6 – 9 p.m.

All day

The regional round of the National Trial Tournament will be held at UF Law from Feb. 15 – 17. The tournament will consist of four rounds, featuring 26 teams from across region six. The event is sponsored by Coker, Schickel, Sorenson and Posgay; the American College of Trial Lawyers; and the Texas Young Lawyers Association.

Students are invited to attend, but must not wear any school insignia (or any clothing that would identify them with any particular school), and laptops and cell phones must be turned off before entering the courtroom.

10 a.m.

UF Law welcomes all seven members of the Florida Supreme Court, who will hear oral arguments in the 29th annual Raymer F. Maguire Jr. Appellate Advocacy Competition.

One of the foremost national moot court teams, the Florida Moot Court Team competes each year at over a dozen tournaments throughout the country. The team has been a fixture at UF Law since 1909 when the college was founded, but was organized into its current form in 1961.

Huck is a senior judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

The UF Law Jurist-in-Residence Program was named to honor UF Law alum Peter T. Fay of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

12:30 p.m.

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens will be visiting UF Law, Tuesday, Feb. 5. The conversation is expected to cover a number of issues, including proportionality in sentencing, the Justice’s proposal for an amendment of the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, and the Justice’s criminal law jurisprudence. The discussion will be facilitated by a panel of UF Law faculty members. It will be held in the Marcia Whitney Schott Courtyard from 12:30 – 1:45 p.m. Tickets are required to attend the discussion.

Students tickets are available in Student Affairs and faculty and staff may pick up tickets from Doris Perron in the dean’s suite. In the event of rain, Stevens’ talk will be moved to the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom, HOL 180, and the first 180 people who pick up tickets will be allowed into the classroom to watch the discussion.

A webcast is available here: http://video.ufl.edu/service2/public/pub_showMain.php?id=41294. For those of you experiencing technical difficulties, the solutions to the most common problems include updating Silverlight or clearing your internet cache.The advocacy center will be made available for the streamed event.

The Marshall M. Criser Distinguished Lecture Series was created in early 2007 by Lewis Schott (B.A. 1943, LL.B. 1946) of Palm Beach, Fla., as a tribute to his fellow UF Law alumnus, former UF President Marshall Criser (JD 51). The goal of the speaker series is to host prestigious national and international speakers every year on topics of particular interest to law students. Past speakers have included Justice Clarence Thomas and former ABA President Stephen Zack (JD 71).

No book bags or other large bags will be allowed through the security point. No re-entry into the courtyard will be permitted.

7 p.m.

UF Law Dean Robert Jerry will once again be performing at this year’s Gator Growl on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. where his band, in crisis, will kick out the jams, playing rock hits from the ‘50s through the ‘80s. Jerry plays the electric piano and synthesizer in the group, which is also comprised of College of Design, Construction and Planning Dean Chris Silver, School of Architecture Director Martin Gold, School of Architecture Assistant Director John Maze, Architecture Adjunct Professor Mick Richmond and Computer Programmer-Analyst Andy Shivers.

In crisis will be the opening act for comedians Josh Turner and Tracy Morgan. Last year, the band opened for the Goo Goo Dolls.

Other homecoming weekend activities will include UF’s Homecoming and Alumni Barbecue, which will begin at 10 a.m. on Nov. 10, and last until kickoff. The barbecue features games, contests and more.

Ticket information for the both events can be found at http://gatorgrowl.org/buy-tickets/.

9 a.m.

The 1st District Court of Appeal will hold oral arguments in four cases on Thursday beginning 9 a.m. in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center Courtroom. This is a chance for all law students to see real lawyers arguing real cases. The panel of three judges includes a UF Law alumnus (and founder of the Journal of Law and Public Policy), Judge Scott Makar (JD 87). The other judges include Judge Philip Padovano and Judge Stephanie Ray. The judges will address Legal Writing classes after oral arguments are complete.

Click here to view the webcast of this event

10 a.m.

The fall Moot Court Final Four Competition at the UF Law is sponsored by the Orlando law firm of Zimmerman Kiser & Sutcliffe, P.A. Guest judges for this year’s competition will be Stephanie W. Ray of the Florida District Court of Appeal, T. Kent Wetherell, II of the Florida District Court of Appeal and Stephan P. Mickle of the Northern District of Florida.

10 a.m. – noon

The University of Florida celebrates this year’s Constitution Day with “The Affordable Care Act: The U.S. Constitution Meets Health Care Reform,” featuring talks and a discussion from UF Law Professor Steven Willis and Associate General Counsel at Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., Andrei Boyarshinov. For complete details, read the press release here: http://www.law.ufl.edu/news/2012/09/04/constitution-day-celebration-examines-health-care-reform/.

6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m.

8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

12:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

For details and registration information, visit http://www.law.ufl.edu/academics/institutes/idr.

6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

A roundtable discussion and community event focusing on representations of gender and sexuality during this electoral season.

Speakers include UF Political Science Professor Lynn Leverty, UF Law Professor Shani King, Senate Minority Leader Nan Rich, Sen. Evelynn Lynn, and the event will be moderated by former Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan.

Presented by the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research at the University of Florida and the League of Women Voters of Alachua County with support from UF’s Levin College of Law, Bob Graham Center for Public Service and Association for Academic Women.

Time: 3:30 pm

Combined Book Award-Heritage of Leadership Induction Ceremony (more details provided separately; note change of location; this will be held at the Hilton Conference Center Ballroom instead of Room 180 this year)

To permanently honor outstanding and notable alumni of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and their contributions to the state and University, the Law Center Association Board of Trustees established the Heritage of Leadership Recognition Society.

The Fall Book Awards will also take place during this event. Created to honor scholastic achievement in legal education, Book Awards recognize the outstanding student in each course at the Levin College of Law. The Book Award Program provides unrestricted funds to support students and student organizations, faculty teaching, research and development, and student/alumni programs and services. Book Awards in Graduate Tax courses provide unrestricted funds to support the Graduate Tax Program.