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SUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Fredric G. Levin College of Law Fredric G. Levin College of Law Newsletter Vol. 4 No. 18 Feb. 12, 2001 Inside: JMBA golf tournament Sunday Phi Delta Phi elections Mid-Year State JMBA is sponsoring its second annual golf tour- Phi Delta Phi will elect new officers and have a of the College nament to benefit SPARC, the Sexual and Physical meeting for all old members and those interested in (insert) Abuse Resource Center. The tournament will be held joining Tuesday (Feb. 13), 5:20 p.m., 190A HOL. For Election forum at the Gainesville National Country Club Sunday information: Leanne Dolin, leanned@ufl.edu. brings leaders (Feb. 18), 12:30 p.m. The fee is $40 per person, and (Continuedpage 2) to law school (3) includes cart, dinner, games, drinks and a chance to win placement trophies and prizes. Raffle tickets for additional prizes also will be sold, with proceeds benefiting SPARC. Sign up in the JMBA office. For information: Community Service Director Lynn First annual Alfano, 373.5123, LynnAlfano@aol.com. Career Free session on divorce issues Development The Law College Council is sponsoring a free legal informational session on divorce issues Tuesday COnference (Feb. 13), 190C Holland Hall, 7 p.m. Refreshments Th A nn Feb. 16-18 provided. Local experts will present information and UF Hotel & answer questions regarding legal topics. For more Law Law Paloozr Conference Center information: gpr@ufl.edu. L W L WOO Sy S t APALSA meets Tuesday Thursday, Feb 22, beginning at 9 p.m. Sponsored by Student Government, Board APALSA will hold a general meeting Tuesday, Durty Nelly's Irish Pub of College Councls (Feb. 13), 5:30 p.m., Starbucks in Union Street Fg " of College Councils Featuring "Red Lester" Station, 201 SE First Street. All are welcome. "APALSA also would like to thank LEXIS and Law College Council Bonita Young for their contribution and support of A musical extravaganza sponsored by the the Chinese New Year celebration." Association for Public Interest Law (APIL) to Featuring: Presentations by and Law ReviewlBLSA textbook drive benefit its summer fellowship program networking opportuni- Law Review and BLSA are sponsoring a used/out- ties with prominent of-print textbook and study aid drive to benefit law The $5 cover charge will provide funds for law attomeys from 15 students at the University of Liberia in West Africa. students working in public interest projects over practice areas. The project is under the supervision of Federal the summer working with children, women's Conference is free, Magistrate (and law professor) William Wagner. rights groups, prisoners' rights groups, legal aid but registration is Collection boxes will be set up in the Law Review societies for the poor, and others. mandatory. office and outside the Student Organizations Office. For advance tickets or more information: Students are encouraged to bring in two APIL, in the Student Organizations Office, 151 For an agenda, infor- textbooks/study aids a month until the last day of Bruton-Geer Hall. Students with musical talent mation or to register: finals. For information: BLSA, blsa@grove.ufl.edu. interested in participating should contact Alan see special four-page Bushnell, julia@atlantic.net. insert. FlaLaw 1 F L A L AW N E W L E T T E R OF THE FRE D RIC G L E V IN C L L E GE OF LAW Research (Announcements, from page 1) Find goverment Web sites Find government Web sites assistant Moot Court briefs due Tuesday . assistant Moot Court briefs due Tuesday Ifyou are looking for federal govemment Web position open Moot Court Briefs are due Tuesday (Feb. 13). sites, FirstGov is the first-ever govemment Web Professor & Director Other events include: site to provide access to all online U.S. Federal of the Environmental and Oral Argument Seminar, Thursday (Feb. 15), Govemment resources. This site includes Land Use Law Program 6:45 p.m., 283 Holland Hall advanced search capabilities that allow you to Alyson Flournoy is hir- Oral Arguments, Thursday-Friday, Feb. 22-23, limit your search to certain keywords, formats (i.e. ing a student research beginning