April 5, 2004 - Levin College of Law - University of Florida

University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Newsletter • Vol. 7, No. 27 • April 5, 2004 

Chestnut to Chair National Black Law Students Association 

Christopher M. Chestnut (2L, at right) has been elected chair of the National Black 

Law Students Association (NBLSA). Chestnut will be the first student from Florida — 

and, it is believed, the entire southeast — to head the organization. 

“BLSA chairs historically come from institutions such as Harvard or Yale, so this is a 

real honor,” said Chestnut. 

“We are very proud of Chris,” said UF College of Law Dean Robert Jerry. “He is an 

outstanding example of the influence our students — through their talent, hard work 

and dedication — can wield even before graduation.” 

NBLSA articulates and promotes the professional needs and goals of Black law students; 

fosters professional competence; focuses on the relationship of the Black attorney to the 

American legal system; instills in the Black attorney and law student a greater awareness 

of and commitment to the needs of the Black community; and utilizes their expertise to 

initiate change within the legal system to make it more responsive to needs and concerns 

of the Black community. Chestnut and other members of UF’s W. George Allen Chapter of 

BLSA attended the national BLSA conference in Boston last month to compete in the mock 

trial competition. He also decided to run for national office. 

“I choreographed everything in Boston,” Chestnut said, recalling an all-night marathon 

at Kinkos putting together a brochure to promote his election. 

Chestnut is no stranger to high ranking student office. He was president of his class as an undergraduate at 

Florida State University and is in College Leadership Florida. He has volunteered with numerous organizations 

for a diverse range of causes ranging from political activism to Big Brothers & Big Sisters. He also has been a 

law clerk for Willie Gary, senior partner in Gary, Williams, Parent, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando 

LLP; an intern with Congresswoman Corrine Brown for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in 

Washington, D.C., and a political consultant with the lobbying firm Public Private Partnership. His extracurricular 

activities include involvement in BLSA, National Bar Association, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Scholar, American 

Bar Association, John Marshall Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (president), Law College 

Council (executive board) and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. 

In Boston, because he also was competing in the mock trial competition, Chestnut had limited time to 

campaign, and relied on a speech and Q&A with the membership to communicate his vision for the organization, 

which includes initiatives for election protection, putting law outlines online, expanding study abroad opportunities 

and increasing corporate sponsorships. 

“I want to see more diversity of thought in the organization,” Chestnut said. “I’m excited about taking the 

organization in new directions.” 

As chair, Chestnut will act as national BLSA spokesperson, oversee committees, serve on the board of the 

National Bar Association and the American Bar Association, among others, and head fund-raising efforts. 

Although he doesn’t officially become chair until the end of April, Chestnut has already begun building alliances 

by traveling to Washington, D.C. to meet with Congressional representatives. 

“The more I become immersed in it, the more I realize this is a very influential and encompassing position,” 

Chestnut said. 

Chestnut praised the UF College of Law administration for supporting him in his new position. As he travels 

across the country and meets with professionals and students, Chestnut keeps in mind his multiple allegiances. 

“I always introduce myself as a 2L from UF,” he said with a smile. — By Whitney Untiedt (2L) 

St. Thomas More Society Meeting 

The St. Thomas More Society’s last spring 

meeting and elections for 2004-05 president, vice 

president, treasurer, secretary and community outreach 

coordinator are at 4 p.m. today, April 5, in 

190A Holland Hall. 

• ANNOUNCEMENTS • 

Presentation on Korean and 

American Judiciary Systems 

All are invited to a presentation by the International 

Programs Department and International 

Law Society (ILS) at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 

(Announcements Continue Page 4) 

UF Law 

Moves Up 

in Rankings 

In news released as 

FlaLaw went to press, 

the Levin College of Law 

continues to be rated 

among the nation’s top 

law schools — 43rd from 

45th last year — in U.S. 

News & World Report’s 

annual rankings of the 

nation’s best graduate 

schools, with movement 

upward in key categories. 

Highlights include: 

• The Graduate Tax 

Program continues to be 

ranked in the nation’s 

top two. 

• The Environmental Law 

Program was ranked in 

the top 10 percent 

(17th) for the first time. 

• The UF College of Law 

remains first among 

top-tier public law 

schools in the southeast 

for diversity. 

More information will 

be available in FlaLaw 

next week and on the 

college website 

(www.law.ufl.edu). 

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FlaLaw • University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law Newsletter • April 5, 2004 

Summer Aid for 

Public Interest Work 

If you are considering 

a volunteer, unpaid public 

interest internship this 

summer that does not 

earn academic credit, 

apply for a Public Interest 

Summer Scholarship by 

Monday, April 19, in the 

Center for Career Services. 

Applications are available 

from Jill Mahler at 

jillmahler@hotmail.com, 

Jessie Howell in Career 

Services at howellje 

@law.ufl.edu, or online at 

http://plaza.ufl.edu/jdjill/ 

APILscholarship.doc. 

The scholarships cover 

summer living expenses 

for students committed to 

careers in public interest 

law, so they can volunteer 

for nonprofit legal organizations 

without the added 

burden of summer loans. 

The Association for 

Public Interest Law (APIL) 

and Levin College of Law 

provide the scholarships 

each year thanks to generous 

financial donations 

from firms, faculty, 

students and community 

members. If you are 

interesting in supporting 

Public Interest Summer 

Scholarships, contact the 

representatives above. 

