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UF Law faculty are legal scholars and teachers whose research, scholarship, practice and experience make them authorities on a wide range of current and historical legal issues. Our faculty directory links to each faculty member's research and contact information.

Mary Adkins
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Master Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Appellate Advocacy • Florida Constitutional History • Legal Writing •
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Mary Jane Angelo
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Samuel T. Dell Professor
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program
Expertise: Agricultural Law • Environmental Law • Sustainability • Water Law • Wetlands •
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Thomas T. Ankersen
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Legal Skills Professor
Director, Conservation Clinic
Expertise: Comparative Law (Latin America) • Conservation Real Estate Law • Environmental Law • International Tax • Land Use • Sustainability •
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Gia Arney
Professor of Legal Research
Tax Legal Research Specialist
Expertise: Estates & Trusts • Legal Research • Tax Law •
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Rachel Arnow-Richman
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Gerald A. Rosenthal Chair in Labor & Employment Law
Professor of Law
Expertise: Contracts • Employment Law •
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Sara Bensley
Legal Research Professor
Emerging Legal Technology Specialist
Expertise: Legal Research • Legal Technology •
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Sarah Bishop
LEGAL SKILLS PROFESSOR
Expertise: Art Law • Commercial Litigation • Copyright •
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Roger D. Blair
Affiliate Professor of Law
Walter J. Matherly Professor
Chair, Department of Economics, Warrington College of Business Administration
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Stephanie Bornstein
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Civil Litigation & Procedure • Civil Rights • Critical Race Theory • Discrimination • Employment Discrimination • Employment Law • Gender & the Law • LGBT Issues • Sexual Harassment • Title IX •
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Yariv Brauner
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Hugh Culverhouse Eminent Scholar Chair in Taxation
Professor of Law
Expertise: Corporate Tax • International Economic Law • International Tax • Mergers & Acquisitions • Public International Law •
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Annie Brett
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Assistant Professor of Law
Expertise: Administrative Law • Artificial Intelligence • Environmental Law • International Environmental Law • Ocean and Coastal Law & Policy • Sustainability • Technology • Water Law •
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Neil H. Buchanan
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PROFESSOR OF LAW
JAMES J. FREELAND EMINENT SCHOLAR CHAIR IN TAXATION
Director of Global Scholarly Initiatives
Expertise: Distributive Justice • Economics • Government Deficits and Debt • Integenerataional Fairness • Social Security • Tax Policy •
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Karen Burke
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Richard B. Stephens Eminent Scholar Chair in Taxation
Professor of Law
Expertise: Corporate & Business Tax • Partnership Tax • Tax Law • Tax Policy •
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Dennis A. Calfee
Professor of Law
Expertise: Estates & Trusts • Federal Income Tax • Federal Transfer Taxes (Estate, Gift and GST) • Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts • Tax Law •
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Clay Calvert
Professor of Law and Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication (Joint Appointment with College of Journalism and Communications)
Director - Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project
Expertise: Communications Law • Freedom of Expression • Freedom of Press • Freedom of Speech • Mass Media Law •
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Judy Clausen
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Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Appellate Advocacy • Commercial Litigation • Contracts • Legal Writing • Veterans Law •
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Jonathan R. Cohen
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Director, Introduction to Lawyering and the Legal Profession Program
Affiliate Professor, Center for Jewish Studies
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Evidence • Jewish Law • Law and Religion • Negotiation • Social Justice •
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Charles W. Collier
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Professor of Law
Affiliate Professor, Philosophy
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Constitutional Law • First Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Gun Rights • Legal Theory • Second Amendment • Supreme Court •
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Elizabeth Dale
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Professor of Law and Professor of History (Joint Appointment with Department of History)
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Constitutional Law • Fourteenth Amendment • Legal History •
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Jeffrey Davis
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Gerald A. Sohn Research Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Bankruptcy • Commercial Law • Contracts •
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Robin K. Davis
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution
Expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution • Arbitration • Mediation • Restorative Justice •
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Larry A. DiMatteo
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Affiliate Professor of Law
Huber Hurst Professor of Contract Law & Legal Studies Warrington College of Business
Expertise: Comparative Law • Contracts • European Union • International Contract Law • International Sales Law • Jurisprudence •
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Nancy E. Dowd
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David H. Levin Chair in Family Law
