Prospectus - Levin College of Law - University of Florida

CLAIRE M. GERMAIN Associate Dean for Legal Information; Clarence J. TeSelle Professor of Law
“When I came to interview I saw the Spanish-moss-draped oaks, the sun, the wonderful facilities, the staff was
great – the warm welcome – and I thought I could make a contribution. It’s a dynamic law school, it’s a flagship
law school with strong ambitions, and I like to be part of a winning team.”
• As the laboratory of the law school,
the information center houses more
than 600,000 volumes in open-stack
displays
• An open reserve area to give
students direct access to old exams
and study aids
• More than 300 individual study
carrels equipped for wireless
computers, with playback carrels
available for review of taped classes,
negotiations and trial skills. Seating
for another 300 students is provided
• The Richard B. Stephens Tax
Research Center — named for the
co-founder and first director of
the school’s nationally prominent
Graduate Tax Program — features
nearly 70 study carrels for tax
LL.M. students, a graduate lounge,
meeting room and offices for the
Florida Tax Review
• Thirteen study rooms that accommodate
as many as a dozen
students for group study and LL.M.
research
UF Law attracts superstar librarian
If superstar librarians exist, UF Law
has one. Claire M. Germain, associate
dean for Legal Information, is the
new head of the Lawton Chiles Legal
Information Center, coming to Florida
after 18 years leading the Cornell Law
School library. She is widely viewed as
leading the library profession into the
digital age while forging international
links between American legal scholarship,
her French homeland and myriad
corners of the world.
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