History
History of UF Law: 2000-
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The decade of the 2000s witnessed phenomenal growth in faculty, research centers and facilities, a new library and classrooms, greater faculty and student diversity & improved college rankings under Deans Jon L. Mills (1999-2003) & Robert Jerry (2003 - present).
2000
The Marcia Whitney Schott Courtyard was named in Mrs. Schott's honor with a donation from her husband, Lewis M. Schott. Both graduated from UF Law in 1946.
Fall 2001 and Spring 2002 graduating classes contributed and pledged over $18,000 to give back to law school programs.
2003
Robert Jerry assumed the Deanship on July 1, replacing Jon Mills, who returned to the leadership of the Center for Government Responsibility.
2003-2004
Renovation of Holland Hall began, which, when completed, featured 11 new, state-of-the-art classrooms and the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center.
2005
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke at the dedication of the new classrooms and the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center. The 78,000-square-foot law library of 625,000 volumes serves as the centerpiece of the College's $25 million newly renovated campus. UF law grad Fredric G. Levin's (JD 61) gift of $10 million dollars combined with state matching funds of $10 million dollars and gifts of $6.3 million from alumni financed the construction and renovation.
2006
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke at the dedication of the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, located on the first floor of the east tower of the newly renovated Holland Hall.
2008
Construction began on the Martin H. Levin Legal Advocacy Center, which will feature a large, modern state-of the-art courtroom. Construction of the advocacy center was made possible through the support of UF law grad Fredric G. Levin (JD 61) and other alumni who contributed $5.2 million to the Levin College of Law.
Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr. became the first representative of the U.S. Supreme Court in history to judge the Justice Campbell Thornal Moot Court Final Four on Sept. 5.
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens and Federal Judge Jose A. Gonzalez Jr. engaged in a "conversation" with law students, faculty and staff at the college during a public forum on campus.