Fall 2008 Calendar
August 2008
25 - Fall Classes Begin
29 - Drop/Add Ends; Class Rolls Fixed; Fee Liability Attaches for Students
September 2008
1 - Labor Day Holiday, Classes Canceled
2 - Ramadan Begins
4 - Environmental and Land Use Law Potluck, 6 p.m., Professor Angelo's House
5 - Moot Court Final Four w/ Chief Justice Roberts; Tuition and Fees Due (1:30 p.m. at Law School, 3:30 p.m. at UF Financial Services)
8-12 - Public Interest Law Week
10 - ELULP Informational Meeting, 12:00—12:50 p.m., Room 284 Holland
11 - Student Organization Fair in courtyard 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Glasser Barbecue from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
12 - Larry Lokken, Professor of Law and Hugh F. Culverhouse Eminent Scholar in Taxation, University of Florida Levin College of Law — "How Financial Engineers Thought They Had Manufactured Gold from Toxic Waste, But Actually Converted Toxic Waste into Highly Toxic Waste," 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room
15 - Exchange Program Application Deadline
19 - UF Police Department Presents "Active Shooter" Program; Claire Hill, Professor and Director, Institute for Law and Rationality Associate Director, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Minnesota Law School — "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Lawsuit: A Social Norms Theory of Incomplete Contracts," 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room; Deadline to Withdraw with 25% Refund of Course Fees
22 - UF Police Department Presents "Active Shooter" Program
26 - Book Award Ceremony for Spring 2008 Recipients; ACS Speaker, Justice Charles Wells of the Florida Supreme Court - TBA; Lesley Wexler, Assistant Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law, 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room
27 - Law Center Association Board of Trustees Meeting; Law Alumni Council Meeting
29 - Weyrauch Symposium
30 - MPRE Application Deadline
October 2008
3 - Trial Team Final Four Competition, 10 a.m. Bailey Courtroom; Rebecca C. Morgan, Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law & Director, LL.M. in Elder Law and Terry Radwan, Senior Associate Dean, Stetson University College of Law, 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room
5 - PIEC 2009 ECO-RUN 5K Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser
6 - Academic Seminar "Effective Punctuation," 10 a.m. in room 355C
8 - Stress Management Seminar, 10 a.m. in room 285B; Alternative Careers For J.Ds Seminar, noon in room 345 (HOL)
10 - OCI; Jennifer Brown, Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University School of Law, "Peacemaking the Culture War Between Gay Rights and Religious Liberty," 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room; Graduate Tax Speaker: U.S. Tax Court Chief Judge, John Colvin at 11:00 a.m. in Rm. 180
13 - Columbus Day
15 - "Medellin v. Texas: Why Neither the World Court Nor the President Has Authority Over State Courts" by Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow, Center for Constitutional Studies and Editor-in-Chief, Cato Supreme Court Review; noon in Holland 285C.
17 - "One Less Car" Challenge; Peter A. Alces, Rita Anne Rollins Professor of Law, William & Mary School of Law, "Toward an Empirical Morality of Commercial Transactions," 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room
22 - Effective modification with Lois Randolph at 10:00 a.m. in 285B HOL.; Career Services discussion on joining bar associations at noon in room 345 HOL
23 - Starting your career in small law firm at 11 a.m. in room 345 HOL; "Just Games" fundraiser to benefit APIL fellowship at 5:00 p.m. in the student cafeteria
24 - Afternoon Classes Canceled; UF Homecoming; Gator Growl
28 - Sedona e-Discovery Conference, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (HOL 180)
29 - Federal Bar program on career opportunities in federal practice at noon in 345 HOL
November 2008
2 - Graduate Tax Speaker: Chief Counsel of the House, Ways & Means Committee, John Buckley at 11:00 a.m. in Rm. 180
3 - Career Services 1L Open House
5 - "Religious Liberty" presented by Federalist Society, 359 HOL; Learn to manage your time with Gatorwell, 10 a.m. 285B HOL
7 - Clinics application deadline; JMBA Battle of the Sections field day; Christian Legal Society fall field day
8 - Multi-State Professional Responsibility Exam
11 - No Classes; Veteran's Day
14 - Thomas D. Barton, Louis & Hermione Brown Professor of Law, Director, Louis M. Brown Program in Preventive Law and Coordinator, National Center for Preventive Law California Western School of Law - "Preventive Law and Legal Thinking," 12 p.m. Faculty Dining Room
15 - February Florida Bar Exam Deadline
17 - Supreme Court Justice Stevens visits; Last Day to Drop Course by Petition Without Failing Grade
24 - CCF Speaker: Gary Melton; Spring Course Registration (3L)
25 - Spring Course Registration (2L)
27-28 - No Classes; Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2008
3 - Friday Classes Meet; Wednesday Classes Canceled
5 - Last Day of Fall Classes
8 - Exam/ Reading Period Begins
19 - Exam/ Reading Period Ends
20 - Graduation (No Ceremony)
