History
History of UF Law: 1970s
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1970s
The law school became known as “one of the best state law schools in the nation.” The college’s annual budget quadrupled, the law library collection tripled, and expanded to videotape equipment, computers, and other electronic devices. Student admissions standards were raised. Fund-raising successes permitted improvements in salaries and the facilities.
1970
Assistant Dean E. L. Roy Hunt served as Acting Dean from Fall 1970 to Winter 1971 as Dean Maloney elected to return to the faculty.
1971
Betty W. Taylor served as Acting Dean while Dean Hunt was on leave for two months in the Spring.
Joseph Richard Julin was hired as Dean of the College of Law in the Fall.
1972
Hazel Land, the first African-American woman to enroll in law school in 1970, graduated in 1972.
The Center for Governmental Responsibility was founded, the state’s senior legal and public policy research center. Jon Mills served as Director from 1973-80, 1988-2000, and 2003 to the present.
1973
In the Fall the Florida Supreme Court authorized Florida’s law schools to offer a legal instruction program to selected Cuban-American lawyers to prepare these attorneys to practice law in this country. A two-year course was offered and 250 participants graduated from the program.
Summer programs were developed at Cambridge University, in Warsaw, and in Mexico City.
Other programs included the Graduate Program in Taxation; new joint degrees in urban and regional planning, business administration and political science.
An increase in number of minorities was made possible through the federally-funded Council on Legal Education Opportunity.
1976
UF was first law school in the country to subscribe to WESTLAW which contained about 2000 case decisions. It became operational on March 9th when the cross-country data lines were connected.
1977
UF was first law school in the country to subscribe to both WESTLAW and LEXIS.