Fredric G. Levin College of Law

October 22, 2007 | Vol. XI, Issue 10

Judges Rule in Favor of Jones and Haughee as Best Team in UF Law Moot Court Final Four Competition

Jennifer Jones and Tim Haughee were awarded Best Team honors at this year's University of Florida Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Team Final Four Oct. 12 in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom. Shawn Taylor, who teamed with Dante Trevisani in the Final Four, was named Best Oralist by the esteemed panel of judges, which included Florida Supreme Court Justices Harry Lee Anstead and Charles T. Wells; Circuit Judge Charles R. Wilson from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals; District Judge Steven D. Merryday from the Middle District of Florida; and District Judge Stephan P. Mickle from the Northern District of Florida. Andrew Hoffman won Best Brief for earning the best overall brief score during intramural competition, and Best Overall went to Jones for having the best overall combined brief score and oral arguments scores during intramural competition. The Final Four Competition is sponsored by Zimmerman, Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A.

Career Services: Follow the Non-Traditional Path to Alternative Careers in Law

Are you wondering how you can utilize your hard-earned and versatile J.D.? Not sure that working in a firm is for you? Are you more interested in working in non-traditional areas such as the entertainment industry, education, or legislative policy making? Then you should be familiar with www.nontradlegal.com. Contact careers@law.ufl.edu for the username and password to this valuable website. On it, you will find postings for post-graduate and summer positions. Sample postings include a wide variety of opportunities from working as counsel in the entertainment industry to working for state children’s advocacy lobbyist organizations. You might find your dream job by consulting this site. As you go over the postings, you might also start to get ideas about other non-traditional employers you can contact in your geographic and practice areas of interest. Find inspiration in those who have graduated from UF before you. For stories on UF Alumni who have taken a more non-traditional route, consult the following FlaLaw links (stories appear on pages 2-3):
http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/flalaw/pdf/flalaw-051107.pdf
http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/flalaw/pdf/flalaw-060206.pdf
http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/flalaw/pdf/flalaw-060227.pdf
http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/flalaw/pdf/flalaw-060306.pdf

Additional Career Services Articles
• Women’s Law & Public Policy and Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellowships
• CCS Wants to See Your Resume
• Housing and Urban Development’s Office of General Counsel’s Legal Honors Program
• Reserve Your Space on the Bus for the Minority Mentoring Picnic Oct. 27

Career Spotlight: Hillary Green

For most people, tax season is not something to look forward to, but for UF Law alum Hillary Green (LL.M. 05), it's an opportunity to work in her favorite field. Green, who attended Loyola University in New Orleans and got her J.D. at St. Thomas School of Law in Miami, realized that she loved tax law so much that she wanted a job where she could really focus on just tax law. "Tax law was my favorite class in law school and I wanted to go somewhere where I could get the best education for it," Green said. "It came down to either NYU or UF, and I chose UF because of the combination of its reputation and its great location." Green is now busy living her dream working at Ernst & Young LLP in New York.
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Fathers' Rights Movement Topic of Oct. 24 Lecture Presented by UF Center on Children & Families

The UF Center on Children & Families 2007-2008 lecture series, "Families in Transition," presents "The Fathers' Rights Movement, Law Reform and the New Politics of Fatherhood: Reflections on the UK Experience," with Richard Collier, professor of law and social theory, Newcastle University, Newcastle Law School, in the United Kingdom, Wednesday, Oct. 24, at noon in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (HOL 180). A lunch reception will follow in the Faculty Dining Room. Collier is the author of several books on law and fathers, fathers’ rights and legal reform, and law and masculinities. This is the first of four lectures to be presented this academic year, all of which will be open to faculty, staff and students.

Florida-Georgia Rivalry Continues in Annual Moot Court Competition Friday, Oct. 26

On Friday, Oct. 26, the day before the University of Florida and the University of Georgia renew their annual rivalry on the football field, law students from their respective law schools will battle it out in the annual Florida-Georgia Hulsey-Kimbrell Moot Court Competition in the Court of Appeals at the Federal Courthouse in Jacksonville. The UF Moot Court Team will be going for its fourth straight victory in the competition with UGA School of Law, which begins at 10:30 a.m. The Florida team of Dana Israel and Josh Spoont, coached by Elizabeth Faist, will represent the petitioner in the case. The respondent will be represented by Georgia's Tully Blalock and Rebecca Thornhill. The two teams will argue before a panel of judges including the Honorable Anthony A. Alaimo, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Georgia; the Honorable B. Avant Edenfield, U.S. District Judge, Southern District of Georgia; the Honorable Timothy J. Corrigan, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Florida; the Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat (presiding), U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit; and the Honorable John H. Moore, II, Senior U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida.