Still Time to Study 

in France This Summer 

There still are a few 

positions open in the 

2004 Montpellier Summer 

Study Abroad Program. 

Interested students 

should contact Student 

Affairs Coordinator 

Noemar Castro (castro@ 

law.ufl.edu or 352-392- 

0421) as soon as possible. 

Spring Entrant Meeting Today 

There will be a mandatory Center for Career 

Services meeting for Spring 2004 entrants at noon 

today, April 5, in the auditorium. Students will be 

introduced to Career Services staff, counselors and 

services. Summer options to make your resume 

stand out for the fall recruiting season also will be 

discussed at the meeting, which is co-sponsored by 

Lexis. 

Sign Up for 1L Shadow Program 

Sign up for the 1L Shadow Program at 5:30 

p.m. next Monday, April 12, outside the Center for 

Career Services. The program enables first-year 

law students to shadow attorneys in private practice, 

the court system or legal services and experience 

the legal environment in those areas firsthand. 

Assignment is by lottery, and space is limited. 

Interested 1Ls must bring a copy of their 

resume to the signup/drawing and be present to 

accept the position. For more information, visit 

Career Services. 

Florida Bar Foundation Fellows 

Florida Bar Foundation Summer 2004 Legal 

Services Fellows are Tammi Driver (Legal Aid 

• C A R E E R S E R V I C E S • 

• A L U M N I P R O F I L E : K I M B E R L Y L . J O H N S O N • 

Kimberly Johnson and her husband, Ken, a past 

president of the College of Law Alumni Council. 

Society of the Orange County Bar), Collette Duke 

(Community Law Program), Shannon Tingwall 

Kelly (Seminole County Bar Association Legal 

Aid), Joshua LeRoy (Legal Aid of Palm Beach 

County), Michelle J. Leyva (Gulfcoast Legal 

Services), Marissa M. Lopez (Florida Institutional 

Legal Services), Jill A. Mahler (Jacksonville Area 

Legal Aid) and Rebecca Mills (Jacksonville Area 

Legal Aid). 

OCI on Main Campus Aug. 16-27 

Due to major construction on the College of 

Law campus and lack of space for conducting 

interviews, the first two weeks, Aug. 16-27, of fall 

On-Campus Interviews (OCI) will be conducted 

(this fall only) in 20 interview rooms each day at 

the J. Wayne Reitz Union on main campus. Then, 

beginning Monday, Aug. 30, and continuing 

through the completion of fall OCI, two employers 

per day will interview in the Center for Career 

Services in Bruton-Geer Hall. Note that: 

• First-year students and those who have not previously 

attended an eAttorney orientation must attend 

one of the orientations offered this week (see 

program list on next page). 

(Career Services Continues Page 3) 

“It’s been a pleasure to hire UF law graduates to work with at Quarles & Brady. We have 

not been disappointed with the skills UF students possess. All of our Gator attorneys contributed 

to the law school last year, and I am proud that we can make a difference for the 

future, since I feel we are all fortunate to be able to work in the legal profession. As alumni, 

we have an obligation to support our university.” 

— Kimberly L. Johnson (UF JD 81) a partner in Quarles & Brady, one of the largest law firms in the 

United States, practices in the area of trusts & estates (including administration). She has extensive 

experience in post-mortem tax mitigation techniques, advising individual and corporate fiduciaries, IRS 

audits regarding valuation discounts on both the Federal Estate Tax Return and Gift Tax Returns, lifetime 

gifts, document preparation — including wills, trust documents, prenuptial, postnuptial, family 

limited partnership agreements, limited liability company agreements and other estate planning documents 

— and assisting clients with beneficiary designation forms for IRAs. 

Johnson received her undergraduate degree from Anderson College in 1977, law degree from UF in 

1981, and LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Miami in 

1982. She was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1981 and U.S. 

Tax Court in 1982. She is a member of the Collier County Bar 

Association and American Bar Association (Taxation Section), 

and also is a prominent figure in community affairs and public 

service for a number of organizations, including the Naples 

Art Association and UF’s Diversity Committee. She is a member 

of the UF College of Law Alumni Council, which her husband, 

Ken, has served as president. Their middle son, Kurtis, 

will be a freshman at UF this fall. — By Jessica R. Zlotnick (2L) 

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(Career Services, Continued) 

• Students should have their resumes reviewed 

BEFORE leaving for summer. 

• Students must have a copy of “Fall 2004 OCI Dates 

for Students and Employers,” which lists deadlines 

for fall bidding and interview sign up. 

• All students, including those who have previously 

participated in OCI, MUST sign and return to 

Career Services a copy of “On-Campus Interview 

Policies and Procedures Regarding Declining or 

Canceling Interviews, Effective 1/1/04.” Students 

will be blocked from participation in OCI, including 

bidding, until this form is turned in. 

• DO NOT contact employers before they come to 

campus and/or before a job fair. One of the primary 

reasons employers participate in OCI is to facilitate 

their hiring process and avoid the onslaught of telephone 

calls and inquiries from students. Employers 

have expressed dissatisfaction with students who 

have gone outside this process and contacted them 

directly. This is a serious issue for OCI and particularly 

for job fairs, where the entire law school can 

be banned from participation if a student directly 

contacts an employer. If you have special circumstances 

or questions, contact Career Services. 