at 6 p.m., 190C Holland Hall audio, video, text), and dates. Another useful site assistant to work on a Oral Arguments, Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 24-25, is the Federal Web Locator at project related to envi- beginning at 9 a.m., Bailey Courtroom www.infoctredu/fwl/index.htm#toc. This site lists ronmental law and ethics, Cocktail Party with Justices, Thursday, March 1, links to govemment Web sites. Both sites offer a 10 hours per week. 7 p.m., Natural History Museum great deal of govermment information. Interested students Final Four, Friday, March 2, 12 noon, Auditorium Christopher should send their resume Vallandingham, toflournoy@law.ufl.edu Apply for APIL fellowships Reference Librarian, or drop it by 310 Holland Students interested in Association of Public Legal Information Center Hall. Interest Law (APIL) 2001 Summer Fellowships must obtain an application from Career Services and apply by Feb. 23. The fellowships offer a $3,000 grant for a 2001 and Fal 2001 will be avalable the first week in March. summer job at a public interest non-profit corpora- tion, and substantial awards to runner-ups. VITA volunteers needed VITA volunteers needed PAD initiation Feb. 27 VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) is an Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) law fratemity intemational ABA/IRS-sponsored organization that provides will host a new member initiation ceremony Tuesday, income tax assistance to low income individuals and Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m., 283 Holland Hall. For informa- students. VITA will provide assistance this year from tion: UFPAD@law.com, or stop by their desk in the 5:30-9:30 p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Student Organizatons Office. Thursdays, through April 12, in the Student Organizations Office, 151 Bruton-Geer. Students can Summer 2001 clinics eam pro bono credit for volunteering for this impor- Care er Interested in Summer 2001 Criminal Clinic? Visit tant service. (Previous tax experience preferred.) Services Student Affairs and complete a Criminal c Contact VITA at 392.8835 for a volunteer guide Serv ies Student Affairs and complete a Criminal Clinic closed for Interest Survey form. Applications for both Summer and self-test packet break (Continuedpage 4) The Center for Career Services will not be open for students during Spring Break, Faculty in the spotlight March 5-9. If you need Professor Christopher Slobogin recent- Associate Dean Michael Seigel was assistance, stop by or ly was quoted by UnitedPress quoted in the St. Petersburg Times on make an appointment International about video surveillance law enforcement cracking down on before March 5, or of sporting event fans to detect terrorists gambling on outcome of the Super contact the Office of and pickpockets, and The Orlando Bowl. Student Affairs. Slobogin Sentinel about prosecutorial use and Mills The College of Law was mentioned abuse of grand juries. He also published in the January/February edition of "Doubts About Daubert: Psychiatric The National Jurist conceming diver- Evidence as a Case Study" in the sity issues at the law school, with Washington & Lee Law Review (2000). quotes from Interim Dean Jon Mills and Professor Kenneth Nunn. Seigel Nunn FlaLaw 2 F L A L AW N E W S L E T T E R OF THE FRE D RIC G. L E VIN CO L L E GE OF LAW Key officials head law school conference on role of law, media, courts in 2000 presidential election Key participants in Florida's protracted 2000 Agenda presidential election will participate in a one-day conference in Holland Hall Auditorium on 8 a.m. Welcome, UF President Charles Young Monday, Feb. 26, examining legal, political and 8:15 a.m "Why Florida? What Brought Us Here?" media aspects of the contested balloting. Jon Mills, Interim Dean The seminar, "FLORIDA ELECTION 2000: 8:30 a.m. "The Courts, The Law and The Media at the Eye of the Storm" Insiders at the Intersection of Law, Politics and the Panel Moderator: Dean Mills Media," is sponsored jointly by the law school, David Boies, Partner Boies Schiller & Interim Dean Jon Mills Flexner, LLP. (Represented VP Al Gore) College of Joumalism and