Upcoming Events and Conferences
MLSA and JMBA collecting toys
November 16-24, 2009
MLSA and JMBA are joining forces to help poor and under privileged children. We will collecting unwrapped, unopened toys, as well as monetary donations for Toys 4 Tots. Please bring your donations to the Toys 4 Tots table that will be set up in the Courtyard from Monday, Nov. 16, through Tuesday, Nov. 24. Please open your hearts so we can help children have a more enjoyable holiday season.
Family Law Society Holiday toy drive starts
November 16 - December 3, 2009
The Family Law Society (FLS) will be collecting toys and other holiday gifts for children ages 0-18, to benefit children in the dependency system. These gifts will be donated through the Guardian ad Litem program. Any gifts, new or slightly used and wrapping supplies, will be accepted in a donation bin in the lobby of the library beginning Monday, Nov. 16, and will run through Thursday, Dec. 3. The vast majority of the children in the dependency system are impoverished and would not receive much for the holidays save for your help. Thank you for helping these children!
"Fighting for Innocence in the State of Florida"
November 19, 2009
Seth E. Miller, Esq., Executive Director of the Innocence Project of Florida, will speak at the College of Law on Nov. 19, at 11 a.m. in HOL 180, on "Fighting for Innocence in the State of Florida." Seth Miller is a magna cum laude graduate of Florida State University's College of Law and was a student intern with the project in 2003. He is a former project attorney with the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project and a former staff attorney with the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. He joined the Innocence Project of Florida in 2006.
Non-Practicing Careers
November 19, 2009
Great opportunities exist for law students and practicing lawyers outside the traditional practice of law. Interested in learning about alternative careers? William Henslee, Esq., author of the user-friendly guidebook, "Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers" will be on campus on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 1 p.m. in the Bailey Courtroom to explore how to plan and conduct a non legal job search.
Delphi Bankruptcy case study
November 24, 2009
Please join the Corporate and Securities Litigation Group (CSLG) on Nov. 24, at noon in HOL 345, to hear Professor Jeff Davis' analysis and interpretation of the Delphi Bankruptcy case. Publix sandwiches and refreshments will be provided. In February 1999, at the peak of the tech stock bull market, General Motors spun off its technology and auto parts subsidiary Delphi Corporation for a profit of $9.6 billion. By October 2005, as US auto makers continued to lose market share to foreign competitors, with $11 billion in unfunded pension liabilities for its 200,000 employees, Delphi began what would become a four year bankruptcy process and a microcosm of many of the economic challenges facing the United States.
UF Sports Law Symposium
January 29, 2010
Presented by UF Entertainment and Sports Law Society
2010 will be a very important year for each of the "Big Four" American professional sports leagues. The NFL Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") is set to expire at the end of the 2010 season, the NBA and NHL CBA expire after their respective 2010/11 seasons, and the MLB has until December, 11, 2011 before the current CBA expires.
Thus, next year will be a crucial period full of negotiations between the owners and players' associations in each sport. Instead of permitting the general public to merely read one-sided opinions about existing terms that should be modified or new terms that should be added to these agreements, we would like to bring the issues to the forefront of academia by establishing a group of intellectuals to bargain collectively in Gainesville, Florida and engage in a thoughtful discourse about why CBAs exist, how they help players/owners, key terms that will be argued, etc.