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In this issue UF Music Law Conference Takes The Stage Feb. 15-16 Career Services: Spring On-Campus Interviewing and Upcoming Job Fairs Highlight The CCS Buzz Career Spotlight: Sherri L. Johnson Nelson Symposium Focuses on Prospects and Pitfalls of Green Building Practices For Local Governments Merrill to Deliver First Annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property Feb. 22 UF Law Professor Berta E. Hernández-Truyol Takes Home 2008 Clyde Ferguson Award Inaugural UF Sports Law Symposium Draws Diverse Crowd Dekle Discusses Legal Issues Surrounding Competency of 12-year-old Accused of Murder News Briefs Remembrance Service Wednesday for Eric Gold Deadline Monday to Apply for 2008 Ambassador Program Families In Transition Lecture Series Continues With Talk by Angela Mae Kupenda Feb. 19 Student Teams Compete in CSRRR Griot Race, Law & Justice Oral Competition Feb. 23 UF Trial Team Holds Spring Intramural Tryouts Deadlines Approaching for Summer and Fall Externships UF Law Students Volunteer at Local Animal Sanctuary |
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Fredric G. Levin College of LawFebruary 11, 2008 | Vol. XI, Issue 21 |
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UF Music Law Conference Takes The Stage Feb. 15-16
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Career Services: Spring On-Campus Interviewing and Upcoming Job Fairs Highlight The CCS Buzz
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Career Spotlight: Sherri L. Johnson
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Nelson Symposium Focuses on Prospects and Pitfalls of Green Building Practices For Local Governments
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Merrill to Deliver First Annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property Feb. 22
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UF Law Professor Berta E. Hernández-Truyol Takes Home 2008 Clyde Ferguson Award
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Inaugural UF Sports Law Symposium Draws Diverse Crowd
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Dekle Discusses Legal Issues Surrounding Competency of 12-year-old Accused of Murder
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News Briefs |
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Remembrance Service Wednesday for Eric Gold Deadline Monday to Apply for 2008 Ambassador Program Families In Transition Lecture Series Continues With Talk by Angela Mae Kupenda Feb. 19 Student Teams Compete in CSRRR Griot Race, Law & Justice Oral Competition Feb. 23 UF Trial Team Holds Spring Intramural Tryouts Deadlines Approaching for Summer and Fall Externships UF Law Students Volunteer at Local Animal Sanctuary APIL Kicks Off Public Interest Week Activities Feb. 19 ELULP Informational Meeting March 5 |
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The ins and outs of the music business will be explored at the Sixth Annual University of Florida Music Law Conference , “Music & Mixed Media,” Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16. The conference will center on the music business as it remixes everything from film, television and changing technologies to music sharing and merchandising. Conference schedule, registration, speaker bios, hotel and directions are available online at 
Spring On-Campus Interviewing and upcoming job fairs in Atlanta (pictured left) and Indianapolis highlight 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. Click below to download The CCS Buzz, your weekly guide to what is important to your career and professional development:
The University of Florida Levin College of Law will be hosting military recruiters on campus during the month of February.
To read UF Law's statement regarding nondiscrimination and military recruiters click below.
As a rising woman leader in Florida’s legal community, UF Law alum Sherri L. Johnson (JD 97) is urging female UF Law students to get involved and begin making contact with female attorneys and judges throughout Florida. Johnson, who specializes in property tax litigation in Sarasota, is this year’s president of the Florida Association for Women Layers (FAWL).
In addition to social opportunities, the organization is a great way to make business connections, Johnson said. “I’ve met all of my best friends through the association, and it’s a great way to meet attorneys and judges from around the state,” she said. “It’s a great luxury to be able to travel all around the state and know people in Tallahassee, Jacksonville and South Florida.”
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 University of Florida 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 topics such as 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.