Communications, and Dexter Douglass, Tallahassee Attomey. (above, in interview on College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. (Represented VP Al Gore) CNN), Professor Joseph David Cardwell, Orlando Attorney, Former Little, Associate Dean Among presentations scheduled are those from Director, Florida Division of Elections Mche l th members of the legal teams for both Vice President David Savage, Los Angeles Times Tom Fiedler, Miami Herald law school professors were Al Gore and President-elect George W. Bush, Mike Vasilinda, President, Capital News quoted by hundreds of national media representatives, members of the Service, Tallahassee m m Governor's Elections Task force, state egisors Joseph P. Klock Jr. Steel Hector & Davis, major media durig the Governors Elections Task forc, state legislators ami. (Represented Florida Secretary of hotly contested 2000 presi- and officials, and academicians. State Katherine Harris) dential election. Mills is Interim Dean Jon Mills, coordinator of the 11 a.m. "History and Future of the Process of coordinating a forum on the session, said participants "will examine the unique Elections and Voting" election with Florida and SPanel Moderator: UF Provost David intersection of law, politics and the media, and the Colburn. Member, Gov. Jeb Bush's 2001 national officials (story at role of each, in the unprecedented, ambiguous situ- Select Task Force on Elections left), and said a major issue ation which dominated American le Debbie Kearney, General Counsel to Florida to be coveed will be "how ation which dominated American life for more Secretary of State Katherine Harris to be covered wi be ow than 30 days following the November election." Thom Rumberger, Rumberger Kirk & politics and the media inter- Panel moderators in addition o Mils include Caldwell, Tallahassee. Member, Gov. Jeb twined to capture the atten- Panel moderators in addition o Mils include Bush's 2001 Select Task Force on Elections p a UF Provost David Colburn, Professor Richard State Sen. Rod Smith (D-Gainesville) Scher of the UF department of political science, Professor Mark Tushnet, Georgetown ence the ultimate outcome." University Law Center. and Terry Hynes, dean of the UF College of Pam lorio, Hillsborough County Supervisor Journalism and Communications. of Elections. President, Florida Association of Elections Supervisors The conference, open to the public, will begin 1:30 pm. "Fairness in Voting" 1:30 p.m. "Fairness in Voting" at 8 a.m. with a welcome by UF President Charles Panel Moderator: Professor Richard Scher, Young. Five panel sessions, with audience partici- UF Department of Political Science Anthony 'Tony' Hill, Former State pation, are scheduled until conclusion at 4 p.m. Representative. Officer, Florida AFL-CIO Among major topics to be discussed: Dr. Gail Baker, UF Vice President, Public * What caused Florida's close vote outcome? Relations, and Associate Professor SProfessor Joseph W. Little, Alumni Research * What legal strategies were open to both candi- Scholar/National Media Source dates, how were they pursued and with what Jacqueline Berrien, Attomey. NAACP Legal goals in mind? Defense Fund, Washington, DC * How did legal issues and strategies intersect with 3 p.m. "What Have We Learned & Where Do We Go From Here?" political realities and media coverage to both Panel Moderator: Dr. Terry Hynes, Dean, enhance and limit options available to the two UF College of Joumalism and candidates? Communications Former Florida Senate President Toni * Are there steps Florida can take to improve its Jennings electoral process, make it more fair and reflective Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice of public will, and if necessary more dem- Gerald R. Kogan ocratic than this one is perceived to have been? FlaLaw 3 F L A L AW N E W L E T T E R OF THE FRE D RIC G. L E VIN CO L L E GE OF LAW Florida Bar applications For more events: www.law.ufl.edu/calendar It just got easier to Februar y Cariblaw meeting, apply to The Florida Bar. 12 FlaLaw Toastmasters meeting, 12:40 p.m., 283 HOL Applications are now 5-6 p.m., 190B HOL Criminal Law Association meeting, available on the College BLSA