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News Release Archive 2008
October 7, 2008
UF author: Technology jeopordizes individual privacy
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Technology has intruded into every aspect of modern life, from how people die to how they conduct their public and private business. Although the benefits of technology are obvious, the risks can be huge.
That's because every cell phone call, credit card transaction, discount card purchase, Internet site visited, or e-mail sent or received is fair game for information poachers to filch at will and without your knowledge. So states a new book released this month, "Privacy: The Lost Right" (Oxford University Press), authored by Jon Mills, a University of Florida Levin College of Law professor, dean emeritus, and founder of the university's Center for Governmental Responsibility. more »
September 15, 2008
UF College of Law Ranks in Top 10 for Hispanic Students
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — In a recent annual assessment, the University of Florida Levin College of Law was recognized as being on the forefront of recruitment, retention and quality education for Hispanic students. The assessment conducted by HispanTelligence, the research arm of Hispanic Business Magazine, ranked UF 10th overall, and 5th among public law schools in the U.S. more »
September 11, 2008
Jurist-in-residence program to bring judges to UF Law
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A new University of Florida Levin College of Law program will help law students bridge the gap between what they learn in law school and legal practice. The Peter T. Fay Jurist-In-Residence Program — named after Peter T. Fay, a senior judge of the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals who graduated from the college in 1956 — will bring judges to the college to provide insights to students and faculty on a broad range of issues relating to judicial process, substantive law, trial and appellate advocacy, and the day-to-day practice of law. more »
August 27, 2008
UF Levin College of Law Professor Honored with Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — For her tireless work and innovative policy proposals to strengthen Social Security for vulnerable groups, Patricia Dilley, professor at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, was recently presented with a Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Award. more »
June 12, 2008
UF offers nation's first master's degree in environmental and land use law
GAINESVILLE, Fla. —In a world grappling with critical shortages of water, increasing developmental pressures and the unknown but real threats of climate change, environmental and land use law policies and applications are changing almost as fast as the weather. more »
March 27, 2008
Judge Stephan P. Mickle to be Honored March 28 by UF's Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations to Celebrate His 10 Years on The Federal Bench
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — United States District Judge Stephan P. Mickle (JD 70) will be honored by the University of Florida's Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations Friday, March 28, in an event celebrating his 10 years on the federal bench. more »
March 4, 2008
Government Surveillance Harms Society, UF Law Professor Writes in New Book
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Acts of government surveillance — from increasing use of closed-circuit televisions and global positioning systems to an array of sophisticated technologies that can access records about our activities — represent an insidious assault on the freedom of Americans that the law has failed to respond to, according to a new book from a University of Florida law professor. more »
February 27, 2008
Florida's Role in Global Issues Focus of UF Law's 14th Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Florida's role in global issues on energy, land use, biodiversity, and water is the focus of the University of Florida Levin College of Law's 14th Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference (PIEC), to be held Feb. 28- Mar. 1. The theme of this year's conference is "Reducing Florida's Footprint: Stepping Up to the Global Challenge." more »
February 19, 2008
UF Law Students Compete in Griot Race, Law & Justice Oral Competition Feb. 23
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ten teams of University of Florida law students will compete in the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations' Griot Race, Law & Justice Oral Competition Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial Classroom (180 Holland Hall) at the UF Levin College of Law. This event is free and open to the public. more »
February 18, 2008
UF Law Professor Berta E. Hernandez-Truyol Takes Home 2008 Clyde Ferguson Award
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida Law Professor Berta E. Hernández-Truyol has been awarded the 16th annual Clyde Ferguson Award from the Minority Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). The honor, named for one of the first African-American tenured professors at Harvard Law School, is "granted to an outstanding law teacher who in the course of his or her career has achieved excellence in the areas of public service, teaching and scholarship," according to the AALS. more »
February 13, 2008
Columbia Law Professor Thomas W. Merrill to Deliver First Annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property Feb. 22 at UF Levin College of Law
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Columbia University Law Professor Thomas W. Merrill will deliver the first annual Wolf Family Lecture in the American Law of Real Property at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in 285B Holland Hall at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. A reception will follow Merrill's lecture. This event is free and open to the public. The title of Merrill's lecture is "Populism and Public Use." more »
February 11, 2008
Green Building Practices Focus of UF Law Nelson Symposium Feb. 15
GAINESVILLE, Fla.— The implications of a wide range of efforts on the local, state and national levels designed to encourage and require green building practices will be explored at the Seventh Annual Richard E. Nelson Symposium, Friday, Feb. 15, at the University of Florida Hilton Conference Center. more »
February 6, 2008
UF Sports Law Symposium, "From the Locker Room to the Board Room," Kicks Off Friday, Feb. 8, at the Levin College of Law
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—A roster of athletes, coaches, agents and executives who work and play in the rapidly growing area of sports law will be on hand to kick off the inaugural University of Florida Sports Law Symposium, “From the Locker Room to the Board Room,” 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in UF’s Reitz Union Auditorium. more »
January 30, 2008
UF Music Law Conference Tunes In To Mixed Media Feb. 15-16
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Learn more about the ins and outs of the music business at the Sixth Annual University of Florida Music Law Conference , "Music & Mixed Media," Friday and Saturday, Feb. 15-16. The conference will center on the music business as it remixes everything from film, television and changing technologies to music sharing and merchandising. more »