine’ him to tell Catholics to ‘vote yes’ for life” (July 2, 2012, Life Site News.com), http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/law-prof-legally-its-fine-for-bishop-to-tell-catholics-to-vote-yes-for-life/

Michael A. Wolf
Professor of Law; Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law

“Florida Supreme Court to review dismissed foreclosure lawsuit against Greenacres man” (May 8, 2012, Palm Beach Post), http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/real-estate/florida-supreme-court-to-review-dismissed-foreclos/nN3jT/#.T6rQywVtTDg.email

“Ranchers question SFWMD practices: Area residents waiting to hear from DEP head” (July 27, 2012, Okeechobee News), http://florida.newszap.com/home/115540-133/ranchers-question-sfwmd-practices

Michael Wolf presented to the 2012 Planning Law Review, a webinar sponsored by the American Planning Association and co-sponsored by the American Institute of Certified Planners. Wolf also presented “Haavarian Principles in the 21st Century” for the Bettman Symposium during the National Conference of the American Planning Association and the memorial to Charles Haar at Harvard Law School.

Jennifer Zedalis
Senior Legal Skills Professor

“Safety, location at issue if Zimmerman is released” (April 19, 2012, Associated Press), http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/19/safety-location-at-issue-if-zimmerman-is-released/

“Puppeteer case gives rise to question: Gruesome fantasies or actual intentions?” (July 26, 2012, Tampa Bay Times), http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/puppeteer-case-gives-rise-to-question-gruesome-fantasies-or-actual/1242251

Wentong Zheng
Assistant Professor of Law

Wentong Zheng spoke as a panelist on “Convergence or Divergence: Antitrust in India and China” at the 60th spring meeting of the American Bar Association section of antitrust law in Washington, D.C., in March 2012.

Scholarship established in honor of UF Law alum
Earlier this year, family and friends of Gerald A. Williams, Esq. (1950-2010) established The Gerald A. Williams Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor his legacy. Williams graduated from UF Law in 1975 and his two daughters, Monica Williams (JD 01) and Erica Williams (JD 05), also UF Law alumni. The first scholarship will be awarded from the fund in November. To see a complete description of the scholarship, click here.

Honor Committee congratulates new representatives
The UF Levin College of Law Honor Committee congratulates new representatives elected by the respective class peers. Representing the Class of 2013 are Anthony Jones, Tyler Hudson, Robin Lucas, David Sullivan and David Emas. Amanda Anderson was also elected to represent the Class of 2011. The Levin College of Law Honor Code represents a commitment by students to adhere to the highest degree of ethical integrity. The Honor Committee administers the Honor Code and is composed of law students, two faculty advisors and Dean Rachel Inman. If you have questions about the honor code or Honor Committee please contact Alexa Kwartin, Honor Committee Chairman, at akwartin@gmail.com.

Donate gently-used clothes to benefit PACE Center for Girls and Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Beginning Monday, Oct. 25, through Friday, Oct. 29, L.A.W. will be holding a clothes drive to collect donations of gently-used women and children’s clothing to benefit PACE Center for Girls and Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network. Collection boxes will be located in the cafeteria and at the L.A.W. table in the courtyard throughout the week. If you stop by the L.A.W. table, you can also get an early peek at the list of items up for bid in our annual Professor Auction! The auction will take place the first week of November, so start planning with your friends on which professors you want to bid. If you have any questions about the clothes drive, the auction, or L.A.W. in general, please e-mail L.A.W. Secretary Lauren Millcarek at lmillcar@gmail.com.

Family Law Society holding cell phone drive for domestic abuse victims
Family Law Society will be having a Cell Phone Drive Oct. 4-28 to collect cell phones and chargers to donate to Peaceful Paths Domestic Abuse Network. The cell phones and chargers can be dropped off at any time in the Lawton Chiles Information Center lobby and will be collected to give to victims of domestic violence. Please collect the old cell phones lying around your house for victims who truly need them.

