Spring 2009 Calendar
*Events on this calendar are submitted to FlaLaw Online and do no reflect all events at the Levin College of Law. For a complete listing of events see the UF Law Virtual Calendar.
January 2009
14 - Florida Bar Mid-Year Convention (Jan. 14-17)
15 - Drop/Add Ends; Class Rolls Fixed; Fee Liability Attaches for Students
16 - Tuition and Fees Due; Yariv Brauner, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents "Tax Incentives and Economic Development" at noon in the faculty dining room
19 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
21 - Career Services hosts "1L Kickoff: Summer Opportunities" at noon in HOL 355C; Career Services hosts "3L's: Considering an LL.M.?" at noon in HOL 382 with Professors Friel and Flournoy
23 - Monday Classes Meet; Friday Classes Canceled; Michael Vandenbergh, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University Law School, presents "Climate Change Governance: Boundaries and Leakage" at noon in the faculty dining room; Career Services hosts "Cover Letters & Conducting Targeted Mailings" at noon in HOL 382 with Lexis Nexis
28 - "1,2,3L's: Managing Your Job Search in a Down Economy" at noon in HOL 180 with Career Consultant and Legal Recruiter Ann Skalaski
30 - Deadline to withdraw with 25% refund of course fees; Bradley T. Borden, Associate Professor of Law, Washburn University School of Law, presents "Open Tenancies in Common" at noon in the faculty dining room
February 2009
4 - "1,2,3L's: Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams" at noon in HOL 180 with Author Kimm Walton
5 - Robert W. Crandall, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, presents "Aided and Abetted: Lawyers’ Rents and Government Policy" at noon in the faculty lounge; 2,3L Career Paths Through Self-Assesment at noon in 136BG with Dr. Martha Peters, author of Juris Types
6 - Stewart Sterk, H. Bert & Ruth Mack Professor of Real Estate Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Title TBA, at noon in the faculty dining room; 1L Career Paths Through Self-Assesment at noon in 136BG with Dr. Martha Peters, author of Juris Types
11 - Michelle Jacobs, Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents "Virtual Education" at noon in the faculty lounge; "Sucessful Interviewing and Call Backs" at noon in HOL 345 with Carlton Fields recruiter
13 - Richard E. Nelson Symposium, UF Hilton Conference Center; 1L Dress for Success
18 - Danaya Wright, Clarence TeSelle Endowed Professor of Law and UF Research Foundation Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents "Rails-Trails, Charitable Deductions, and Takings: Current Legal Problems Facing the Railroads on the Cusp of Transportation Reforms" at noon in the faculty lounge; "1,2,3L Small Firm Interview Program and Practice" at noon in HOL 345
19 - Fay Jurist-in-Residence Program: The Honorable Peter Fay, Senior Appeals Judge, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; "Careers in the U.S. Army" at 10 a.m. and noon in HOL 359
20 - Music Law Conference (Feb 20 & 21); Admitted Students Day; Florida Board of Bar Examiners "180-day" Deadline; Alicia Davis Evans, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School, presents "Are Investors’ Gains and Losses from Securities Fraud Equal Over Time? Some Preliminary Evidence" at noon in the faculty dining room; "1L Fla. Bar RPPTL's: Careers Real Property, Probate & Trust" at noon in HOL 345
25 - Florida Bar Exam; Ash Wednesday; "1,2,3L's: How to Have a Successful Summer" at noon in 136BG
26 - Public Interest Environmental Conference (PIEC), "Beyond Doom and Gloom:Illuminating a Sustainable Future for Florida," Feb. 26-28.
27 - Philip J. Weiser, Professor of Law; Associate Dean for Research; and Executive Director of Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado Law School, presents "Internet Policy, Institutional Design, and FCC Reform" at noon in the faculty dining room
March 2009
4 - "1L What I did Last Summer" panel of 2L's and 3L's, at noon in 136 BG; "3L Bar Application Conversion Program" at noon in HOL 345 with BarBri
7 - Florida Board of Bar Examiners "195-day" Deadline
8 - Daylight Savings Time Begins
9-13 - No Classes, Spring Break
16 - Exchange Program and Summer Abroad Application Deadlines; "1, 2L's: Careers in International Law" at 4 p.m. in HOL 180 with Prof. Matthew J. Wilson, ILS
17 - Annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property; St. Patrick's Day
18 - Elizabeth Outler, Head of Public Services & Tax Law Librarian, Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center, presents "Electronic Resources: Copyright and Other Issues;" "Alternative Careers" at noon in HOL 345
19 - "1, 2L's Pro Bono & Community Service Options" at 10 a.m. in HOL 345
20 - First Day of Spring; Rick Geddes, Associate Professor, Cornell University College of Human Ecology, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, presents "Human Capital Accumulation and the Expansion of Women’s Property Rights" at noon in the faculty dining room
24 - "2L, 3L: What Should I be Doing Now?" at noon in 136BG
25 - "1, 2L Everything You Need to Know About Off-Campus Recruiting Over the Summer" at noon in HOL 345
27 - Danny Sokol, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents "Corporate Governance of State Owned Enterprises and Its Impact on Competition Policy" at noon in the faculty dining room; "1L What Should I Be Doing Now?" at noon in 136BG
April 2009
3 - Mark S. Weiner, Professor of Law and Sidney I. Reitman Scholar, Rutgers School of Law (Newark), presents "Imagining the Rule of Law in Nineteenth-Century Britain" at noon in faculty dining room
4 - "1,2,3L's: Federal Bar Assn.: Federal Law Clerk Roundtable" at noon in the faculty dining room
8 - Nancy Dowd, Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, presents "Masculinities Scholarship & Feminist Legal Theory" at noon in the faculty lounge; "Judicial Clerkship Options" at noon in the faculty dining room
10 - Last day to drop classes by petition without failing grade; Good Friday; Sharon Rabin-Margalioth, Visiting at NYU Law, presents "The Market Explanation (Excuse) for the Gender Pay Gap" at noon in the faculty dining room
13 - Summer/Fall 2009 Course Registration (3L); "1L Shadown Program" at 10 a.m. in 136 BG
14 - Summer/Fall 2009 Course Registration (2L)
15 - Summer/Fall 2009 Course Registration (1L)
17 - Cynthia Farina, Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School, presents "Presidential Virtues" at noon in the faculty dining room
24 - Last Day of Spring Classes; Admitted Students Day; UF Law 100 Year Anniversary Reunion