Managing Mid-Semester Stress in Eight Easy Steps

As the midterm approaches, many students begin to wonder how they will manage all of the work and stress that comes with the rigors of law school. After all, the end of the semester is just around the corner and day-planners and free time seem to be filling up faster than you can think. What is a student to do? Don’t worry. There are eight easy steps to get you on the fast track to stress-free productivity in no time.
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Virginia Tech Shootings and a Texas Town Making Spanish Its Official Language Among Topics Discussed by Faculty

Professor Juan Perea (pictured left) was interviewed (in Spanish) for a story broadcast on Univision about a Texas town that made Spanish its official language. Professor Christopher Slobogin participated in an Emory Law School Public Interest Conference panel focused on the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech. Read what UF Law professors are saying in the media and writing about in scholarly publications in FlaLaw Online's weekly updates on Faculty Scholarship & Activities.
• Faculty Scholarship & Activities

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Steve Uhlfelder (JD 71) Talks with UF Law Students on 'The Pro Bono Challenge'
Steve Uhlfelder (JD 71) (pictured left), a lawyer who specializes in public and administrative law at his private practice in Tallahassee, speaks with Levin College of Law students following his presentation Wednesday, Oct. 17, on "Lawyers as Leaders: The Pro Bono Challenge." Chair of Fulbright Scholarship Board and former chair of the Florida Board of Regents, Uhlfelder is a public interest and youth advocate with a lengthy legacy of volunteer work and advocacy on behalf of youth. He has been the steward of programs such as the Florida Mentoring Partnership with 206,000 volunteer mentors, Holland & Knight’s Opening Doors tutoring/mentoring program, which has helped more than 12,000 children across the nation, and the Florida Children’s Coalition, which led the effort to obtain $23 million in initial funding for the state’s pre-K program for at-risk kids. His speech was presented by the Center for Career Services and the Center on Children & Families. For more information on UF's Pro Bono Project, stop by the Center for Career Services or go to http://www.law.ufl.edu/career/pdf/probonoinfo.pdf.

Make a Pledge to the Fall 2007 Class Gift
The Fall 2007 Class Gift Committee is hoping to secure a pledge from all members of the graduating class. The goal is to raise $100,000, which can be reached if every graduating student pledges at least $500 ($100 per year over five years). Come by the table in the courtyard Monday and fill out a pledge form. Your pledge can be spread out over five years, and the first payment is not due until one year after graduation (December 2008). Your donation is tax deductible, and as a donor you will be recognized in the Law Center Association Annual Report and receive other benefits as well, depending on the amount. The great education you receive at the University of Florida Levin College of Law is in part due to the donations of the alumni that have come before you. Keep this tradition alive and ensure that future students receive the same quality education and continue the tradition of UF Law being the best school in the state. While we hope you donate $500, any pledge is welcomed. This is our time to leave our legacy.

Law Association for Women Silent Auction Nov. 6-8
The Law Association for Women is having its annual silent auction November 6-8. Last year, law student bids raised over $5,000 to benefit Peaceful Paths. This year the auction will benefit the Alachua County Victim Services and Rape Crisis Center. We have some awesome sponsors and items to bid on. Look for our table in the courtyard so that you can make your bid.

Enrollment Deadline for Environmental & Land Use Law Certificate Program Nov. 2
Students wishing to enroll in the Environmental & Land Use Law Certificate Program this semester are encouraged to do so before November 2. Enrollment forms are available online at http://www.law.ufl.edu/elulp/certificate/index.htm or in Holland Hall Room 319 or Student Affairs. Students enrolled in the certificate program will receive email notification regarding priority pre-registration for core courses.

Author to Present 'Humane Alternatives to Feminism' Oct. 24
The Federalist Society and the Family Law Society will host speaker Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse at noon Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Holland Hall Room 360. Roback Morse's talk, "Humane Alternatives to Feminism," is described as "an articulate public policy argument based in logic, social science, and secular thought." Roback Morse, a former tenured professor at Yale who also taught at Cornell and George Mason Universities, writes public policy articles for Forbes, Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal. Additionally, she has published numerous scholarly articles in various journals, including the University of Chicago Law Review and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. She resigned from her Yale University post to raise her family and now lives in California, where she pursues her primary vocation as a mother and wife, combined with an avocation of writing and lecturing. Since her resignation at Yale she has served as a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institute. Roback Morse is the author of two best-selling books, Love and Economics: Why the Laisse Fair Family Doesn't Work and Smart Sex: Finding Lifelong Love in a Hookup World.

Race-Based Hate Speech Subject of Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations Oral Competition
The University of Florida Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations (CSRRR) is pleased to announce its first oral competition. The Race, Law and Justice Oral Competition provides law students with an opportunity to research, discuss and debate important issues of race and justice. The subject for this year's competition is race-based hate speech. The hypothetical that students will research and debate is based upon an actual incident involving racial conflict between white and black high school students in a South Carolina town. White students wore T-shirts emblazoned with the confederate flag and "100 percent cotton and you picked it." Black students responded by having T-shirts printed with the confederate flag in red, black, and green—the colors of African liberation. Download the poster at http://www.law.ufl.edu/flalawonline/pdf/csrrr_griot_poster.pdf.

JLSA & SALSA Present Bowling at the Reitz
Remember a time before Wii when bowling involved heavy balls, stinky stranger shoes, and actually leaving your house? Don't miss this chance for some free bowling, good conversations, and a chance to show off your real life bowling skills. The Jewish Law Students Association (JLSA) and the Spanish American Law Students Association (SALSA) will co-sponsor a bowling night at the Reitz Union game room 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct 25. Several lanes have been reserved, and your stinky bowling shoes are covered.

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