ASIL Career Fair/Mentoring Session
The American Society of International Law will be holding its annual meeting this Nov. 12-13 at the University of Miami School of Law. On Friday, Nov. 12, from 2:30–5 p.m., law students may attend a career fair/mentoring session. The fair is open to any and all law students, but will be targeted to those interested in international law. The goal of this annual meeting is to provide Florida law students who are interested and engaged in international law, whether in the classroom, or by participating on student organizations and journals, an opportunity to spend quality networking time with professionals from Florida firms and public interest organizations whose practice areas include international litigation, arbitration and advocacy. For information and to RSVP, contact Emily Holland at 646-660-2099 or e-mail her at emilybholland@gmail.com. Please note that there may be a registration deadline in October. The Center for Career Development will e-mail an update via the Career Hotline with more information.

Weyrauch’s teaching and scholarship focus on family law, business organizations, comparative law, law and society, legal philosophy, and autonomous informal lawmaking, and he has been widely published in these areas.

His publications since 1999 include Gypsy Law: Romani Legal Traditions and Culture, University of California Press, Berkeley, (Los Angeles and London, 2001); Das Recht Der Roma Und Sinti: Ein Beispiel Autonomer Rechtsschöpfung, Vittorio Klostermann Publisher, (Frankfurt Main, Germany, 2002); “Nonrational Sources of Scholarship: Remembering David Daube (1909-1999),” 19 Rechtshistorisches Journal 677 (2000); “A Theory of Legal Strategy,” 49 Duke Law Journal 1405 (with Lynn LoPucki, 2000); “Unwritten Constitutions, Unwritten Law,” 56 Washington and Lee Law Review 1211 (1999) (also republished in Charles W. Collier, Basic Themes in Law and Jurisprudence, Anderson Publishers, 2000); and “Unconscious Meanings of Crime and Punishment,” 2 Buffalo Criminal Law Review 945 (1999).

Symposium speakers included Professors Inga Markovits, Friends of Joe Jamail Regents Chair, University of Texas School of Law; Lynn M. LoPucki, Security Pacific Bank Professor, University of California-Los Angeles School of Law; Alison Barnes, Marquette University Law School; and W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School. The four spoke eloquently on the far-ranging influence of Weyrauch’s scholarship and how it has swayed their own views and studies.

Inga Markovits

“I don’t think I know anyone as curious as Walter Weyrauch,” began Professor Markovits. “He has the investigative curiosity of a three-year-old. He is interested in not only what happened, but how and why it happened. That is what law is all about.”

An internationally renowned expert in comparative law, Markovits’ research has concentrated on socialist legal regimes, and more recently, on law reform in Eastern Europe. She commented that she, like Walter, is an immigrant to America, and spoke on the value of examining a culture through the lens of another.

“Walter is fascinated by the law outside the realm of the mighty and the decision-makers,” she said, and praised his use of qualitative versus quantitative research and analysis.

Professor Lynn M. LoPucki focused his presentation on Weyrauch’s unique view of legal strategy. In addition to his position at UCLA Law School, LoPucki is the Bruce W. Nichols Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School each fall semester. He teaches Secured Transactions and Empirical Analysis of Law at both schools, and has engaged in empirical research on large public company bankruptcies for 25 years.

Lynn M. LoPucki

He worked with Weyrauch in 1975 on a two-step presentation strategy: persuade the judge (without legal doctrine) and provide the doctrinal bridge to that result. He said Weyrauch’s work with the Gypsies eventually led to a 2000 theory of legal strategy where lawyers, not judges, determine outcomes, and where lawyers choose and constrain judges. The article he co-authored with Weyrauch, “A Theory of Legal Strategy,” in the Duke Law Journal examined the conventional versus the strategic view. He illustrated his point with a detailed analysis of the Pennzoil v. Texaco case, which exemplifies that strategy determines outcomes.

“Strategic practice is so much more effective than traditional practice, it is going to sweep worldwide,” said LoPucki.

The April 2008 issue of the Florida Law Review begins with an article by LoPucki, “Walter O. Weyrauch, the Observer.” The issue was dedicated to Weyrauch on the occasion of his retirement.

Professor Alison Barnes has written extensively in areas of aging law and policy, including the first law text in the field, Elder Law. She is co-author and editor of Counseling Older Clients and the Health Law Desk Reference (American Bar Association/American Law Institute), and founded and is faculty advisor of the law review Elder’s Advisor. She teaches and develops curriculum in health law and aging law and policy, and is faculty sponsor for the Health Law Society.

