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In this issue UF Music Law Conference Tunes In To Mixed Media Career Services: The CCS Buzz Catches You Up On Spring Recruitment, Upcoming Job Fairs Career Spotlight: Robert Klingler Documentary and Discussion Highlight BLSA Death Penalty Moratorium Week Externship Program for Fall and Summer 2008 Discussed at Jan. 23 Meeting Student Writing Book on How to Tackle Law School Many Lawyers Face Problems With Depression, Anxiety Wolf Discusses Legal Fallout From Deadly I-4 Pileup News Briefs Judge Robert A. Wherry Jr. to Present 'A View From the Tax Court Bench' Friday, Jan. 25 Conservation Clinic Students Work With Graham on Water Bill Restoration of Civil Rights Project Volunteer Training Session Jan. 31 Deadlines Approaching for ABA-Approved Summer Programs in France, South Africa and Costa Rica Sheriff Sadie Darnell to Speak on Mental Health Issues of Prisoners in Alachua County |
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Fredric G. Levin College of LawJanuary 21, 2008 | Vol. XI, Issue 18 |
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UF Music Law Conference Tunes In To Mixed Media
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Career Services: The CCS Buzz Catches You Up On Spring Recruitment, Upcoming Job Fair In Atlanta
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Career Spotlight: Robert Klingler
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Documentary and Discussion Highlight BLSA Death Penalty Moratorium Week
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Externship Program for Fall and Summer 2008 Discussed at Jan. 23 Meeting
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Student Writing Book on How to Tackle Law School
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Many Lawyers Face Problems With Depression, Anxiety
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Wolf Discusses Legal Fallout From Deadly I-4 Pileup
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Judge Robert A. Wherry Jr. to Present 'A View From the Tax Court Bench' Friday, Jan. 25 Conservation Clinic Students Work With Graham on Water Bill Restoration of Civil Rights Project Volunteer Training Session Jan. 31 Deadlines Approaching for ABA-Approved Summer Programs in France, South Africa and Costa Rica Sheriff Sadie Darnell To Speak on Mental Health Issues of Prisoners in Alachua County Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at UF Jan. 15-22 |
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Catch up on what's happening with spring recruitment and an upcoming job fair in Atlanta in this week's issue of The CCS Buzz, your source 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 a 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.
When it comes to negotiating a large merger or transaction, UF Law alumnus Robert D. Klingler (JD 03, MBA 03, MA 99, BA 96) uses the experiences he gained at UF to get the job done. Klingler, an associate with the Atlanta-based law firm Powell Goldstein LLP, represents financial institutions in a wide variety of areas, including capital raising, securities compliance, and mergers and acquisitions. Helping clients reach their goals is enjoyable because in most cases it’s a win-win situation, Klingler said. “Unlike litigation, where 'winning' is, at best, a zero-sum game, in transactional work both parties can benefit from the transaction, creating real value for society."
The cold rainy weather and last minute-room change could not keep UF Law students from attending the showing of “After Innocence” on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The documentary, which follows the lives of seven exonerated men, was the highlight of the Black Law Students Association's Death Penalty Moratorium Week. In an attempt to call for a change in the capital punishment system, BLSA members tabled all week in the courtyard. The organization provided information about the inadequacies in the system by focusing on the numerous (approximately 126) individuals exonerated after serving years for wrongful convictions. The week also featured a discussion by UF Law Professor Michelle Jacobs, about the death penalty system. 
The Levin College of Law Externship Program for the Summer and Fall 2008 Semesters will be discussed at a meeting on Wednesday, January 23 at noon in Room 180. All students who are interested in an externship should attend the meeting. Externships offer students learning opportunities not found in the classroom and expose them to a variety of opportunities in the legal profession while they earn academic credit. Student externs work under the supervision of a licensed attorney at the externship site and also engage in guided reflection and other academic exercises with the faculty member who supervises the externship. Placements are available at government agencies, in judges' chambers, and with nonprofit legal institutions; students cannot earn externship credit for work in private law firms and for-profit organizations.
While University of Florida Levin College of Law student Adam Losey balances a full class load and responsibilities as a Florida Law Review editor, he is also spending his time in law school writing a book to help future law students. The second-year law student from Winter Park, is co-authoring the self-help book, The Path More Traveled, with his high school friend and UF Law alumnus Francisco Ferreiro (JD 06) in hopes to educate students who are contemplating attending law school. The book delves into issues that are crucial for students to consider before attending law school, he said. The book’s six chapters will cover subjects including whether to go to law school, how to tackle the LSAT, how to choose a law school, what to do while attending law school and how then to get a job once it’s over.
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal drew my interest and I thought that I would share the story with you. The article spoke about a young attorney struggling with depression. Within its contents, the news piece mentioned several statistics putting lawyers at the top of the country in suicidal thought, depression, and anxiety rates. Surprisingly, many of those affected do not want to talk about mental health issues or even recognize that they have a problem. It is no surprise that the legal profession invites those who are driven and hardworking. The problem lies in the fact that the strengths that lead many people to law (competitiveness, drive to succeed and win battles) are the same traits that make people vulnerable to depression and anxiety.
UF Law Professor Michael Allan Wolf (pictured left) recently spoke to the Orlando Sentinel regarding the various legal issues that will arise after a slew of lawsuits in connection with the I-4 pileup that took the lives of four people and injured many others. Wolf said the Florida Legislature reviews claims on a case-by-case basis and is under no obligation to approve them. “There's no guarantee that . . . [a lawsuit] is going to work with the jury," Wolf said, offering his professional opinion. “And then there's no guarantee the Legislature will decide to fund it with a payment to exceed the maximum” of $200,000 under the law. “If you're a plaintiff's attorney, they're going to argue there were 10 accidents," Wolf said. "The state will argue it was one big accident.” 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.
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.
Conservation Clinic student Kim Koleos (pictured left) goes over the clinic's draft Water Resources Restoration Act bill with former U.S. Senator Bob Graham (pictured right) at a recent meeting of the Everglades Coalition on Captiva Island in South Florida. Koleos and recent UF Law graduate Ashley Murphy have been working with Graham to develop a policy justification and bill draft that would remove water restoration projects like the Everglades from the Federal Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which also funds controversial navigation and flood control projects. Graham announced the initiative during his keynote address at the annual meeting of the Everglades Coalition in early January. Center for Governmental Responsibility water law expert Richard Hamann has been advising the clinic on the project.
The Restoration of Civil Rights Project volunteer training session
for the Spring 08 semester will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31, in 283 Holland Hall. Please contact Allison Riggs at 
Students interested in any of the ABA-approved summer programs in France, South Africa and Costa Rica should act quickly before all the spots are taken. The deadline for all three programs is March 21. For more information on these programs, click on the links below.
Alachua County Sheriff Sadie Darnell (pictured left) will speak about the mental health issues of prisoners in Alachua County at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the College of Education's Terrace Room in Norman Hall as part of the University of Florida Counselors for Social Justice's Community Speaker Series. It will be a brownbag dinner meeting so bring your dinner. For more information, go to 
A number of daily events will take place Jan. 15-22 for the MLK 2008 Celebration at the University of Florida. Among the many happenings organized by the Dean of Students Office will be the 22nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Celebration, featuring a dinner at the Reitz Union Ballroom and a speech by National Public Radio correspondent Farai Chideya. For more details of this event or the other daily events, visit 
