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In this issue Green Building Practices Focus of Nelson Symposium Career Services: The CCS Buzz Offers a Quick Weekly Update on Opportunities Available to You Deadlines Approaching for ABA-Approved Summer Programs in France, South Africa and Costa Rica Judge Robert A. Wherry Jr. to Present 'A View From the Tax Court Bench' Friday, Jan. 25 News Briefs Spring 08 Tuition Due Friday, Jan. 18 Summer Fellowship Available with Anti-Defamation League Call for Student Recruitment Team Applicants |
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Fredric G. Levin College of LawJanuary 14, 2008 | Vol. XI, Issue 17 |
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Green Building Practices Focus of Nelson Symposium
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Career Services: The CCS Buzz Offers a Quick Weekly Update on Opportunities Available to You
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Career Spotlight: Leslie Lott
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Deadlines Approaching for ABA-Approved Summer Programs in France, South Africa and Costa Rica
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Judge Robert A. Wherry Jr. to Present 'A View From the Tax Court Bench' Friday, Jan. 25
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UF Law Faculty Write About Presidential Debates and Deliberative Democracy, Talk on Internet Defamation
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Spring 08 Tuition Due Friday, Jan. 18 Deadline for Applications Friday, Jan. 18, for Summer Fellowship with Anti-Defamation League Interested in Environmental Law? Kick Off Spring Semester Playing Sports With ELULP Faculty and Students Call for Student Recruitment Team Applicants Scholarships Available to Americans of Polish Descent Externship Informational Meeting Jan. 23 |
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The implications of a wide range of efforts on the local, state and national levels designed to encourage and require green building practices will be explored at the Seventh Annual Richard E. Nelson Symposium, Friday, Feb. 15, at the University of Florida Hilton Conference Center. Presented by the UF Levin College of Law and co-sponsored by The Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Section and The Florida Bar City, County and Local Government Section, this year's conference is entitled "Green Building: Prospects and Pitfalls for Local Governments." The event will draw experts from law and related fields to discuss various topics including Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and other certification programs, state and local climate change initiatives, private environmental lawmaking, building industry and local government programs, and national trends. UF's Rinker Hall (pictured above) is Florida's first LEED GOLD-Certified building.
At the beginning of every week, check out The CCS Buzz for a quick synopsis of Programming, Recruiting, Networking, Volunteer, and “SHIP” opportunities available to you. The CCS Buzz can be found in FlaLaw OnLine, via html link on your Symplicity homepage after you log in, or you can pick up a hard copy in Career Services at 244 Bruton Geer Hall.
As criminal operations go, this one was significant. The idea was simple
enough. Dredge the ponds at golf shooting ranges, run the algae-covered balls through an acid wash, re-varnish them, and sell them back to golf courses as practice balls. If only the people running the operation out of the back of a sports
shop in a strip mall in west Broward County had stopped there. They didn’t. Instead, they took the balls, originally made by a slew of different manufacturers, and stamped them with the name “Titleist,” one of the best-selling brands in the world.
Simply put, that’s stealing. That’s where Leslie Lott comes in. A 1974 graduate of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Lott (pictured above) is one of the top intellectual property lawyers in Florida.
Students interested in the UF Law Costa Rica Summer 08 Program, including those who attended the information session last fall, are encouraged to attend the advanced informational meeting at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, in 345 Holland Hall. This meeting will go over some new ground and introduce you to our program director, who is visiting from Costa Rica, and other program faculty—and offer a short substantive look at the courses and one of the clinic projects from last summer. Students who participated in last year's program will also be in attendance. The deadline for the Costa Rica program, as well as UF Law other ABA-approved summer programs in France and South Africa, is March 21, so interested students should act quickly before all the spots are taken. For more information on these programs, click on the links below.