University of Florida Distinguished Professor
Professor of Law
Emeritus Director, Center on Children & Families
Expertise: Constitutional Law • Critical Race Theory • Family Law • Feminist Theory • Masculinities Theory •
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Teresa Drake
Director, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Clinic (IPVAC)
Senior Lecturer
Expertise: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) • Child Welfare • Intimate Partner Violence • Mindfulness in the Law • Trauma Informed Client Representation •
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Seth Katsuya Endo
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW
Expertise: Civil Litigation & Procedure • Professional Responsibility •
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Barbara J. Evans
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Stephen C. O'Connell Chair
Professor of Law
Professor of Engineering, University of Florida Wertheim College of Engineering
Expertise: Biotechnology Law • Data Privacy & Access • Ethics and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Medical Software • Food & Drug Law • Health Law • Regulation of Clinical Laboratories • Regulation of Genomic and Gene-editing Technologies •
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Mark Fenster
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Stephen C. O’Connell Chair
University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Administrative Law • Federal Administrative Law • Freedom of Information Act • Government Information • Legislation • Regulatory Takings • Statutory Interpretation •
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Ben Fernandez
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Contract Negotiation and Drafting • Legal Document Drafting • Legal Research • Legal Writing •
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Joan D. Flocks
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Associate in Law
Director, Social Policy Division Center for Governmental Responsibility
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies
Expertise: Environmental Justice • Farmworkers • Housing • Migrant Labor • Poverty Law •
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Anastacia Greene
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Immigration Clinical Fellow
Expertise: Clinical Legal Education • Immigration Law •
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William Hamilton
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Executive Director, E-Discovery Project
Expertise: Arbitration • Civil Procedure • Commercial Litigation • Complex Litigation • Contract Litigation • Dispute Resolution • Electronic Discovery •
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Andrew Hammond
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW
Expertise: Administrative Law • Civil Litigation & Procedure • Federal Courts • Legislation • Poverty Law •
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David Hasen
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Professor of Law
Expertise: Federal Income Tax • Tax Policy • Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships • U.S. International Tax •
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Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol
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Stephen C. O’Connell Chair
UF Research Foundation Professor 2019-2022
University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Civil Rights • Comparative Law • Cuba • Human Rights • Human Trafficking • International and Regional Human Rights (Inter-America and Europe) • International and Transnational Law • LGBT Issues • Marriage Equality • Race & Race Relations • Sexual Orientation • Sovereignty • Transgender Rights • War and War Crimes • Women, Gender and the Law •
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Mindy Herzfeld
Professor of Practice
Expertise: BEPS • Border Adjustment Tax • Corporate Integration • Cross-Border Transactions • International Tax Policy • Tax Law • U.S. Tax Reform •
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Elizabeth Hilkin
Legal Research Professor
Assistant Director for Public Services
Expertise: Legal Research •
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Blake Hudson
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Samuel T. Dell Professor
Professor of Law
Co-Director, Environmental and Land Use Law Program
Expertise: Environmental Law • International Environmental Law • Land Use • Natural Resources • Ocean and Coastal Law & Policy • Property Law • Water Law •
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Darren Lenard Hutchinson
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Raymond & Miriam Ehrlich Eminent Scholar Chair
Professor of Law
Expertise: Abortion and Reproductive Rights • Affirmative Action • Bill of Rights • Citizenship • Civil Rights • Constitutional Law • Executive Powers • Federal Courts • Fifteenth Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Gay Rights • LGBT Issues • Presidential Powers • Section 1983 Suits • Sexual Harassment • Sexual Orientation • Transgender Rights • Voting Rights •
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Joseph S. Jackson
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Senior Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Equal Protection • Gay Rights • LGBT Issues • Sexual Orientation •
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Michelle S. Jacobs
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Professor of Law
Expertise: Campus Climate • Criminal Law • Critical Race Theory • Sexual Violence •
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Maryam Jamshidi
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Assistant Professor of Law
Expertise: Foreign Relations Law • Human Rights • Humanitarian Law • National Security Law • Public International Law • Tort Law •
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Randall Jenkins
Affiliate Professor of Law
UF Health Senior Vice President and General Counsel
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E. Lea Johnston
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University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
Professor of Law
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Campus Climate • Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Eighth Amendment • Mental Health • Sentencing • Sexual Violence • Sixth Amendment •
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Shani M. King