Columbia University Law Professor Thomas W. Merrill will deliver the first annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in 285B Holland Hall at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. A reception will follow Merrill’s lecture. This event is free and open to the public. The title of Merrill’s lecture is “Populism and Public Use.” The lecture series was endowed by a gift from UF Law Professor Michael Allan Wolf and his wife Betty. Wolf, the Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law, is the general editor of a 17-volume treatise, Powell on Real Property, the most utilized treatise in the country in the area, which is cited regularly by the courts, including several recent citations in the United States Supreme Court. 
University of Florida Law Professor Berta E. Hernández-Truyol (pictured left) has been awarded the 16th annual Clyde Ferguson Award from the Minority Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The honor, named for one of the first African-American tenured professors at Harvard Law School, is “granted to an outstanding law teacher who in the course of his or her career has achieved excellence in the areas of public service, teaching and scholarship,” according to the AALS. Hernández-Truyol, who was honored along with University of California, Berkeley Law Professor Angela Harris, received the award at the AALS annual meeting in New York Jan. 2-6, 2008. The honor recognizes Hernández-Truyol for her dedication to scholarship, teaching and public service. She is the second UF law professor to win the award in recent years, joining Kenneth Nunn, who was honored in 2001.
The University of Florida Entertainment and Sports Law Society's inaugural Sports Law Symposium, “From the Locker Room to the Board Room,” drew a diverse crowd Friday, Feb. 8, to UF’s Reitz Union Auditorium for a series of discussions involving players, coaches, agents and executives. The focus for this first-ever symposium, held in conjunction with the Law College Council, the Sports and Entertainment Business Society and the Undergraduate Sports Management Club, was to take a 360-degree look at each aspect of the world of sports. Marc Isenberg (pictured above with student), author of Money Players: A Guide to Success in Sports, Business & Life for the Current and Future Pro Athletes, served as the morning keynote speaker and moderated the panel of student-athletes. During the afternoon, former vice president of the New Orleans Saints and current city councilman of New Orleans, Arnie Fieklow spoke on the different aspects of management in professional sports while also moderating the panel with executives.
Legal Skills Professor George R. "Bob" Dekle was quoted in a Feb. 1 Miami Herald article discussing the competency of a 12-year-old boy accused of beating his 17-month-old cousin to death with a baseball bat. A second doctor has been brought into the case to examine this young boy for competency in understanding fully the legal proceedings. Dekle, a former prosecutor, said the standard for competency is the same regardless of age. “It's whether or not you can understand the nature of the charge and be able to discuss your case in a meaningful fashion with your lawyer and manifest appropriate courtroom behavior,'” he said. Dekle also said the issue becomes trickier with young people. “It has to do with life experience,'' he said. “And the older you get, the more you've been exposed to, the more sophisticated you become, hopefully.” 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.
A remembrance service will be held at the UF Levin College of Law at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (180 Holland Hall). Members of the law school community will speak about Eric's special qualities and contributions. Members of Eric's family also plan to attend and participate in the remembrance service. Gold, a second-year law student, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 20, after a very difficult battle with cancer and CMV pneumonia. Eric received a Bachelor of Science in Communication in June 2003 and Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology in June 2005 from Northwestern University. He started law school in the Fall 2006 semester. Read more about Eric at 
Noon Monday, Feb. 11, is the deadline to apply for the Introduction to Law School and the Profession (ILSP) 2008 Ambassador Program.
Ambassadors are current students who are selected for their interest in helping new students prior to, during, and even after the ILSP. If you are interested in being a part of the ambassador team, now is the time to apply. Applications (which need to be typed and turned in with your resume to the Office of Student Affairs) are available at 
The Center for Children and Families 2007-08 lecture series, "Families In Transition," continues at noon Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (180 Holland Hall) with a presentation by Angela Mae Kupenda, professor of law at Mississippi College School of Law School. Kupenda’s talk, "Learning from Family Law to Address America’s Family-Like Race Dysfunction," is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations. A scholar of family law issues and critical race theory, Kupenda (pictured left) will be speaking on the relationship between family law and communities of color, using as her framework the analysis of relationships of abuse developed by domestic violence scholars. Kupenda is the second of four talented scholars with multidisciplinary expertise to address critical issues in family law at the law school during the academic year.