meeting, 12:40 p.m., Auditorium 6:30 p.m., 190A HOL of Law Web site 13 BLSA Monologues, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Journal of Entertainment, Art & (www.law. ufl. edu) in two Auditorium Sports Law meeting, 4:10 p.m., locations: StudentAffairs Moot Court Briefs Due 312 HOL and Career Services. (The APALSA meeting, 5:30 p 16-18 Career Development Conference, fingerprint card needed by Starbucks, Union Street Station UF Hotel & Conference Center third-year students is the Free session on divorce issues, 16 Faculty Enrichment, Professor Free session on divorce issues, George Dawson on the LSAT only item not available 7 p.m., 190C HOL APIL meeting, 5:30 p 30 onlinc ) APIL meeting, 5:30 p.m., 350 HOL online.) Phi Delta Phi elections and meeting, 17 Toatmater officer training, 5:20 p.m., 190A HOL 17 Toastmasters officer training, 0 p., 190 HOL 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Bruton-Geer Cafeteria PAD meeting, 5:20 pm, 283 HOL 18 JMBA Golf Tournament, 12:30 p.m., ABA/LSD meeting, 4:10 p.m., 283 HOL Gainesville National Country Club JMBA meeting, 5:30 p.m., 290 HOL BLSA practice for upcoming event, 15 Moot Court Oral Argument Seminar, 4:10-8 p.m., Auditorium FlaLaw is published 6:45 p.m., 283 HOL 19 JLPP general board meeting, each week school is in San Jose Summer Law Program 5:20 p.m., 190A HOL session to inform and informational meeting, 12:40 p.m., BLSA executive meeting, 6 p.m., unite the law school 190A HOL 190B HOL community. APIL meeting, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 290 HOL JLPP meeting, 5:20-6:20 p.m. 190A HOL Editor: Debra Amirin, Associate Director of (Announcements, from page 2) Communications. Florida Bar fellows selected Patent Law Interview Program Stan Huguenin, Director of Communications. The following students have been selected as the To attend the Patent Law Interview Program in Susie Grace, Program 2001-02 Florida Bar Foundation CGR Public Chicago in August, you must register by Friday, Assistant. Service Law Fellows: Delaine Arrington, Alan Feb. 23. The program is hosted by Loyola Christine Williams, Bushnell, Steven Gold, Lakeshia Mosley, Denise University Chicago School of Law, and will be held Student Assistant. Schaffer, Michelle Skinner and Tim Stevens. August 2-4 at the Chicago Marriott Suites. "The choice this year was extraordinarily diffi- The program is only for law students retuming to Deadline: 10 acult. I cannot remember when I have had a better school in Fall 2001. It is not for students beginning esy fr the net pool of applicants," said CGR Director of Social school in the fall, students graduating this semester week's newsletter. Policy Elizabeth McCulloch. "Almost all had or summer, or alumni. Prospective positions are for E-mail news to demonstrated their commitment to public service summer associate and entry-level attorney positions flalaw@law. ufl.edu, through volunteer work both before and during law for 2002. or bring a disk school, and clearly gained from their experiences. This is a highly successful program, which last (PC format, text in Had I had the funds, I could have selected several year included 155 patent law employers, 125 law WordPerfect or Word), more students, but funding limitations forced me to schools and 900 registered law students from across including author's limit the fellowships to seven." the country. Registration forms are available in name and contact Assistant Dean for Career Services Kathy Career Services. Your completed registration form information), to Urbach participated in the interviews. and a check for $25 (payable to Loyola School of Communications, 288 "Every applicant was given full and fair consider- Law) must be retumed to Career Services by 4 p.m. Holland Hall. (Submit ation," said McCulloch. "Congratulations to the new Friday, Feb. 23. For more information, stop by the news for The Docket, Fellows. Those not chosen, and all other students, Center for Career Services. the student newsletter, are urged to seek opportunities for public service at to the John Marshall the Center for Career Services, whether in the pro Bar Association.) bono program or an externship." FlaLaw 4 |