1930-1939
Under the leadership of Dean Harry R. Trusler (at far left), UF Law continued to make strides in improving the quality of legal education at the University of Florida. Despite the forced austerity of The Great Depression, UF Law continued to expand its library collection was among the first law schools to offer a course in legal research. The character of the University of Florida as a respected institution of higher learning coalesced, as did that of the law school. Selected students with high scholastic rank were permitted to develop “studies” as part of the course. Student enrollment ranged from 165 to 244, and the total number of enrolled students since the school’s 1909 inception was 3,657, of whom 661 graduated.