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Two UF Law Professors Cited by SCOTUS in Decision

UF Law Professors Michael Allan Wolf and Danaya Wright were both cited by the Supreme Court of the United States in Murr v. Wisconsin, a decision released June 23. Chief Justice John Roberts cited Wolf in his dissenting opinion, and Wright was cited by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the 5-3 majority opinion. Wolf was […]

Alum contributes $1 million to support LL.M. tax students

An anonymous UF Law alumnus contributed $1 million to the UF Law Taxation Program. The gift will establish The Graduate Tax Assistantship Fund, which will help UF Law provide financial aid to LL.M. students in the form of research assistantships. This support will allow UF Law to attract the best and most qualified LL.M. students.

Anniversary and influence: Forty years after the Cuban-American Lawyers Program

There was much praise of America and the University of Florida during the Cuban-American Lawyers 40th anniversary celebration at UF Law. America for the freedom it conferred on lawyers and their families escaping the regime of Communist dictator Fidel Castro and the university for its embrace of Cuban lawyers who had gained freedom but lost […]

As U.S. – Cuba relations open, UF Law follows suit with University of Havana Law

The distance between Florida and Cuba is a short jaunt across the Gulf of Mexico as the crow flies, but until recently the aquatic divide may as well have been a brick wall for most Florida professors and students. That all changed earlier this year when President Barack Obama re-established diplomatic relations with our southern […]

2015 Heritage of Leadership honorees inducted

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – To permanently honor outstanding and notable alumni of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and their contributions to the state and University, the Law Center Association Board of Trustees established the Heritage of Leadership Recognition Society. The Class of 2015 honorees were inducted into the Heritage of Leadership on Friday, […]

Rosenbury named UF Law Dean

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April 27, 2015 — The University of Florida has announced the appointment of Laura Ann Rosenbury as dean of the Levin College of Law. Effective July 1, she becomes the first female permanent dean in the law school’s 106-year history. A professor at Washington University Law School in St. Louis, since 2002, Rosenbury served as […]

2013 Heritage of Leadership Inductees

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Two distinguished graduates, one who made his mark as a Florida jurist and law professor, the other who rose to the top ranks among practicing lawyers in the state, were inducted posthumously into the Heritage of Leadership Society.