Mock Interviews April 1-16 

To help you prepare for the recruiting season, 

Career Services offers opportunities for you to 

practice interview techniques with local attorneys 

who volunteer their time to interview students and 

provide valuable feedback. 

Participants should be dressed and prepared as 

if for a real interview. Interviews are 20 minutes, 

with 10 minutes of feedback. Mock interviews are 

scheduled for Thursday, April 1; Friday, April 2; 

Thursday, April 8; Thursday, April 15; and Friday, 

April 16. Sign up for an interview time on 

Westlaw’s TWEN site. 

Job Fair Informational Meeting 

Job fairs and recruiting and hiring conferences 

are regional interviewing events for students across 

the country, and many have summer deadlines. 

These events are excellent opportunities to meet in 

one location employers from diverse geographic 

areas. Career Services will hold an informational 

meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, in the 

Bailey Courtroom for students interested in participating 

in job fairs this fall. Also check out job fair 

boards in Bruton-Geer Hall and information online 

at www.law.ufl.edu/career/students/#jobfairs. 

Programs and Events 

• Monday, April 5, Mandatory 1L/2004 Spring Entrant 

Introduction to Career Services, noon, auditorium. 

• Tuesday, April 6, eAttorney Orientation, noon, 

Bailey Courtroom. 

• Wednesday, April 7, Resume & Cover Letter 

Workshop, noon, 283 Holland Hall. 

• Wednesday, April 7, eAttorney/Fall OCI Orientation, 

5 p.m., Bailey Courtroom. 

• Thursday, April 8, Walk-In Resume Review, 

8:30-10:30 a.m., Career Services. 

• Thursday, April 8, Mock Interviews, Career Services. 

• Tuesday, April 13, Successful On-Campus Interviews, 

noon, Bailey Courtroom. 

• Wednesday, April 14, Job Fairs Orientation, 

5 p.m., Bailey Courtroom. 

• Thursday, April 22, Pro Bono Awards Banquet, 

10:30 a.m., faculty dining room. Students earning 

spring Pro Bono Certificates will receive invitations. 

For information, e-mail Jessie Howell at 

howellje@law.ufl.edu. ❒ 

Judicial Clerkship Corner: 

Research Courts, Judges 

& Jobs Online 

• The Federal Law Clerk Information System at https:// 

lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/ provides information about 

the federal court structure, clerk duties and details on 

requirements, salary and benefits. Most importantly, it 

includes a searchable database of vacancies, including 

particular judges’ application requirements. 

• Anticipated federal vacancies along with timing 

parameters are listed at http://www.uscourts.gov/ 

vacancies/futurevacancy.htm. 

• The U.S. Courts’ “Frequently Asked Questions” handout 

is available for download at http://www.cadc.uscourts. 

gov/common/Lawclerk/faqs_for_2004.pdf. 

• Vermont Law School’s Guide to State Judicial Clerkship 

Procedures provides information on applying for state 

judicial clerkships in all 50 states at the supreme court, 

appellate court and trial court levels. This 122-page 

directory is available for download at http://www.law. 

utk.edu/departments/career/clerkshp/statej-clerkvt.pdf. 

• The NALP State Judicial Clerkship Directory (online on 

Lexis) includes information from more than 600 judges 

on clerkship opportunities in both federal and state 

courts. 

• The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary, Vols. I & II. 

Volume I contains profiles and evaluations of all judges 

of the U.S. District Courts; Volume II covers the U.S. 

Circuit Courts (online through Westlaw). The listing for 

each judge contains general information, publications 

by the judge, noteworthy rulings, media coverage and 

lawyers’ evaluations. 

• The Judicial Yellow Book is a “who’s who” in federal 

and state courts that includes background information 

on judges, as well as names and phone numbers of 

court staff personnel and current judicial clerks. A 

school index in the back helps locate UF graduates 

serving as clerks and judges. 

State Court websites and information provided by 

the National Center for State Courts, www.ncsc 

online.org/D_KIS/info_court_web_sites.html#State. ❒ 

Apply Now for Bar 

Public Service 

Fellow Positions 

The Florida Bar 

Foundation has approved 

another year of funding 

for Public Service Fellows. 

Students interested in 

applying for these positions 

are encouraged to 

attend a current fellows 

meeting at 5 p.m. next 

Monday, April 12, outside 

Career Services. 

Applications are due by 

noon Friday, April 16, to 

Lenny Kennedy in the 

Center for Governmental 

Responsibility (CGR). 

Public Service 

Fellowships are open to 

students in their fourth 

or fifth semester interested 

in gaining experience 

in the public interest sector. 

Fellows are expected 

to work 10-15 hours a 

week (total of 270 hours) 

over the course of Fall 

2004 and Spring 2005 

semesters. They also are 

responsible for publishing 

an article in JMBA’s 

Docket and putting 

together a public interest 

law-related group project 

or panel. Fellow receive a 

stipend for their work. 

(Last year’s fellows 

received $3,500 each.) 

Possible placements 

include Florida 

Institutional Legal 

Services, Three Rivers 

Legal Services, Guardian 

ad Litem, Southern Legal 

Counsel and Public 

Defender’s Office. 

Fact sheets and applications 

are available in 

CGR, Center for Career 

Services and Office of 

Student Affairs. For more 

information, contact Jessie 

Howell in Career Services 

(352-392-0499) or Tim 

McLendon in CGR (352- 

392-2237). 

