Bailey Courtroom at UF Law Noon Reginald Garcia will present a talk on a host of clemency topics, including why clemency matters to a lawyer’s clients, who can benefit from clemency, full pardon, which includes RCRS and firearm authority, and commutation of state prison sentence. Garcia is a clemency attorney and Tallahassee lobbyist. During the last [...]
Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. The annual program, sponsored by the UF Law Center on Children and Families and the Criminal Justice Center, will host the Pace Center for Girls – Alachua at the law school. Each year, the Youth Summit informs young people about rights, responsibilities and consequences of [...]
UF Law campus The Criminal Justice Center will host a symposium in honor of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Gideon v. Wainwright, which required state courts to provide legal representation in criminal cases for defendants who could not afford it. More details and speakers to be announced.