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The University of Florida announced a $2 million commitment from UF alumni Linda and Ken McGurn to establish the McGurn Fellowship Program for Media Integrity and the Fight Against Disinformation. The gift will fund fellowships at the UF College of Journalism and Communications, the Levin College of Law and the Consortium on Trust in Media […]

Dear UF Law Community, I am deeply saddened to share the news that our namesake and champion Fredric G. Levin passed away Tuesday, January 12, at the age of 83. After graduating from the College of Law in 1961, Fred went on to become one of the most successful trial attorneys in the nation, winning […]

The following statement was issued by Dean Laura Rosenbury on January 7, 2021. Dean Rosenbury has also joined nearly 160 deans from law schools nationwide in a statement posted here.  Dear UF Law Community, The rule of law has triumphed.  Despite a violent attack on the Capitol, Congress ultimately completed the counting of the Electoral […]

Dean Laura Rosenbury shared the following message with the UF Law community on October 6, 2020. Dear UF Law Community, As some of you may know, Professor Deb Cupples passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2020. This is a tragic loss for our community. Professor Cupples graduated from UF Law in 2005. While practicing law, […]

More than 280 University of Florida Levin College of Law students received financial support from the law school this summer, totaling nearly $1 million. UF Law continued its robust summer public interest stipend program, this year offering summer stipends to 192 students, for a total of more than $863,000.  These stipends of $4,000 for rising […]

The University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law announces a new scholarship program for graduates of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) seeking to enter the legal profession. The program will award full-tuition scholarships to at least five HBCU graduates enrolling at UF Law every year. UF Law launches this endowed scholarship with […]

UF Law Professor Stephanie Bornstein has been selected to participate in the 2020 Stanford/Yale/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum. Professor Bornstein’s paper, Disclosing Discrimination, is forthcoming in the Boston University Law Review. The forum will take place virtually over the summer. Below is the abstract of Professor Bornstein’s article: In the United States, enforcement of legal prohibitions […]

UF Law Distinguished Service Award Honors alumni who have contributed outstanding service over an extended period to the progress and activities of the law school and its students. Eugene Pettis (JD 85) Co-Founder & Senior Partner, Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm P.A. Outstanding Public Service Award Honors alumni for their outstanding contributions to critical social, economic, […]

Clay Calvert, Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications and director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, has been jointly appointed as a Professor of Law at the UF Levin College of Law. “This is a natural bridge for me to bring media law […]

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