GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On Feb. 17, the University of Florida Levin College of Law will welcome a distinguished panel of Florida judges to preside over the 28th annual Maguire Appellate Advocacy Competition. The competition begins at 10 a.m. in the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center courtroom. The event is free and open to the public. [...]

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. – The University of Florida Levin College of Law’s 11th annual Richard E. Nelson Symposium could get dirty this year. That is, top national and state experts will be exploring recent and proposed changes in “dirt law” – real property law dealing with adverse possession, eminent domain, easements and mortgages – and their [...]

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. – Last month, University of Florida Levin College of Law alum Eugene K. Pettis (JD 85) became The Florida Bar’s president-elect designee. Pettis will be sworn in as president-elect in June 2012 when fellow UF Law alum Gwynne Young (JD 74) becomes The Florida Bar president. When Pettis takes over the office in [...]

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 [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Prominent Washington, D.C., attorneys and tax experts will discuss one of the most important issues facing the United States right now – the potential fiscal crisis – at the second Ellen Bellet Gelberg Tax Policy Lecture at the University of Florida Levin College of Law on Friday. “Between a Rock and a [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Stephen N. Zack – the immediate past president of the American Bar Association and University of Florida Levin College of Law alum – will be joined by retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, former Gov. Bob Graham and UF Law Dean Robert Jerry for the dedication ceremony of the Stephen N. [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, and each year, the University of Florida – along with other public funded universities – celebrate the day with special programs and activities. This year’s Constitution Day events consist of several events, coinciding with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla – Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be a featured panelist at the University of Florida Levin College of Law’s inaugural Allen L. Poucher Legal Education Series on Monday, Sept. 12. The event, hosted by the Florida Law Review, will be held at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Doors [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida Levin College of Law welcomed Claire M. Germain on Monday as the new associate dean for legal information and Clarence J. TeSelle professor of law. Germain takes up her post at UF Law after leaving the Cornell University Law School as Edward Cornell law librarian and professor of law. [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The jury’s verdict is expected today in the Casey Anthony trial in Orlando. University of Florida Levin College of Law faculty are available to offer their expertise on the jury’s conclusion.

Anthony is charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008. The case has captured the nation’s attention and continues to unfold as the defense argues that Caylee Anthony’s death was from an accidental drowning and that Casey Anthony’s father helped cover it up. The prosecution contends that Casey Anthony suffocated Caylee Anthony by placing duct tape over her mouth and nose. Officials were unable to determine an official cause of death in the case.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Board of Governors last week announced the appointment of two new members of the University of Florida Board of Trustees, one of whom is a University of Florida Levin College of Law alum. Charles B. Edwards, currently a member of the Board of Governors, is a member of the law firm [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Board of Trustees on Friday, June 10, elected Orlando attorney and University of Florida Levin College of Law alum C. David Brown II (JD 78) as vice chairman of the board for a two-year term beginning July 1. Brown, a Florida native, graduated from the University of Florida [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gator Nation continues to lead the officer ranks at The Florida Bar, with University of Florida Levin College of Law alumni serving as immediate past-president, president and president-elect for 2011-2012. Current President Mayanne A. Downs (UF Law JD 87) will become past president, Scott G. Hawkins (UF Law JD 83) will [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – John H. Hankinson, Jr., Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force, which is preparing recommendations to restore the Gulf Coast areas damaged by the 2010 oil spill, will speak at the University of Florida on June 17. Hankinson’s visit, which is open to the public, is co-sponsored by the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida Levin College of Law faculty are available to offer their expertise on the ongoing Casey Anthony trial in Orlando. Anthony is charged with murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, in 2008. The case has captured the nation’s attention and continues to unfold as the defense argues that Caylee Anthony’s death [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gov. Rick Scott has announced the appointments of two UF Law alumni, William Michael Heekin (JD 78) and Juliet M. Roulhac (JD 87) to the University of Florida Board of Trustees. Heekin, 58, of Sandy Springs, Ga., is the president of Heekin Advisors LLC, a consulting firm in Atlanta. He succeeds Dianna [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida Supreme Court has released the results of the February 2011 Florida Bar Examination, which consists of the General Bar Examination (Part A and Part B) and Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE). The University of Florida Levin College of Law had the highest passage rate on the General Bar Exam and [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Two distinguished graduates of the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Warren M. Cason and D. Burke Kibler III, will be inducted posthumously into the Heritage of Leadership Society during a ceremony April 8. Cason, once a partner with the Florida-based law firm Holland & Knight, and Kibler III, who served [...]

GAINESEVILLE, Fla. – The fourth annual Wolf Family Lecture on the American Law of Real Property will explore how American property law helped serve as the foundation for democracy in the United States. Harvard Law School Professor Joseph Singer, a nationally recognized expert in property law, will deliver the lecture titled, “Property Law as the [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – One of the most cited and well-respected modern scholars in the field of law and economics will argue against the constitutionality of last year’s Wall Street Reform Act at the Florida Law Review’s 30th annual Dunwody Distinguished Lecture in Law Friday, March 25, at 11 a.m. at the University of Florida Levin [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla – Today’s music industry looks a lot different than the music industry of only a decade ago. It is continuously changing and so far there is no clear consensus on what the future will look like. The ninth annual Music Law Conference at the University of Florida Levin College of Law will offer [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla – Eastside High School freshmen will learn about the law Friday from professors and students from the University of Florida Levin College of Law during the UF Law Center on Children and Families’ seventh annual Youth Summit. The summit starts at 12:30 p.m. at Eastside High in Gainesville. UF Law professors and students [...]