For more information: Matt Walker, UF Law Communications 352-273-0650, mlwalker@law.ufl.edu GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The UF Levin College of Law Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations will host “A Conversation on the Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin” Wednesday in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, HOL 180, at 5:30 p.m. The event is free [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On Feb. 26, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American youth, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old White-Hispanic man, while Martin was walking in Zimmerman’s neighborhood. Almost a month after the killing, Zimmerman has not been arrested, with Sanford, Fla. police citing Florida’s 2005 “Stand Your Ground” law [...]
Date: Feb. 23 – 25, 2012 Location: University of Florida Levin College of Law and Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E. University Ave., Gainesville, Fla. 32601 Event Overview: The University of Florida Levin College of Law will welcome UF Law alumna and former director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy Carol [...]
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Location: UF Law Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom Event Overview: The University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Criminal Justice Center is presenting, “A Battle for our Streets: Using RICO to Prosecute Criminal Gangs in Florida,” tonight at UF Law. Assistant Statewide Prosecutors and [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla – A West Palm Beach man has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as his legal daughter. The unusual move is an attempt to shield assets from potential lawsuits that could be brought about as result of a fatal car crash involving the man. John Goodman, who is a wealthy polo club owner, also faces [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Popular websites such as Wikipedia, Reddit, MoveOn.org and Mozilla have caught the media’s attention today after temporarily shutting down in protest of the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA). The supporters of SOPA and PIPA claim the acts will help to greatly reduce the amount [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – One of Pakistan’s leading human rights activists and former Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General on Human Rights Defenders will speak at the 6th annual Center on Children and Families Weyrauch Distinguished Lecture in Family Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. The lecture will be Tuesday [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Graduate Tax Program will hold its seventh annual International Tax Law Symposium on Oct. 7 in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom Holland Hall, Room 180 at UF Law from 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. The symposium [...]