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MARTHA BARNETT
Honored by UF
For her commitment to the University
of Florida and accomplishment in
her chosen field, Martha Barnett
(JD 73) was honored as a UF Distinguished
Alumnus at the Levin College
of Law’s commencement ceremony in
May. Barnett, former president of the
American Bar Association and a partner
in the law firm of Holland & Knight, also
delivered the commencement address to
the Spring 2007 graduates.
After graduating from law school,
Barnett became Holland & Knight’s
first female attorney and now serves as
chair of the firm’s Directors Committee,
the firm’s highest policy-making body.
As a member of the ABA, she held
numerous key roles, including chairing
the House of Delegates, a task force
that studied women in the legal
profession, and one of its most
significant sections, Individual Rights
and Responsibilities.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist recently
appointed her to serve on the Taxation
and Budget Reform Commission.
ON THE
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Tell Your Story
Just about every alumnus has at
least one or two great stories to tell
about their time in law school. Now you
can share your experiences with classmates
and read about almost 100 years
of historical events at UF Law on a new
section of the college’s website. To post
your story, just complete an easy-to-use
form at www.law.ufl.edu/history.
CLE Courses
UF Law offers several online CLE
courses and course materials (developed
by Professor Steve Willis), including
“Family Law Tax Issues” and “Financial
Calculations for Lawyers.” Learn all the
details at www.uflcle.com.
Historic Preservation Benefits Florida
Historic preservation enhances
the quality of life of Floridians
through economic and cultural
contributions to an improved sense
of place, according to a new study
from the Center for Governmental
Responsibility at the Levin College of
Law and the Department of Urban and
Regional Planning, both at the University
of Florida.
“Determining a specific dollar
value for quality of life is a challenging
undertaking,” said project co-director
Timothy McLendon (JD 94), staff
attorney at the Center for Governmental
Responsibility. “Therefore, we offered
local decision makers a number of options
for protecting historically valuable assets
that contribute to the community.”
The report includes models and tools
available to further historic preservation
in Florida and to measure the impact of
historical structures, events and related
activities on the enhancement of the
quality of life in Florida.
“Weʼre excited to have this
wonderful study to confirm that along
with the economic impacts that result
from historic preservation, the quality
of life is indeed improved as well,”
said Caroline Tharpe Weiss, executive
director of the Florida Trust for Historic
Preservation, which provided key
support for the study.
Moot Court Takes
First Place In Competition
The Justice Campbell Thornal
Moot Court team at UF Law sent
two winning teams to the Henry
G. Manne Moot Court Competition for
Law & Economics at the George Mason
University School of Law in Washington,
D.C. in February.
The team of Jacqueline Antonious and
Joe Licandro took first place overall, and
the team of Dina Finkel and Elizabeth
Frock won Best Brief.
One of the foremost national moot
court teams, the Justice Campbell
Thornal Moot Court Team competes each
year at more than a dozen tournaments
throughout the country to promote
excellence in appellate advocacy.
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