Thomas T. Ankersen
Director, Conservation Clinic, Center for Governmental Responsibility
- Oct. 10
Ankersen presented a paper titled, “The New Normative? The Role of Sustainability in Higher Education and at the University of Florida” at the annual meeting of the Association of Environmental Studies & Sciences in Madison, Wisconsin. The paper is based on his final report to the Provost as 2008-2009 Faculty Fellow for Sustainability. The report makes recommendations that are now under consideration by a group of UF faculty under the auspices of the UF School of Natural Resources and the Environment.
Elizabeth Dale
Affiliate Professor of Law
Associate Professor, U.S. Legal History
- Dale spoke at the Teagle Seminar on the Rule of Law, which is held at the National Humanities Center in the Research Triangle in North Carolina and is a joint project of North Carolina State University, Davidson College, and Duke University.
Jeffrey Davis
Professor of Law
Gerald A. Sohn Research Scholar
- Oct. 30
Davis spoke on selected ethical issues for bankruptcy lawyers at the annual seminar of the Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association at the Sawgrass Marriott hotel. The Gator football team stayed in the same hotel that evening. The players’ enthusiasm for bankruptcy law was minimal. “Perhaps,” Davis said, “the players were distracted.”
Lauren Fasig
Director of Research, Center on Children and Families
- Nov 3, Miami Herald, Op-Ed – Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Fasig outlined in an op-ed piece the scientific reasons why the U.S. Supreme Court should find juveniles given life without parole cruel and unusual punishment.
Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol
Levin Mabie & Levin Professor of Law
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Hernández-Truyol made a presentation to the UNA of Gainesville on Trade & Human Rights.
- Hernandez-Truyol made a presentation to the Gator Global Initiative on Human Rights and Peace
Jerold H. Israel
Professor Emeritus
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Israel and his co-authors (including Wayne LaFave, Nancy King, and Orin Kerr) published the fifth edition of the hornbook Criminal Procedure, the second edition of the concise hornbook Principles of Criminal Procedure: Investigation, and the second edition of the concise hornbook Principles of Criminal Procedure: Post-Investigation.
Joseph LittleProfessor Emeritus
- Oct. 27, St. Pete Times
Little told the St. Pete Times that to demand President Obama to ask for Congressional permission to except the Nobel Peace Prize, “a real stretch.” Joe Little, a constitutional law expert at the University of Florida, agreed. "It's a real stretch."
Diane Mazur
Professor of Law
- Nov. 3, LGBT News; Pink News (Europe); Orlando Business Journal
Others expressed concern that Conway's opposition could raise thorny questions of civilian control over the military. "The President has declared which way policy is heading," said Professor Diane Mazur.
"There is no faster way for a Commander-in-Chief to lose the respect of those serving under him than to allow his Service Chiefs to march in an opposite direction."
Jon MillsDean Emeritus; Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility
Juan F. PereaCone, Wagner, Nugent, Johnson, Hazouri & Roth
Professor of Law
- Oct. 29 & 30
Perea attended a meeting of the AALS Committee on Research in Washington, D.C.
Michael R. SiebeckerAssociate Professor
- The Washington University Law Review published Siebecker's latest article in, “Trust & Transparency: Promoting Efficient Corporate Disclosure Through Fiduciary-Based Discourse.” 87 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 115 (2009).
Danaya WrightUF Research Foundation and Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law
- Nov. 3, NPR – On Point – National Broadcast
Wright provided the legal perspective during On Point’s hour long phone in/interview program. The topic regarded a new wave of alimony suits filed by former spouses years after the divorce and separation agreement.
