Connect with UF Law

The University of Florida Levin College of Law offers a variety of ways for students to connect with us. In addition to attending virtual and in-person law fairs, we are hosting bi-weekly Q&A sessions and daily tours of campus throughout the admissions cycle. Please bookmark this page and check back often for updates on added events.

We hope to meet you virtually or in-person soon!

VIRTUAL QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSIONS

You may register here for one of our interactive Q&A sessions. During these sessions, a member of the UF Law Admissions team will answer questions for those at any stage of the admissions process, from prospective applicants to admitted students

IN-PERSON TOURS AND CLASS VISITS

Please visit our Law School Tours and Class Visits webpage for more information and to register.

VIRTUAL TOURS

If visiting campus is not an option, UF Law offers virtual tours with a current Levin Ambassador.

LAW FAIRS

UF Law will be participating in law fairs nationwide. Please note that some of these events may require pre-registration or may be limited to specific group members. If you have questions about the event itself, please contact the university and/or organization for more information.

If you would like an admissions officer from UF Law to attend your law fair, please contact Assistant Director for Admissions Layne Prebor.

Florida State University Phi Alpha Delta Panel

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
7:00 – 9:00 pm ET

FIU Law Path to the Legal Profession

Saturday, September 21, 2024
9:30 – 2:30 pm ET

FIU Florida Law Schools Fair

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
3:00 – 6:00 pm ET

University of South Carolina Law School Fair

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
1:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Morehouse College Law Fair

Thursday, September 26, 2024
12:00 – 3:00 pm ET

Emory University Law School Admissions Networking Night

Thursday, September 26, 2024
6:30 – 8:00 pm ET

National HBCU Pre-Law Expo

Saturday, September 28, 2024
5:30 – 7:30 pm ET

University of Georgia Law School Fair

Monday, September 30, 2024
10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET

Notre Dame Virtual Law Fair

Friday, October 4, 2024
10:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

Washington DC Law Fair

Monday, October 14, 2024
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET

University of Maryland Law Fair

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
10:00 – 1:00 pm ET

University of Central Florida Graduate & Professional School Expo

Thursday, October 17, 2024
1:00 – 4:00 pm ET

Florida A&M University Law Day

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET

HBCU Pathway to Law Initiative Virtual Presentation

Tuesday, October 22, 2024
6:00 – 7:00 pm ET

Florida State University Graduate & Law School Expo

Wednesday, October 23, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

University of Florida Graduate and Professional Schools Fair

Thursday, October 24, 2024
10:00 am – 2:00 pm ET

Howard University Black Women in Pre-Law Society Law School Fair

Saturday, October 26, 2024
11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

Pizza with the Deans for UF Undergraduate Students

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm ET

University of Florida Blue Key STEM/Health Professions Day

Wednesday, November 6, 2024
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm ET

University of Florida Blue Key Legal Professions Day

Wednesday, November 20, 2024
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET

Emory University Law School Fair

Monday, January 27, 2025
Time TBA

Tuskegee University Law School Fair

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time TBA

Auburn University Law School Fair

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
12:00 – 3:00 pm CT

University of Alabama Law School Fair

Thursday, January 30, 2025
12:00 – 3:00 pm CT

University of West Florida Law School Fair

Friday, January 31, 2025
1:00 – 3:00 pm CT

LSAC LAW SCHOOL FORUMS

LSAC offers in-person and digital Law School Forums for aspiring law students to learn about law school and connect with law school representatives. UF Law will be at the following events. To attend a 2024-2025 LSAC Law School Forum, you must register at least two days prior to the forum date.

September LSAC Digital Law School Forum — LLM-focused

Friday, September 13, 2024
6:00 – 9:00 pm ET

Atlanta LSAC Law School Forum

Hyatt Regency Atlanta
Friday, September 27, 2024
12:00 – 6:00 pm ET

New York LSAC Law School Forum

New York Hilton Midtown
Friday, October 18, 2024
12:00 – 6:00 pm ET

Saturday, October 19, 2024
10:00 am – 4:00 pm ET

October LSAC Digital Law School Forum — JD-focused

October 23, 2024
5:00 – 8:00 pm ET

November LSAC Digital Law School Forum — JD-focused

November 14, 2024
5:00 – 8:00 pm ET

February LSAC Digital Law School Forum — JD-focused

February 6, 2025
5:00 – 8:00 pm ET

Virtual Presentations

We also offer virtual admissions presentations to pre-law/legally-related groups. If you would like an admissions officer from UF Law to virtually present to your organization or small group, please contact Assistant Director Layne Prebor. We request that there be a minimum of 20 members attending each event.