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Time’s Running 

Out: Apply Now 

for 2004-05 Aid 

• Students should apply 

now for aid for 2004-05, 

and are encouraged to 

do so online to save 

processing time and 

reduce errors through 

the system’s built-in 

editing format. Go to 

FAFSA/Renewal FAFSA on 

the Web (www.FAFSA. 

ed.gov) and follow 

instructions. You can 

then check the status of 

your application and/or 

make corrections online. 

• Apply now for financial 

aid this summer. To be 

considered, you must 

have a completed 2003- 

04 Free Application for 

Federal Student Aid 

(FAFSA) on file with UF 

and have indicated there 

that you will be enrolled 

for Summer 2004 Term 

for a minimum of three 

credits for J.D. students 

and four credits for 

graduate students. The 

yearly limit on federal 

Stafford loans is 

$18,500. Some students 

may be unable to meet 

expected summer enrollment 

costs with their 

remaining eligibility for 

this type loan. Other 

options include limited 

Perkin’s loan funds, private 

student loans and 

Federal Work Study. 

For information or 

to review aid options, 

contact Financial Aid 

Coordinator Carol Huber 

in the Office of Student 

Affairs (call 352-392-0421 

or visit 164 Holland Hall). 

UF Law Fellows Educate Community 

Through ‘Street Law’ Symposium on DUI 

More than 45 members of the community — including 

many UF law students — attended “Street Law 2004” to 

learn more about DUI law in Florida from both the prosecution 

and defense perspective. Panelists (at right, from 

left) included Gainesville Criminal Defense Attorney Bill 

Davis, Assistant State Attorney Bill Ezzell and Alachua 

County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Todd Jackson. 

“The event was a huge success, and we were able to 

learn from those who are currently practicing members of our 

criminal justice system,” said Street Law 2004 Chair and Public 

Service Fellow Jon Gurney (fifth from left in bottom photo, with other 

Street Law organizers and participants). “Seminars such as this add 

another dimension to our study of criminal law and will make all of 

us better advocates for our clients in the future.” 

Public service fellows are funded through a Florida Bar Foundation 

grant. The program is co-directed by the Center for Career Services 

and Center for Governmental Responsibility. (Also see page 3.) ❒ 

(Announcements, Continued) 

in 190 Holland Hall. Visiting scholars from Seoul, 

Korea, will compare and discuss Korean and 

American judiciary systems. Yongcheol Kim, a 

judge in Seoul District Court, will make the presentation, 

and Yoon-Keun Ham, prosecutor in the 

Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office, will join him 

for questions. 

Elections for 2004-05 ILS president, vice 

president, treasurer and secretary will be held 

before the presentation. 

JLPP Elections, Write-On Invitees 

A Journal of Law and Public Policy (JLPP) 

general board meeting will be held at 6 p.m. this 

Wednesday, April 7, in 190B Holland Hall. 

Elections also will be held for for next semester’s 

First ABA Basketball Tourney Held 

The American Bar Association (ABA) Student 

Chapter’s first annual Three-on-Three Basketball 

Tourney was a huge success, according to participants. 

(The ABA executive board and winning team, 

“The First Semesters,” pictured above.) The draw was 

filled with 16 teams and winners earned a $100 cash 

prize. More ABA events are planned for fall. 

senior board. All members are required to attend. 

JLPP welcomes Spring 2004 Write-On 

Invitees Jennifer Barrett, Robert Caplen, Alex 

Figares, Dara Garel, Jarrett Hoffman, Amanda 

Koenigsknecht, Heather Macre, Karena Mattingly, 

Jonathan O’Connell, Yelena Shneyderman, Adam 

Shonson and Carolyn Zegeer. 

For information, e-mail JLPP Managing 

Editor Matt Carson at carson@ufl.edu. 

Students Compete in JESSUP 

UF Levin College of Law students Vivianne 

Grajales, Chad Brazzeal, Peter Focks and Amber 

Scures competed in the Jessup International Moot 

Court Competition at Emory Law School in 

Atlanta Feb. 27-28. The team argued on issues 

such as contemporary and developing problems in 

international human rights law, the International 

Court of Justice, and relevant international conventions 

concerning genocide, civil and political 

rights, and reparations. 

ABA-UF Student Division Meets 

There will be an American Bar Association 

(ABA) UF Student Division general meeting and 

elections for next year’s executive board at 11 a.m. 

Thursday, April 8, in 190 Holland Hall. All students 

are welcome to attend and learn more about 

new positions and opportunities for involvement. 

CLA Book Drive Underway 

The Criminal Law Association (CLA) will 

collect books for prison inmates until Monday, 

April 19, in Student Affairs, Career Services and 

on the concourse. Dig through your bookshelves 

(and those of your friends, neighbors and relatives) 

and bring in books you can part with for this wor- 


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thy cause. Books will be used by male inmates. 

Law books or magazines cannot be accepted, but 

other appropriate books are appreciated, including 

academic (geography, oceanography, meteorology, 

astronomy, history, etc.), science fiction, performance, 

fiction, and books written in Spanish. 

A new program for inmates to read childrens’ 

books to their own children on tape has resulted in 

a need for blank tapes and children’s books. 

All are invited to a CLA end of year reception 

6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15, in the faculty dining 

room in Bruton-Geer Hall. It will feature guest 

speakers on the topic, “Putting Our Kids on the 

Chain Gang: A Round Table Discussion on Youth 

Serving Adult Sentences.” Refreshments will be 

served, and all guest speakers from previous CLA 

meetings will be invited. 

