Pedro A. Malavet
Professor
- Malavet was elected to membership in the American Law Institute. He is one of the 11 members of the faculty who are ALI members, according to the ALI Web site.
Pedro A. Malavet
Professor
Diane Mazur Professor
- Sept. 27, 2009 , The Virginian-Pilot
Mazur’s work outlining how a Presidential order can reverse the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy was cited in an article about gays in the military.
Elizabeth RoweAssociate Professor
- Presented the paper, "Contributory Negligence, Technology, and Trade Secrets" at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, held at Cardozo Law School in August.
Michael Seigel Professor
- Oct. 1, 2009, The Florida Bar Journal
Race to Injustice: Lessons Learned from the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, edited by Michael Seigel was reviewed in the October issue of The Florida Bar Journal by Jan Pudlow. Excerpt from her review: "If we should learn from our mistakes, there’s ample opportunity for enlightenment in the notoriously botched Duke lacrosse players’ rape case. This scholarly, yet easy to read, tome is edited by Michael L. Seigel, a professor at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, who assembled the insights of 15 experts in criminal law, First Amendment rights, sociology, psychology, race relations, and the sexual objectification of black women. From divergent vantage points, they dissect all that went wrong after a group of alcohol-fueled white lacrosse players hired two black exotic dancers to their house party, tempers flared, racial slurs spewed, and prosecutorial misconduct and a multi-million-dollar dream team defense played out under the bright lights of a national media feeding frenzy.
Steven WillisProfessor
- Sept. 25, 2009, Associated Press
Willis clarified why the owners of a house donated to the fire department to burn was denied charitable tax deduction. Steven Willis, a professor at the University of Florida who studies income tax law, said a charitable deduction can be no greater than the value of whatever was donated, and a house given to a fire department has negative value, since the owner was going to have to pay somebody to get rid of it.