United States Tax Court Judge Robert A. Wherry Jr. (pictured left) will present "A View From The Tax Court Bench" at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (HOL 180) as part of the Graduate Tax Program's Enrichment Speaker Series. Born in Virginia, Judge Wherry earned bachelor's and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Colorado, and an LL.M. in taxation from New York University Law School. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (in tax litigation). His articles have appeared in ALI-ABA publications, The Colorado Lawyer, Tax Notes, and State Tax Notes. He is the former Colorado correspondent for State Tax Notes and has spoken at numerous tax institutes, including the University of Denver Tax Institute and Tulane University Tax Institute and American Bar Association Tax Section programs. He was an instructor in Tax Court litigation for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He was appointed by President George W. Bush as a United States Tax Court judge on April 23, 2003, for a term ending April 22, 2018. 
UF Law Professor Lyrissa Lidsky (pictured left) recently spoke on internet defamation at the Florida Free Speech Forum, which was broadcast on the radio. Professor Charles Collier published a piece in the Yale Law Journal on "Presidential Debates and Deliberative Democracy." Keep up with what UF law faculty are saying in the media and writing about in scholarly publications in FlaLaw Online's weekly updates on Faculty Scholarship & Activities.
Just a reminder that Spring 08 tuition is due Friday, Jan. 18, by 3:30 p.m. at Criser Hall. Payments can be brought to the Student Affairs office by 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, and placed in the drop box. If your financial aid funds were disbursed before you added hours and/or a book deferment was processed, you may still owe a balance on your tuition. Questions concerning tuition should be directed to University Financial Services, (352) 392-0181.
The Summer 2008 Yegelwel Fellowship provides a $4,000 stipend to a UF Law student to participate in a Summer Fellowship Program at the Anti-Defamation League, Florida Regional Office in Boca Raton. A generous gift from UF Law alumnus Evan Yegelwel, who graduated in 1980, has made this fellowship possible. Yegelwel is a partner in the Jacksonville law firm of Brown, Terrell, Hogan, Ellis, McClamma, & Yegelwel. The fellowship will last eight weeks, with the student committing to a minimum of 35 hours per week. The fellow will be supervised by the ADL Southern Area Counsel and will conduct research on hate crimes, housing discrimination, education, bullying, or other bias-related topics. The Yegelwel Fellowship is limited to UF Law students who have completed the first-year required curriculum and Constitutional Law prior to the fellowship summer and who at the time of application are in good academic standing. The student must also pass a background check. To apply, please submit the following: a personal statement of 500 words or less outlining any past experiences or qualifications that indicate your interest in and commitment to public service; a resume; two references (including names, addresses and phone numbers); an official transcript; and a letter verifying good academic standing. Please submit a hard copy of these items to Patricia Hancock in 340 Holland Hall. Fellowship applications are due Friday, Jan. 18. If you have any questions, please contact Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations Assistant Director Melissa Bamba at (352) 273-0614 or 
To kick off the semester, the faculty affiliated with the 
The Office of Admissions is seeking students, regardless of year, to help bring the nation's top candidates to the Levin College of Law. Members of the team conduct campus tours, participate in panel discussions, discuss their law school experiences with prospective law students and travel to cities around the state and nation-wide for recruitment purposes. As a member of the Student Recruitment Team, you will be trained to answer inquiries from prospective law students in regards to the admissions process as well as UF Law. Two hours per week is the minimum time commitment for the program. If you are interested in becoming part of the Student Recruitment Team, contact the Office of Admissions for an application form. The application deadline is Friday, Jan. 18. For more information contact N. Castro, 
The Kosciuszko Foundation is offering Tuition Scholarships to Americans of Polish descent for academic year 2008-2009. Scholarships are available to college seniors and graduate-level students who expect to be in school on a full-time basis next year. Students must submit letters of recommendation, transcripts, and additional supporting materials. A minimum GPA of 3.0 is required. Kosciuszko Foundation’s Tuition Scholarships support Polish American students for studies in any major. Additional scholarship funds provide support to 1) Bayonne, NJ residents for studies in nursing, teaching, and business 2) students residing in Amsterdam, NY, Chicopee, MA and New Hampshire (any major) and to 3) DePaul University students majoring in law and engineering. The Tuition Scholarship program supports non-Polish American who are majoring in Polish language, history and literature. Scholarships range from $1,000 to $7,000. For a full list of Kosciuszko Foundation’s scholarships please visit our 