For more information about the book drive or 

reception, e-mail gatorcrimlawassoc@yahoo.com. 

LSR Elections April 8 

Law School Republicans (LSR) officer elections 

for next year will be held during the final 

LSR meeting of the semester Thursday, April 8, at 

1 p.m. in 190B Holland Hall. To run for office or 

nominate someone, e-mail flawgop@hotmail.com. 

The LSRs continue to promote law student 

involvement in GEAR-UP, the Alachua County 

school system’s volunteer program that provides 

mentoring and support to area middle and high 

school students. If you want to help local kids and 

earn community service hours, e-mail VP Adria 

Toledo at atoly@ufl.edu. 

Sign up for the LSR listserve and check out 

information and links at uflawgop.com. (The LSR 

blog has many interesting discussion topics. 

Contact the listserve to participate.) 

ICAM Team Competing in Vienna 

The International Commercial Arbitration Team 

(above, from left, Daniel Nordby, Karla Haynes, 

Associate Professor/Faculty Advisor Wayne Hanewicz, 

Lisset Gonzalez, Heather Nason and Tara Rao) is now 

in Vienna, Austria, competing at the Willem C. Vis 

International Commercial Arbitration Moot. 

The team recently attended the Stetson Pre-Vis 

Competition in preparation for the Vienna competition. 

The Stetson competition enabled moot teams 

to practice against other domestic and international 

teams and hone their skills for the international 

event. The University of Florida’s ICAM team competed 

against Stetson University, University of Basel and 

Zagreb University. Team member Karla Haynes was 

named Best Oralist. 

“I am very proud of our team. The Stetson competition 

was a wonderful opportunity for team members 

to showcase their talent and demonstrate that 

they are ready to compete in Vienna,” said Lisset 

Gonzalez. “We are grateful for the support we have 

received from our faculty advisors and sponsors, the 

International Litigation and Arbitration Group of Steel 

Hector & Davis and John and Tifi Bierley of Tampa.” ❒ 

EASLS Speaker April 6 

The Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law 

Society (EASLS) will host President of So So Def 

Sports and Entertainment, super agent Hadley 

Englehardt April 6 as part of the EASLS Spring 

2004 Lecture Series. Also scheduled are sports, 

entertainment and music lawyer and head of The 


IPTLA Members Compete in Atlanta 

Nine members (at right) of the law school’s 

Intellectual Property and Technology Law Association 

(IPTLA) traveled to Atlanta Feb. 21 to participate in 

the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition. The annual 

competition is sponsored by the Brand Names 

Foundation, and provides an opportunity for students 

to argue issues related to trademark law and unfair 

competition. 

IPTLA fielded two teams of four in this year’s competition, 

with each team preparing a brief and alternately representing the appellant and appellee in oral 

arguments. 

Sarah Knight (1L), who attended the event as a learning experience, watched the competition and collected 

“lessons learned observations” from participants. She believes IPTLA, which did well in competition this 

year, stands a good chance of placing high in the competition next year. 

IPTLA seeks to encourage interest and education in intellectual property through active learning. For more 

information, go online to http://www.law.ufl.edu/students/organizations/iptla/. ❒ 

Library Moves 17th 

• The Legal Information 

Center (library) moves 

April 17 to its new 

Butler Plaza location. 

Law school seminar students 

and those doing 

legal research: library 

materials MUST be 

checked out before April 

16 for use until May 12, 

when the collection 

opens for research in 

Butler Plaza. 

• A LIC reserve desk will 

open April 17 in Media 

Services, second floor of 

Bruton-Geer Hall, to 

provide old exams, and 

readings and books on 

reserve. The Tax Library 

collection will be added 

to the Bruton-Geer Hall 

collection and open for 

research May 2. 

For updates, go online 

to www.law.ufl.edu/ 

construction/ or contact 

LIC reference staff at 

352-392-0417. 

Westlaw Printer 

Moves April 9 

Due to Computer Lab 

remodeling, Westlaw will 

move the printer now outside 

Media Services in 

Bruton-Geer Hall to the 

lobby outside the Center 

for Career Services Friday 

afternoon, April 9. The 

new location will be 

updated in Westlaw, and 

jobs sent to the Westlaw 

printer in Media Services 

will be automatically forwarded 

to the new location. 

Westlaw will not 

offer printing in Holland 

Hall after the Legal 

Information Center (LIC) 

closes April 17 (see story 

above), though a Westlaw 

printer will be available in 

the temporary LIC Annex 

when it opens in May. 

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No Smoking 

on Concourse 

Smokers are asked to 

remember that the concourse 

is a no smoking 

area. Please be considerate 

and restrict smoking 

to the only approved area 

at the College of Law — 

the northeast corner of 

Holland Law Center (closest 

to tennis courts and 

near the “igloo”). 

Submit News for 

Last Docket 

The Docket is written 

and produced by UF law 

students and inserted in 

FlaLaw every other week. 

Submit news for the last 

spring Docket — the 

April 12 issue — to coeditors 

Stephanie Mickle 

and Kristen Simmons by 

noon Tuesday, April 6. 

Submissions must be 

Word compatible and no 

more than 750 words. 

Include contact information 

and author’s name. 

JMBA may edit for style, 

format and length, and 

will not republish articles. 

