Levin College of Law
Many outstanding scholars present their research and forthcoming scholarship throughout the year. Below you may explore a list of the distinguished scholars who will present in our academic workshop series, both in-person and virtually, this fall 2021.
To view our summer 2021 series, click here.
To view our spring 2021 spring series, click here.
To see our 2020 series, click here.
Ruth Mason, Edwin S. Cohen Distinguished Professor of Law and Taxation, University of Virginia School of Law; and Michael Knoll, Theodore K. Warner Professor of Law & Professor of Real Estate; Co-Director, Center for Tax Law and Policy, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; present, with comments from Brian Galle, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Time: 11:20 am – 12:50 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Clay Calvert, Professor of Law and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida Levin College of Law and University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications; Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol, Stephen C. O’Connell Chair, University of Florida Levin College of Law; Merritt McAlister, Associate Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law; and John F. Stinneford, Edward Rood Eminent Scholar Chair, University of Florida Levin College of Law; present. Please contact ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Eleanor Wilking, Assistant Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, presents, with comments from David Weisbach, Walter J. Blum Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School.
Time: 11:20 am – 12:50 pm ET
Location: Virtual
The Nelson Initiative on Ethics and Leadership is hosting a tribute to the late Judge Joseph Woodrow Hatchett, the first Black Justice on the Florida Supreme Court, the first Black man to win a state-wide election in Florida, and the first Black man appointed to a federal appeals court in the Deep South, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Former Senator Bill Nelson, now Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will introduce Judge Rosemary Barkett of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, Professor Kenneth Nunn, Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn Memorial Racial Justice Term Professor and Professor of Law, and Professor Danaya Wright, T. Terrell Sessums and Gerald Sohn Professor in Constitutional Law and Professor of Law who will discuss Judge Hatchett’s many accomplishments. Excerpts from a 2017 presentation by Judges Hatchett and Barkett will be presented by Dr. James Cusick, Curator of the P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History. The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Governmental Responsibility at the Levin College of Law, the George A. Smathers Libraries, and the African American Studies Program of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida.
Seating is limited. Please RSVP in-person attendance by October 4, 2021 to ruthm@law.ufl.edu.
For virtual attendance, please register here.
COVID Precautions: To ensure the safety of in-person event attendees, face coverings are expected, even if you’re fully vaccinated
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Location: Holland Hall 180 and Virtual via Zoom
The Florida Law Review presents The Final Frontier: Exploring the Legal Implications of Commercializing Space. Panelists include Matthew Schaefer, Veronica A. Haggart and Charles R. Work Professor of International Trade Law, University of Nebraska College of Law; Alex Vinson, Assistant Chief Counsel, NASA; and Daniel Sennott, Partner, Holland & Knight. Trevor Tezel (JD 19), Assistant Chief Counsel, NASA, moderates. For more information, please visit floridalawreview.com.
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Location: Chesterfield A. Smith Ceremonial Classroom, Holland Hall 180
Michele Brachter Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, presents Policing the Womb: Invisible Women & the Criminalization of Motherhood, co-sponsored by the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Please register for the Zoom link here.
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Alan Rozenshtein, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, presents.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
The University of Florida Levin College of Law and the Graduate Tax Program presents the 17th Annual International Tax Symposium. Please join presenters Joachim Englisch, Professor of Law, University of Muenster Institute of Tax Law; Carlo Garbarino, Associate Professor, University of Bocconi, Department of Law; and Yvette Lind, Assistant Professor of Law, Copenhagen Business School; Yariv Brauner, Hugh Culverhouse Eminent Scholar Chair in Taxation, University of Florida Levin College of Law, moderates. Please email ruthm@law.ufl.edu for more information.
Time: 8:30 am ET
Location: Virtual
Aziz F. Rana, Richard and Lois Cole Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, presents.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Christopher Leslie, Chancellor’s Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, presents.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Daniel N. Shaviro, Wayne Perry Professor of Taxation, New York University School of Law, presents, with comments from Sarah Lawsky, Stanford Clinton Sr. and Zylpha Kilbride Clinton Research Professor of Law, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.
Time: 11:20 am – 12:50 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Jane M. Spinak, Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, presents.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Maura Grossman, Research Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo; and Hon. Paul Grimm, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland; will present their paper, Artificial Intelligence as Evidence. Seth Katsuya Endo, Assistant Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law; and Rebecca Wexler, Assistant Professor and Faculty Co-Director Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at UC Berkeley School of Law will provide commentary. William F. Hamilton, Senior Legal Skills Professor, University of Florida Levin College of Law, will moderate. Please register here.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
Jamelia Morgan, Assistant Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law, presents.
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Location: Virtual
