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UF Law adjunct professor awarded for service to profession

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:45:50 +0000

Gainesville attorney and UF Law Adjunct Professor Lawrence J. Marraffino was awarded the Walter S. Crumbley Practice Management and Development Award, given by the General Practice Solo & Small Firm Section of The Florida Bar.

The award was given in recognition of Marraffino’s significant contributions to the legal profession and his distinguished service to The Florida Bar in the areas of practice management and development.

Marraffino was nominated by his former students at UF Law, whom he taught in his Law Practice Management course, which he continues to teach. One of the nomination letters was read during the award presentation ceremony.

Marraffino practices civil law, including personal injury, foreclosure defense, bankruptcy and family matters law. He is a Florida Bar Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer.

Shalini Ray joins faculty as legal skills professor

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:45:22 +0000

Shalini Ray has joined the Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy Department as a Legal Skills Professor. Ray graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School.

Before joining the Levin College of Law, Ray served as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a judicial clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Anita B. Brody, and a litigation associate at a large law firm in San Francisco.

In addition to Legal Writing and Appellate Advocacy, Ray has taught Asylum & Refugee Law at the Levin College of Law.

Jill Womble joins faculty as legal skills professor

wsmitty@ufl.edu — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:45:06 +0000

Jill Womble has joined the UF Law faculty as a legal skills professor, teaching Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation and a new 1L class, Introduction to Lawyering, which has replaced Professional Responsibility in the first-year curriculum and will cover problem solving, team building, people skills, and general legal skills related to law practice.

Womble has served as an adjunct professor since 2005, teaching Negotiation and Mediation, Mediation Advocacy, Mediation Skills; and Interviewing, Counseling and Negotiation. She received her JD from UF Law in 2003 and has previously worked at Florida Power & Light as an engineer. Most recently, Womble served as the chief negotiator for the City of Gainesville and Gainesville Regional Utilities on large construction projects and labor agreements, as well as doing consulting work for the city’s pension plan bargaining.

Womble is excited about her new position teaching full-time at UF Law.

“I love law students, and feel that I have been successful in my career, so I want to give back to the students here,” she said.