E-mail news, information 

and/or questions to 

Law Alumni Council, Trustees Meet April 16-17 

The Levin College of Law’s Law Alumni 

Council and Law Center Association Board of 

Trustees will gather here Friday and Saturday, 

April 16-17, for business meetings and other activities 

in conjunction with the University of Florida’s 

first-ever “Stakeholder’s Weekend.” 

The UF Foundation is hosting Stakeholder’s 

Weekend to spotlight the vital role private giving 

plays in UF’s success. Events include an information 

session 11 a.m.-noon April 17 in Emerson 

Alumni Hall President’s Room with UF President 

J. Bernard Machen and UF Foundation representatives; 

and an endowment luncheon 12:30-2:30 p.m. 

that day in the Florida Gym. (Details online at 

www.uff.ufl.edu/stakeholder.) 

Law Alumni Council President Oscar Sanchez 

(UF JD 82) of Akerman Senterfitt, Miami, and 

Law Center Association Board of Trustees Chair 

Michael McNerney (UF JD 73) of Brinkley 

McNerney Morgan Solomon & Tatum, LLP, Ft. 

Lauderdale, will head up the following events: 

The College of Law sponsors a variety 

of opportunities — ranging from black 

tie galas to casual picnics like the one 

pictured above — to enable alumni to 

continue their relationship with the 

law school and their fellow graduates. 

The “Gator Lawyer” network and 

career contacts it provides are valuable 

lifelong benefits for UF law graduates. 


Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law 

Section Darryl Cohen April 8, and music and 

entertainment lawyer Laurie Ashton Anton (details 

TBA). Topics will include summer associate positions, 

trends and issues, and bridging the gap from 

student to practicing lawyer. For information, e- 

mail EASLS President Charles B. Jimerson at 

charliejimerson@yahoo.com. 

• Friday, April 16: Book Award Ceremony at 4 p.m. 

in Holland Hall auditorium to honor sponsors and 

student recipients. Members of the Law Alumni 

Council and Law Center Association Board of 

Trustees will attend a dinner at 6 p.m. at the home 

of Dean Robert and Lisa Jerry. 

• Saturday, April 17: Board of Trustees and Law 

Alumni Council breakfast at 7:30 a.m. in Holland 

Hall auditorium, followed at 8 a.m. by presentations 

from UF President J. Bernard Machen and Dean 

Robert Jerry. Board of Trustees and Law Alumni 

Council meetings begin at 9:45 a.m. A black-tie UF 

President’s Council Reception and Gala will begin 

at 6 p.m. in the Reitz Union Grand Ballroom 

(invitation only). 

Other scheduled alumni gatherings include: 

• May 25, Fort Pierce Gator Law Alumni Reception, 

5:30-7:30 p.m., Pelican Yacht Club, 1120 Seaway 

Dr., Fort Pierce, FL. RSVP: R.J. Stamper 

(rstamper@uff.ufl.edu or 352-846-3579). 

• May 26, Lakeland Gator Law Alumni Reception, 

5:30-7:30 p.m., Lakeland Yacht Club. RSVP: R.J. 

Stamper (rstamper@uff.ufl.edu or 352-846-3579). 

• June 23, Florida Bar Annual Meeting Gator Law 

Alumni Reception, 6:30-8 p.m., Boca Raton Resort 

& Club, 501 E. Camino Real. RSVP: RJ Stamper 

(rstamper@uff.ufl.edu or 352-846-3579). 

• Aug. 5, American Bar Association Annual Meeting 

Gator Law Alumni Reception, 5:30 -7 p.m., Facility 

TBA, Atlanta, GA. RSVP: Kori Carr 

(carrk@law.ufl.edu or 352-392-9296). 

There are 2,600-plus alumni and friends 

whose financial support makes many Levin 

College of Law programs, facilities and activities 

possible. Many are recognized in the 2002-03 Law 

Center Association Annual Report, now online as a 

link from the College of Law website at 

www.law.ufl.edu. For a hard copy or information, 

contact the College of Law Office of Development 

and Alumni Affairs at 352-392-9296. ❒ 

UF Law Graduation May 14 

Levin College of Law graduation ceremonies 

are scheduled for Friday, May 14, at 2 p.m. in the 

University of Florida Stephen C. O’Connell 

Center. (Senior information is available on the 

Student Affairs website at www.law.ufl.edu/ 

students.) The Honorable Susan Harrell Black (UF 

JD 67) — Florida’s first female federal judge — 

jmbadocket@yahoo.com. (Announcements Continue Page 7) 

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Incoming Law College Council Board 

Invites Student Participation 

2004-05 Law College Council (LCC) Vice 

President Najah Gibson (from left), President Lee 

Harang, Secretary Erica Williams and Treasurer 

Steve Martin invite students to participate in the 

council, which exists to present the views and 

promote the interests of law students. 

The LCC general board meets today, April 5, and 

Monday, April 19, at 6 p.m in 190B Holland Hall. 

Each meeting features open forums where students 

may address the council and voice their concerns. 

For information, e-mail current LCC President Justin 

S. Flippen at Gatorlaw78@aol.com. 


will be commencement speaker. Black was named 

a University of Florida Distinguished Alumna in 

1982, and is UF Law Center Association trustee 

emeritus; College for New Florida Circuit and 

County Judges dean, and on the faculty of the 

National Judicial College. 