The April 2008 issue of the Florida Law Review begins with an article by LoPucki, “Walter O. Weyrauch, the Observer.” The issue was dedicated to Weyrauch on the occasion of his retirement.

Professor Alison Barnes has written extensively in areas of aging law and policy, including the first law text in the field, Elder Law. She is co-author and editor of Counseling Older Clients and the Health Law Desk Reference (American Bar Association/American Law Institute), and founded and is faculty advisor of the law review Elder’s Advisor. She teaches and develops curriculum in health law and aging law and policy, and is faculty sponsor for the Health Law Society.

Alison Barnes

She explored a number of aspects, including the use of ritual, in public versus private law, and the role of observers who can “attest that something took place.” This is particularly important in times of change, she said, but can also reinforce the status quo.

Barnes has been senior policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging and the George Washington University Health Policy Project and Scholar in Residence at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. During four years at the University of Florida College of Law Public Policy Project, she chaired The Florida Bar Committee on the Elderly and was vice chair of the Commission on the Elderly. She and Weyrauch are working together to examine unwritten laws and rules in long-term care, and how they impact quality.

“There is so much more to be said about informal, unwritten law, from the micro to the macro level,” she said. “There is so much more to say in a multi-cultural world, where so many more interact.”

Professor W. Michael Reisman, Myres S. McDougal Professor of International Law, Yale Law School, is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and president of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Bank for International Settlements. He has published widely in the area of international law and has served as arbitrator and counsel in many international cases.

W. Michael Reisman

“It is very important to remember the perspective you are taking in legal research,” he said. “It is vital to engage in this process of self-scrutiny.”

Reisman remarked on the groundbreaking nature of Weyrauch’s work on what has come to be known as group law. “Wherever there are social groups, there is law,” he said. “Much of that law is held at such low levels of consciousness we are unaware of it. When consciousness of that law is raised, there is conflict.”

Walter Weyrauch joined the UF Law faculty in 1957 as associate professor. He became professor in 1960, was Clarence J. TeSelle Professor 1989-94, and became Stephen C. O’Connell Chair in 1994 and Distinguished Professor in 1998. He was named an Honorary Professor of Law at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany, and has been visiting faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, Rutgers University School of Law and University of Frankfurt.

“The law school has been a wonderful environment, and was a fascinating environment for empirical study,” said Weyrauch in his remarks at the symposium. “There have been tremendous changes in the 51 years I have been here, including dramatic shifts in the diversity of the faculty and student body.”

The symposium concluded with several presentations, the first from a group of Weyrauch’s former students, now practicing attorneys, who announced a contribution in his honor. The second was a gift from the International Society of Family Law from Boston College Law School Professor Sanford N. Katz, who came back to Gainesville for the first time in more than 40 years to attend the symposium. Katz has been chair of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association and president of the International Society of Family Law.

“Walter treated the University of Florida as his laboratory,” said Katz. “He followed the tradition of all great family law scholars in the world, all—like Walter—German in origin.”

The Levin College of Law faculty and administration express their gratitude to the members of the Florida Law Review, who assisted with arrangements for the symposium.

 Mary Jane Angelo

Assistant Professor

• Presented “Rapanos, Carabell and Beyond” (an analysis of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions addressing jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act) at the Florida Wetlands Conference in Tampa, Nov. 17.

Lars Noah

Professor

• Published the 2nd edition of his casebook Law, Medicine, and Medical Technology with Foundation Press.

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

David H. Levin Chair in Family Law; Professor; Director, Center on Children and Families and Family Law Certificate Program; Co-Director, Institute for Child and Adolescent Research and Evaluation (ICARE)

• Advised Fordham University in developing its multidisciplinary center on child advocacy. • Presented the keynote speech at St. John’s University’s Nov. 17 conference on “Race, Class, Culture and the Child Welfare Crisis.”

• Spoke at a ceremony in Phoenix in connection with the renaming of Arizona State’s law school in honor of retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. 

Michael Allan Wolf

Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law; Professor

• Spoke at the “Preservation 101” seminar sponsored by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, Nov. 16, in Jacksonville on “Who’s Afraid of Property Rights?, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Constitution.”