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Director, Center on Children and Families
Expertise: Children's Rights • Education Law • Family Law • Immigration Law • Juvenile Justice • Legal Ethics •
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Christine A. Klein
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Cone, Wagner, Nugent, Hazouri & Roth Professor
University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Environmental Law • Natural Resources • Property Law • Water Law •
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Elizabeth T. Lear
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Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Expertise: Class Action and Complex Litigation • Conflict of Laws • Federal Courts • Federal Jurisdiction •
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Sabrina Little
Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Appellate Advocacy • Condominium Law • Legal Drafting • Legal Writing • Real Estate •
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Charlene Luke
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Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Tax Programs
Expertise: Corporate Tax Law • Income Tax Law • Partnership Tax •
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Pedro A. Malavet
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Professor of Law
Expertise: Civil Litigation & Procedure • Comparative Law • Critical Race Theory • Evidence • Puerto Rico • Sovereignty • U.S. Territorial Possessions •
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Gail Mathapo
Legal Research Professor
Faculty Services Librarian
Associate Director, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations
Expertise: Legal Research •
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Merritt McAlister
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Assistant Professor of Law
Expertise: Civil Litigation & Procedure • Federal Courts • LGBT Issues • Statutory Interpretation • Supreme Court •
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Grayson McCouch
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Gerald Sohn Professor of Law
Professor of Law
Expertise: Estate Planning • Estates & Trusts • Probate and Fiduciary Administration • Taxation of Estates & Trusts • Trusts • Wills •
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Timothy McLendon
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Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Constitutional Law • Florida Constitution • Fourteenth Amendment •
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Silvia Menendez
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Associate Dean for Experiential Learning
Expertise: Estates & Trusts • Exempt Organizations • Legal Document Drafting •
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Jon L. Mills
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Professor of Law
Dean Emeritus
Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Constitutional Law • Cyber Law • Equal Rights Amendment • Executive Powers • First Amendment • Florida Constitution • Florida Sunshine Act • Fourteenth Amendment • Latin America • Legislation • Presidential Powers • Privacy • Social Media • Statutory Interpretation •
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Peter Molk
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Associate Professor of Law
Expertise: Contracts • Corporate Law • Insurance Law • Securities •
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Patricia Morgan
Professor of Legal Research
Head of Metadata and Publications and Assistant in Law
Expertise: Court Rules and Procedures • Legal Research • Library Outreach •
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Jason P. Nance
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Professor of Law
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs
Associate Director for Education Law and Policy, Center on Children and Families
Expertise: Education Law • Empirical Research • Legal Education • Remedies • Title VI • Tort Law •
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Lars Noah
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Chesterfield Smith Eminent Scholar
Professor of Law
Expertise: Constitutional Law and Civil Rights • Medical Technology • Public Health Law • S.T.E.M. subjects • Tort Law •
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Kenneth B. Nunn
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Associate Director, Center on Children and Families
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
Expertise: Affirmative Action • Africa and African Studies • Bill of Rights • Campus Climate • Civil Rights • Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Legal Theory • Race & Race Relations • Sexual Violence • Sixth Amendment • Stand Your Ground Law •
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Jane O’Connell
Legal Skills Professor
Associate Dean for Legal Information
Expertise: Intellectual Property • Legal Research •
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Michael T. Olexa
Professor of Agricultural Law, Food and Resource Economics Department
Director, UF/IFAS Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Law
Affiliate Professor of Law
Expertise: Agricultural Law •
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William H. Page
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Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar Chair in Electronic Communications and Administrative Law
Professor of Law
Expertise: Antitrust Law and Economics • Class Action Litigation • Federal Civil Procedure •
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Teresa (Rambo) Reid
Master Legal Skills Professor
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
Expertise: Attorney Conduct • Death Penalty • Ethics & Professional Responsibility • Legal Writing • Professionalism •
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Robert J. Rhee
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John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Professor of Law
Professor of Law
Expertise: Business & Corporate Law • Corporate Finance • Fiduciary Duties • Financial Analysis • Mergers & Acquisitions • Regulation of Financial Institutions • Securities Regulation •
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Laura Rosenbury
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Dean and Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law