CSRRR Announcements 

The Center for the Study of Race and Race 

Relations (CSRRR) encourages students to apply 

for the following: 

• Apply by June 1 to CSRRR for the 2004-05 Evan 

Yegelwel Fellowship. The award is $2,000, and 

supports student research and scholarship toward 

reducing crime motivated by hate, prejudice or 

stereotyping. Details are on the CSRRR website at 

www.law.ufl.edu/centers/csrrr/. 

• CSRRR needs a summer research assistant to assist 

staff on multiple projects. Ten hours per week commitment. 

Strong computer skills — including webpage 

and database design — desired. “This is exciting, 

important work — come grow with us!” said 

Assistant Director Melissa Bamba. To apply, submit 

your resume and cover letter to Pat Hancock in 340 

Holland Hall. 

In addition, CSRRR invites everyone to attend 

its Spring Lecture 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, April 12, 

in Emerson Alumni Hall. George Washington 

University Law Professor Paul Butler will speak 

on, “Much Respect: Toward a Hip-Hop Theory of 

Punishment,” based on his forthcoming article in 

the Stanford Law Review. A pre-lecture reception 

will be held 2-3 p.m. in the faculty dining room. 

Three Rivers Legal Services 

Volunteer Programs 

AmeriCorps attorneys at Three Rivers Legal 

Services, Inc. (TRLS) will man an informational 

table on the law school concourse 10:30 a.m.- 

12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, to discuss the Pro 

Bono Legal Corps program, public interest law 

and volunteer opportunities at TRLS. 

TRLS offers four separate summer volunteer 

programs for law students: Housing Clinic, 

Domestic Violence Outreach, Consumer Debt 

Clinic and Elder Intake/Outreach. Students may 

sign up for more than one (rank them in order of 

preference), and participate in more than one on a 

space available basis. Landlord/Tenant returning 

volunteers have preference for “mentor” slots in 

the Housing Clinic. For all other slots and clinics, 

priority is given to students who have returned the 

student volunteer survey (available outside the 

Center for Career Services). Students must be able 

to attend the entire training session to participate 

in any clinic. 

To participate, e-mail your registration 

requests — including your name, program requests 

in order of preference, e-mail and street addresses, 

phone number and year/semester — to Rhonda 

Chung-de Cambre at rhonda.decambre@trls.org. 

Registration closes April 16, and placements will 

be sent by April 23. Full program details are availble 

on boards outside Career Services or at the 

TRLS table on the concourse. ❒ 

Visiting Scholar Speaks on Biodiversity 

Dr. Jim Chen (front, right), James L. Krusemark 

Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law 

School, gave a presentation, “Across the Apocalypse 

on Horseback: Imperfect legal Responses to 

Biodiversity Loss,” last week to UF law students in 

the Environmental and Land Use Law Program. 

Headed by Professor Alyson Flournoy (fifth from 

left, with fellow ELUL faculty Mark Fenster, second 

from left, Michael Allan Wolf, fourth from left, Steve 

Powell, second from right, and Christine Klein, first 

from right, and program students), the program’s 

deep and diverse course offerings and extracurricular 

activities and top faculty are helping bring the UF 

College of Law to the forefront in this growing area, 

as witnessed by the law school’s recent ranking in 

the top 10 percent in the nation for Environmental 

Law. ❒ 

Lexis News 

Students have one 

more opportunity to get 

Lexis-certified this semester. 

Classes will be held 

April 7, 8 and 9 in Holland 

Law library at the following 

times: 

• Intermediate, 11 a.m. 

• Advanced, noon 

• Intermediate, 3 p.m. 

• Advanced, 4 p.m. 

Students who are 

clerking this summer 

should consider Build Your 

Future/Summer Associate 

training, which will be 

offered April 7-9 in conjunction 

with certification 

classes in Holland Law 

library. 

For information, go to 

the LEXIS “Myschool” 

website. And don’t forget 

to take advantage of LEXIS 

Tutorials, online at www. 

lexisnexis.com/lawschool. 

Help With Public 

Record Searches 

Lexis has recently 

added to its Public 

Records database for 

students. In addition to 

searching real property 

records and criminal and 

civil filings, students also 

can search physician 

records and divorce, marriage 

and death records. 

Just go to the Public 

Records tab to view more 

sources. (Remember, when 

searching public records 

you must click NEW 

SEARCH or CONTINUE 

SEARCH to enter your 

terms, and use the w/3 

connecter between the 

first & last name, i.e. 

bonita w/3 young.) 

Lexis also provides 

free study aids online for 

Torts, Civil Procedure, 

Evidence, Criminal 

Procedure and more. Go 

to http://www.lexisnexis. 

com/lawschool/resource/ 

summaries/ and select the 

document you need. 

For 24-hour customer 

service, call 800-45-LEXIS. 

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for FlaLaw 

FlaLaw is published 

each week school is in 

session. All are encouraged 

to submit news of 

interest to the law school 

community by 10 a.m. 

Tuesday for the following 

Monday’s newsletter to 

Editor Debra Amirin, 

Director of Institutional 

Information & Publications, 

amirin@law.ufl.edu, 

Dean’s Office (264 HOL), 

392-9238, Fax 392-8727. 

Only two more 

spring FlaLaws remain. 

Stay current through 

e-mail this summer — 

subscribe to UF Law 

E-News at www.law.ufl. 

edu/news/flalaw. 