Ten teams of students will compete in the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations' Griot Race, Law & Justice Oral Competition on Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (180 Holland Hall) at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The Griot Oral Competition is designed to support the development of legal oratory and research skills in defense of racial equality and justice. The team finishing in First Place will be awarded $2,500, with $1,500 going to the second place team and $1,000 to third place. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, and the law school community is encouraged to come and support these teams of students. For more information contact the CSRRR at: 
The award winning University of Florida Trial Team is currently holding intramural tryouts to select new members. Thirty-seven second-year law students began the competition in the first round on Jan. 28. There will be two additional rounds, and the new members will be announced after the third round on Feb. 10. The Final Four competition will be held Friday, Feb. 15,
at 10 a.m. in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (180 Holland Hall) and is open to all students and faculty. The Trial Team would like to extend a special invitiation to all 1Ls to attend the Final Four competition. It is a great way to see the Trial Team in action and what they do. 
UF law students recently gave back to the community by spending their Saturday volunteering at Rooterville, a local animal sanctuary. Located in nearby Archer, Rooterville is home to nearly 100 pot-bellied pigs, most of which carry a similar history of abandonment and neglect. The sanctuary has other animals too, including a former farm pig that ironically had the good fortune of falling off a truck on the way to slaughter and wandering into the yard of a compassionate family who called upon Rooterville for help.
Law students corralled animals for vaccinations, assisted with facility maintenance, and brushed the pigs, which, judging by their sounds and posture, was the animals’ favorite student contribution. Charles King, president of the Animal Law Association, says “in addition to the intrinsic rewards of volunteering, it was hard not to develop an increased awareness of the sentient characteristics these animals displayed. They showed us that they can be playful, thankful, and even mischievous. In this era of animal commoditization, our existing laws should be evaluated to recognize this and provide minimum standards of humane protection.”
The Association for Public Interest Law kicks off its annual Public Interest Week at 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, with a panel of Gainesville public interest lawyers from Three Rivers Legal Services, Southern Legal Counsel, Florida Institutional Legal Services, the Public Defender’s Office, and the State Attorney’s Office, who will speak about their lives as public interest lawyers, the legal issues that they’re working on, and opportunities to get involved.
At noon Wednesday, Feb. 20, APIL will host Sylvia Walbolt (pictured above), a shareholder in the law firm of Carlton Fields in Tampa who recently received the 2008 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award, and last year was awarded The Florida Bar President’s 2007 Pro Bono Service Award for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. She is a former President of the Florida Bar Foundation, on the Board of Directors for the Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and a graduate of UF Law. She will be speaking about how to engage in public interest law while working in the private sector.
At noon Thursday, Feb. 21, a panel of students will speak about their summer experiences with public interest law. Come and listen to their advice about getting jobs and see what it’s like to work in different public service organizations.
Locations will be announced soon. Free lunch will be served each day.
The Environmental and Land Use Law Program offers many opportunities for you to become involved and learn about these important areas of law. There will be an informational meeting from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in 355D Holland Hall. At the meeting, you’ll learn critical information about the ELUL program, including the requirements for earning a Certificate in Environmental and Land Use Law, and details about the curriculum, including the Conservation Clinic, summer externships, Summer Study Abroad in Costa Rica, the Environmental and Land Use Law Society, the Environmental Moot Court Team, and the Public Interest Environmental Conference. Students who attend will also have the chance to meet and talk with some of the ELULP faculty and to get individual advice on course selection for summer and fall and career development guidance. All students with an interest are encouraged to attend, but especially first-year students—this is the ideal opportunity to get the best possible information to plan your academic program for your second year.
This is an excellent opportunity for currently enrolled certificate students to get answers to questions about certificate requirements, course availability, etc.