Affiliate Professor, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research
Expertise: Abortion and Reproductive Rights • Children's Rights • Employment Law • Estates & Trusts • Experiential Learning • Family Law • Gender and the Law • Legal Theory • Property Law • Sexual Abuse • Sexual Harassment • Women, Gender and the Law •
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Elizabeth A. Rowe
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Irving Cypen Professor of Law
Distinguished Teaching Scholar
Professor of Law
Director, Program in Intellectual Property Law
Expertise: Intellectual Property • Patents • Trade Secrets • Trademarks •
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Betsy L. Ruff
Master Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Appellate Advocacy • Legal Research • Legal Writing •
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Katheryn Russell-Brown
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Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law
University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Director, Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
Expertise: Campus Climate • Criminal Law • Race & Crime •
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D. Daniel Sokol
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Professor of Law
Expertise: Antitrust • Artificial Intelligence • Business & Corporate Law • Compliance • Economics • Empirical Research • Entrepreneurship • Innovation • Technology •
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Amy L. Stein
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Artificial Intelligence • Climate Change • Distributed Energy • Electric Grid Reliability • Energy • Environmental Law • Federalism • Renewable Energy • States Rights • Sustainability • Tenth Amendment •
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Stacey Steinberg
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Master Legal Skills Professor
Director, Gator Team Child Clinic
Associate Director, Center on Children and Families
Expertise: Appellate Advocacy • Child Abuse and Neglect • Child Welfare • Children's Privacy • Children's Rights • Digital Citizenship • Family Law • Legal Writing • Sharenting • Social Media •
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John F. Stinneford
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Professor of Law
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
Expertise: Constitutional Law • Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Ethics & Professional Responsibility • Legal Ethics • Professional Responsibility • Sentencing • White Collar Crime •
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Margaret Temple-Smith
Master Legal Skills Professor
Master Lecturer
Expertise: Legal Document Drafting •
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Lee-Ford Tritt
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Director, Center for Estate Planning
Director, Estate Planning Practice Program
Associate Director, Center on Children and Families
Expertise: Art Law • Business Succession • Charitable Entities and Charitable Giving • Estate Planning • Estates & Trusts • Federal Transfer Taxes (Estate, Gift and GST) • Fiduciary Duties • Legislation • Marriage Equality • Probate and Fiduciary Administration • Statutory Interpretation • Wills •
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Christopher Vallandingham
Legal Research Professor
Head of Collections, Legal Information Center
Expertise: Florida Territorial Law • Intelligence Law • Law of Armed Conflict • Military Law •
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Henry T. Wihnyk
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Senior Legal Skills Professor
Expertise: Appellate Advocacy • Legal Research • Legal Writing • Tort Law •
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Steven J. Willis
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University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Accounting • Bill of Rights • Charitable Entities and Charitable Giving • Family Law • Federalism • Finance • States Rights • Tax Law • Tenth Amendment •
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Andrew Winden
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Assistant Professor of Law
Expertise: Business & Corporate Law • Corporate Finance • Corporate Governance • Japanese Law • Mergers & Acquisitions • Regulation of Financial Institutions • Securities Regulation • Sustainability •
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Michael Allan Wolf
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Richard E. Nelson Eminent Scholar Chair in Local Government
Professor of Law
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Constitutional History • Constitutional Law • Eminent Domain • Environmental Law • Fifth Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Fracking • Land Use • Legal History • Local Government • Ninth Amendment • Property Law • Real Estate • Religion and Religious Freedom • Sustainability • Urban Revitalization • Zoning •
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Sarah H. Wolking
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Legal Skills Professor
Director, Externships
Director, Prosecution Clinic
Expertise: Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Evidence • State and Federal Prosecution •
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Danaya C. Wright
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Clarence J. TeSelle Endowed Professor of Law
University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Bill of Rights • Constitutional Law • Equal Rights Amendment • Estates & Trusts • Family Law • Feminist Jurisprudence • Fifth Amendment • Fourteenth Amendment • Future Interests • Legal History • LGBT Issues • Marriage Equality • Property Law • Railroads and Railroad Law • Sexual Orientation • Takings Clause Jurisprudence • Women, Gender and the Law •
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Jennifer Zedalis
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Director, Trial Practice
Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Center
Expertise: Criminal Law • Evidence • Mental Health • Trial Procedure •
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Wentong Zheng
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UF Research Foundation Professor
University Term Professor
Professor of Law
Expertise: Antitrust and Competition Policy • Chinese Law and Economy • International Intellectual Property • International Trade and Business •