Wednesday, September 4, 2024: Clemson University William T. Howell Pre-Law Society
Monday, September 9, 2024: University of Central Florida Knight’s Pre-Law Association
Wednesday, September 11, 2024: Flagler College Career Development Center
Monday, September 16, 2024: Pennsylvania State Empowering Women in the Law
Wednesday, September 18, 2024: University of Alabama Pre-Law Student Association
Monday, September 23, 2024: Florida State University Phi Alpha Delta
Wednesday, October 2, 2024: University of South Florida Phi Alpha Delta
Monday, October 7, 2024: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Kappa Alpha Pi
Wednesday, October 9, 2024: University of Miami Phi Alpha Delta
Wednesday, October 23, 2024: Georgia Southern Career & Professional Development
Monday, November 11, 2024: Morehouse Spelman Pre-Law Society
Tuesday, November 12, 2024: University of Georgia Phi Alpha Delta
Tuesday, November 19, 2024: York University The Law and Society Student Association

Please check this page for updates on UF Law events.

The Florida Constitutional Law Endowment in memory of Justice Ben F. Overton was created by Judge Karen Miller in 2013. This fund supports lectures and presentations by Justices of the Florida Supreme Court at the Fredric G. Levin College of Law.

HISTORY

Justice Overton, who earned his B.S. in 1951 and his Juris Doctor in 1952 from the University of Florida, was the first merit appointment to the Florida Supreme Court. Throughout his career he was active in legal education and served as an Adjunct Professor at the Levin College of Law through December 2012, the month of his death. Although he resided at Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, a continuing care retirement community developed in cooperation with UF, he also considered the Florida Supreme Court “home.” Among the high points of his later years was hosting Justices of the Florida Supreme Court in Gainesville and taking his class to Tallahassee to hear oral arguments at the Florida Supreme Court.
Judge Miller, who earned her B.S. cum laude from New York University in 1974 and her Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 1977, served as Chief Administrative Law Judge of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, New York City’s business regulatory agency, before she retired to Oak Hammock at the University of Florida. Having accompanied Justice Overton on his excursions to Tallahassee and joined him in welcoming guests to Oak Hammock at the University of Florida, she created the endowment in memory of Justice Overton to ensure that the Levin College of Law continues to have the funding necessary to continue and enhance the interaction between its students and the Florida Supreme Court.

Judge Miller remembered the event that motivated the endowment.

Prior to a dinner at the home of Dean Robert Jerry and Lisa Jerry shortly after Justice Overton’s death, Justice Barbara Pariente and I were discussing a suitable memorial. Justice Pariente, who had been Justice Overton’s colleague on the Florida Supreme Court and who understood the importance to him of the interaction between his students and the Court, suggested the outline of what has become the Overton lectures. Dean Jerry, who has since retired, as has Dean Emeritus Jon Mills, who assumed responsibility for implementing the Overton lectures, were very supportive from the beginning. Since Dean Mills’ retirement, Professor Timothy McClendon, who assisted both Justice Overton and Dean Mills teaching Florida Constitutional Law and who co-authored the recent Florida Constitutional Law casebook, has continued the Overton lectures with the support of Interim Dean Merritt McAlister and CGR director, Professor Danaya Wright.

Justice Overton was a devoted jurist, educator, and ethical leader of the Florida legal profession. The Overton Lecture Series brings Florida Supreme Court Justices to the University of Florida, Levin College of Law, and serves to introduce students to the inner workings of the Court. CGR and the students of the College of Law extend our deepest gratitude to Judge Karen Miller for making the Overton Lectures possible in perpetuity.

You can watch an interview for the Florida Historical Society by Mary Adkins, professor emeritus of the UF Levin College of Law, with Justice Overton here.

Justice Overton was also interviewed for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Project and a transcript of his interview is available at the Smathers Library, and here.
Justice Overton sat on the Constitution Revision Commission of 1977-78 that proposed a right to privacy in the Florida Constitution. Although it failed as part of the Constitution Revision Commission recommendations, it passed in 1980 when proposed by the legislature. The bill was co-sponsored by our very own Jon Mills. The privacy provision prevailed by greater than 60%. Justice Overton then wrote a concurrence in a critical reproductive rights case in 1989 affirming that the privacy provision of the Florida Constitution included the right to obtain an abortion. That decision was overruled in Planned Parenthood of SW and Central Florida v. Florida. You can read about the role of Justice Overton, Jon Mills – director emeritus of CGR, and the history of the 1989 case here.