Fredric G. Levin 

College of Law 

Administration 

• Robert H. Jerry, II, Dean 

• Stuart R. Cohn, 

Associate Dean for 

International Studies 

• Michael K. Friel, Associate 

Dean for Academic Affairs 

• William H. Page, 


Faculty Development 

• M. Kathleen “Kathie” Price, 

Associate Dean for Library 

and Technology 

• Gail E. Sasnett, Associate 

Dean for Students, 

Professionalism and 

Community Relations 

• J. Patrick Shannon, 


Administrative Affairs 

• Donald J. Hale, Senior 

Development Director 

• Linda Calvert Hanson, 

Assistant Dean for 

Career Services 

• Richard L. Ludwick, 

Assistant Dean for Students 

• J. Michael Patrick, Assistant 

Dean for Admissions 

• S C H O L A R S H I P & A C T I V I T I E S • 

• Legal Technology Institute Director Andy 

Adkins presented “All-in-One Solutions” and 

“Do It Yourself Knowledge Management” at 

the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago. 

• Institute for Dispute Resolution Associate 

Director/Legal Skills Professor Alison 

Gerencser presented, with students Greg 

Boyland, Alyson Falik and John Verickera, a 

CME program entitled “Art, Emotion and 

Mindfulness in Mediation” to the County 

Court Mediators of the 8th Judicial Circuit. 

Adkins 

Jordon 

• Associate Professor Cally Jordon gave a 

presentation on “International Cross-Listing 

and Bonding: The Chameleon Effect” at the 

New York Stock Exchange Conference on McMahon 

the Future of Global Equity Trading March 

12 in Sarastota. Her report, “Modern 

Company Law for a Competitive Economy, 

an International Survey,” prepared in 1996 

for the Hong Kong government and updated 

in 1998 for the U.K. government as part 

of their three-year review of British companies law, 

is now being used by the Vietnamese government in 

their effort to unify laws covering the corporate sector 

and improve the investment climate of the 

recently transiting socialist economy. The World 

Bank recommended Jordan to the Vietnamese government 

as one of “three internationally recognized 

experts in companies law,” the other two being 

Cambridge Professor Teaches in 

Top-Ranked Graduate Tax Program 

Cambridge University Professor Peter Harris 

(standing, with students from his European 

Taxation course) has taught in the University of 

Florida College of Law’s highly rated Graduate Tax 

Program for the last two weeks. The program is 

widely recognized for its excellence by tax scholars 

and practitioners, and has just once again been 

ranked in the top two in the country in U.S. News 

& World Report’s rankings of tax faculty. ❒ 

Gerencser 

Magnarella 

Piascik 

Peters 

April 

Professor Bernard Black of Stanford and 

Professor John Coffee of Columbia. 

• Affiliate Professor Paul Magnarella was 

guest editor and contributed an article, 

“Universalism versus Exceptionalism: 

Human Rights and the Asian Values 

Critique,” to a special number devoted to 

Asian and African Perspectives on Human 

Rights of The Oriental Anthropologist 

(Vol. 4, No. 1, 2004), a journal published 

at Allahabad University, India. 

• Clarence J. TeSelle Professor Martin J. 

McMahon, Jr. was a panelist for a nationwide, 

hour-long ABA Tax Link Live Ethics 

Teleconference, “Privileges and Work 

Product in the Context of Tax Litigation: 

Lessons From the Trenchs,” March 25. 

• Virgil Hawkins Civil Clinics and Institute 

for Dispute Resolution Director/Trustee 

Research Fellow Don Peters gave a 

keynote speech exploring whether negotiation 

and ethics are mutually exclusive at 

the annual conference of the ADR 

Committee of the Florida Trial Lawyers 

Section in Orlando March 26. 

• Publications and Information Coordinator Jennifer 

Piascik received top-three recognition for photography 

and books in UF’s Golden Gator competition. ❒ 

• U F L A W C A L E N D A R • 

See calendar online at www.law.ufl.edu 

5 • Career Services 1L Introduction Program, noon, 

auditorium 

• St. Thomas More Society Meeting, 4 p.m., 190A HOL 

6 • Career Services 1L eAttorney Orientation Program, noon, 

Bailey Courtroom 

• EASLS Speaker, So So Def Sports and Entertainment Agent 

Hadley Englehardt (details TBA) 

7 • Cover Letter & Resume Writing Workshop, noon, 283 HOL 

• Career Services eAttorney/Fall OCI Orientation Program, 

5 p.m., Bailey Courtroom 

• JLPP Board Meeting, 6 p.m., 190B HOL 

8 • ABA-UF Student Division Meeting & Elections, 11 a.m., 

190 HOL 

• LSR Final Meeting & Elections, 1 p.m., 190B HOL 

• Walk-In Resume Review, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Career Services 

• EASLS Speaker, Sports, Entertainment and Music Lawyer 

Darryl Cohen (details TBA) 

12 • CSRRR Spring Lecture, Professor Paul Butler, 4 p.m., 

Emerson Alumni Hall teaching classroom. (Reception 

before lecture 2-3 p.m., faculty dining room 

• Signups for 1L Shadow Program, 5:30 p.m., outside Career 

Services 

13 • Successful On-Campus Interviews, noon, Bailey Courtroom 

• CLA Reception, 6-7:30 p.m., faculty dining room 

14 • Comparative Presentation on Korean and American Judiciary 

Systems & ILS Elections, 5 p.m., 190 HOL 

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