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Heritage of Leadership 2018 Inductees
Charles Fulton, JD 35 (May 12, 1910 – May 15, 1996) West Palm Beach attorney turned federal judge, Charles Fulton, spent his professional life dedicated to enriching the dignity and honor of the legal profession. After graduating from UF Law in 1935, he founded his own practice in South Florida before being named an Assistant […]
UF Law Links Three Generations of Double Gators
When Charles Wendell Harris (BA 59, LLB 61) passed away at a young age, he was unaware two familial generations would follow in his footsteps at UF Law. “The fact that we can have those shared experiences decades apart is just something so special,” said Savannah Unruh, Harris’s granddaughter, who graduated from UF Law in […]
130 Law Schools Discuss Employment Outcome Reporting at Event Convened by UF Law
Nearly 50 deans from law schools across the country convened at University of Florida Levin College Law on December 4 to discuss a recent proposal by the American Bar Association to change employment outcome reporting. The deans participated in-person on UF Law’s campus in Gainesville and from one of six remote locations nationwide. They were […]
UF Law Announces Gerald A. Rosenthal Chair in Labor and Employment Law
University of Florida Levin College of Law is proud to announce the newly-endowed Gerald A. Rosenthal Chair in Labor and Employment Law. The new chair, designed to recruit a nationally-recognized expert in labor and employment law, is made possible through a $2 million gift from Gerald A. Rosenthal (JD 73) and his late wife, Ingrid […]
UF Law Names Admissions Office in Honor of Gerald (JD 65) and Joanne Schackow’s $500,000 Gift
University of Florida Levin College of Law is proud to name its admissions office the “Gerald Schackow Admissions Office” in recognition of a $500,000 gift from UF Law alum and local attorney Gerald “Jerry” Schackow (JD 65) and his wife, Joanne. An unveiling celebration took place on Friday, Oct. 13, in the Marcia Whitney Schott […]
UF Law Completes Record $4.5 Million Fundraising Initiative
More than 1,400 alumni and friends of the University of Florida Levin College of Law contributed $1.5 million to meet the Culverhouse Challenge, an initiative to unlock two $1.5 million matching donations from UF alum Hugh Culverhouse (JD 74) and UF Provost Joe Glover.
Two UF Law Professors Cited by SCOTUS in Decision
UF Law Professors Michael Allan Wolf and Danaya Wright were both cited by the Supreme Court of the United States in Murr v. Wisconsin, a decision released June 23. Chief Justice John Roberts cited Wolf in his dissenting opinion, and Wright was cited by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the 5-3 majority opinion. Wolf was […]
Alum contributes $1 million to support LL.M. tax students
An anonymous UF Law alumnus contributed $1 million to the UF Law Taxation Program. The gift will establish The Graduate Tax Assistantship Fund, which will help UF Law provide financial aid to LL.M. students in the form of research assistantships. This support will allow UF Law to attract the best and most qualified LL.M. students.
Anniversary and influence: Forty years after the Cuban-American Lawyers Program
There was much praise of America and the University of Florida during the Cuban-American Lawyers 40th anniversary celebration at UF Law. America for the freedom it conferred on lawyers and their families escaping the regime of Communist dictator Fidel Castro and the university for its embrace of Cuban lawyers who had gained freedom but lost […]
As U.S. – Cuba relations open, UF Law follows suit with University of Havana Law
The distance between Florida and Cuba is a short jaunt across the Gulf of Mexico as the crow flies, but until recently the aquatic divide may as well have been a brick wall for most Florida professors and students. That all changed earlier this year when President Barack Obama re-established diplomatic relations with our southern […]