Steven J. Willis

Professor

• Published “People in Glass Houses” in 113 Tax Notes 477 (2006).

• Presented on the topic of “Family Law Economics: Ruminations on Property,” to Family Law Section of the Collier County Bar Association at its annual Family Law Conference

Joseph W. Little

Professor, Alumni Research Scholar

• Independent Florida Alligator, Nov. 14. Little will be representing Charles Grapski, who has been charged with felony wiretapping.

• High Springs Herald, Nov. 17.  Successfully defended Charles Grapski and had the case against Grapski dismissed by the judge.

• University Wire, Nov. 17. Mentioned in an article about Charles Grapski’s victory against wiretapping charges. He acted as Grapski’s attorney.

Katheryn Russell-Brown

Professor; Director of Center for Study of Race and Race Relations

• C-Span, Nov. 19. Interviewed about her book Protecting Our Own:Race, Crime, and African Americans, following her appearance on a panel at the Miami Book Fai International

Michael L. Seigel

Professor

• Polish National television, Nov. 29. Interviewed regarding the extradition of Edward Mazur, a dual U.S. and Polish citizen who has been charged in Poland with hiring a hit man in connection with the June 1998 killing of the former Polish National Police Chief. Seigel was asked about the US-Poland Extradition Treaty and his views on whether Mazur will be extradicted given his U.S. citizenship.

Associate Dean for International Studies; Professor; Gerald A. Sohn Scholar; Director of International and Comparative Law
Certificate Program

• His revised two-volume treatise, Securities Counseling for Small and Emerging Companies, has just been published by Thomson/West.

• Appointed the Florida Liaison to the American Bar Association’s Business Law’s Committee on Corporate Laws.

Winston Nagan

Professor; Samuel T. Dell Research Scholar; Director, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Development

• Appointed as an acting judge on the High Court of South Africa, a court of law which, when constituted in 1994, inherited the jurisdiction of the provincial and local divisions of the Supreme Court of South Africa that was formally abolished following the postapartheid settlement.

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse

David H. Levin Chair; Director, Center on Children and Families and Family Law Certificate Program; Co-Director, Institute for Child and Adolescent Research and Evaluation (ICARE)

• Co-convened a conference (with Nancy Dowd) called “Bridges to Excellence”, gathering leaders of the major child advocacy centers around the country to discuss multidisciplinary methods.

• Presented at the Askew Institute Conference on “Abuse and Neglect: Building Partnerships to Meet Children’s Needs.”

Danaya C. Wright

Professor

• Inside UF, Nov. 14. Published column in “The Blog” on UF Senate Policy Councils, through which, she wrote, the Senate takes a proactive role in policy changes and guards the acdemic missionof UF. Wright currently serves as Faculty Senate Chair.

In the News

Meredith Fensom

Director, Law & Policy in the Americas Program

• Florida Trend, November. The 2006 Latin America Business Environment Report that she and UF Professor Terry McCoy, director of the Latin American Business Environment Program, published in September was cited in the magazine’s cover story. 

Michael Allan Wolf

Professor, Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law

• Daytona Beach News-Journal,  Nov. 9. Quoted in story on building height limits imposed by voters in two Volusia County cities,Ormond Beach and Edgewater. Wolf called it a classic illustration of why regional planning is needed in Florida. “This is not textbook land-use planning … this is what we call referendum zoning, when people vote to place regulation on newcomers,” he said.

• St. Petersburg Times , Nov. 12. Quoted in an articleon Amendment 8 to the Florida Constitution, which limits government’s ability to seize property for private development and passed overwhelmingly Nov. 7 with 69 percent of the vote. With the passage of the amendment, Florida homeowners now have more protections than almost any other state against eminent domain for private development. “This takes decisions away from the officials closestto the problems that are facing local governments. It’s unnecessary,” Wolf said.

Danaya C. Wright

Professor

• Inside Higher ED, Nov. 9. Quoted in an article on her perspective of UF Pressident Bernie Machen’s Academic Enhancement Program that would charge students every semester and bring in more money without a technical raise in tuition. Wright currently serves as Faculty Senate Chair.

• Miami Herald, Nov. 11. In an article that once again looked at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences financial situation and Machen’s Academic Enhancement Plan, she said the problem had been known for years.