Celebrating Diversity During UF Law’s DiscoverLaw Day

UF Law welcomed more than 50 undergraduate students considering law school to campus to meet with current students, faculty, legal practitioners and admissions professionals to learn more about the road to law school during DiscoverLaw Day, an annual event in partnership with the Law School Admission Council and DiscoverLaw.org.

Professor Kenneth Nunn, associate director for the Center on Children and Families and the assistant director of the Criminal Justice Center, kicked off the day with a seminar on Terry v. Ohio, a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable search and seizures does not apply to a police officer conducting a “stop and frisk” if certain elements can be identified.  

After the seminar, students broke into groups to discuss scenarios and analyze whether they were conducted lawfully. Local attorneys and current UF Law students facilitated the discussions, and each group presented their scenario and decision.

After a morning of critical thinking, the lunch hour allowed attendees to interact with faculty and students from campus groups such as the Black Law Students Association, Latino Law Student Association and Phi Alpha Delta, a pre-law society.

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