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Magazine Winter08 ( PDF ) UFUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA FREDRIC LAW G. LEVIN COLLEGE OF LAW • WINTER 2008 The Future And what we are doing about it n ANNUAL REPORT ISSUE FROM THE DEAN PHOTO BY KRISTEN HINES BY PHOTO In the Business of Shaping Leaders DEAN ROBERT JERRY Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law n the four and a half years I have been to do. It is also evident, however, that UF Law does privileged to serve as the dean of your more than prepare its students to be first-rate profes- law school, I have learned a great deal sionals. UF Law also prepares its students to be lead- about our traditions, our history, and ers in the workplace, the profession, our state, our the graduates who have walked through nation, and our communities. Our college’s tradition our halls. It is strikingly clear that of leadership development is something which we among our col- should embrace, honor, and lege’s greatest achievements “Our college’s project into the future. are its contributions to training This issue of UFLaw also Iand developing leaders for our tradition of leadership tells the first story of the “Flor- nation, our state, and our com- development is ida Tomorrow” capital cam- munities. Because I have spent something which we paign, which the University of nearly half of my own career Florida kicked off this fall. The in academic leadership posi- should embrace, honor, $47 million law school cam- tions of one kind or another, I and project into paign goal will add resources have had a growing interest in the future.” to skillfully train law students learning more about what is to be ethical leaders in law, involved in developing and nurturing leadership. In politics, and business and to contribute positively turn, this has given me insights into the history of our to social and economic development in our state and college, which through the years has been so success- nation. You can read more about the campaign and our ful in producing graduates who lead. college’s part in it beginning on page 10, and I encour- This issue of UFLaw, like others before it, is filled age you to do so. Ultimately, this campaign is about with examples of our college’s alumni, faculty, and stu- leadership – positioning our law school to play a dents who have demonstrated great aptitude for leader- decisive role in developing the next generation of lead- ship. This is evident in the stories about not only the ers for our profession, our state, our nation, and our alumni inducted into the college’s Heritage of Leader- communities. I encourage you to become a part of this ship but also the alumni who have worked to vindicate ambitious effort. justice, who provide leadership in our profession, who Thank you for reading this message and this are leaders in government service, and who lead by magazine, and for your support of our law school. shouldering the problems and burdens of their clients. We hope you enjoy this issue, including the stories it It seems clear enough that if someone wants to be tells and pictures it contains of many of the students, a competent and skilled lawyer, obtaining one’s legal our future leaders, who will benefit from the gener- education at the Levin College of Law is a good thing osity of our supporters. Primary photography by Kristen Hines 2 UF LAW WINTER 2008 3 Vol. 44, Issue 1 • Winter 2008 4 News Briefs 6 Heritage of Leadership 8 Partners 10 Florida TOMORROW Important Work Underway at UF Law 16 DAVID ROTH A Top Florida Criminal Attorney 20 LESLIE LOTT At the Top of Intellectual Property Game 24 UNEQUAL JUSTICE Young Alum Takes on Texas Wrong 30 Faculty News 32 Faculty Scholarship 38 FLETCHER BALDWIN On the Money Trail 39 Class Notes 51 ANNUAL REPORT 82 Farewell 83 Up and Coming UF Law students: Madelin Ruiz (3L) Hercules Collins (3L) PHOTO BY KRISTEN HINES BY PHOTO 2 UF LAW WINTER 2008 3 NEWS BRIEFS Law students on community service day. Community Service “We had a great group of volun- Add Your Memories teers and accomplished a lot in a few Starts at Home short hours,” said UF Law student 100 Year Ashley Henry, project manager for the niversity of Florida law restoration project. “By merely pulling Celebration students, faculty and staff down some of the air potato vines, we UF Law has a rich history, U removed trash, debris and ex- saw how the woods began to open up. from humble beginnings in 1909 otic invasive plants from a 3.3-acre Residents living in the adjacent through the most recent innova- wooded area across from the Levin Golfview neighborhood were excited tive renovations in 2006. In preparation for the college’s College of Law as part of UF Law’s to see our group working and stopped centennial, alumni and friends annual Community Service Day at the by to learn more about our project.” are invited to go to the college’s start of the school year, which With everyone performing three website and add their personal involved more than 400 volunteers at hours of service, the time given totaled accounts to help create an interac- 13 locations throughout the Gaines- more than 1,200 hours. The day al- tive archive of the history of the ville area. lowed first-year students to get a good college. The law school woods area is being start toward earning a Community Ser- On each history page at www.law.ufl.edu/history, visitors restored thanks to a $16,300 grant to vice Certificate, which is awarded to are encouraged to complete UF Law’s Environmental & Land Use students who perform at least 35 hours an electronic form that will be Law Society from UF Student Govern- of community service during their time forwarded to the college’s history ment and UF Physical Plant. in law school. team and included on the website. 4 UF LAW WINTER 2008 5 Faculty Scholarship Race and Race Relations Ranked Highly First Oral Competition Planned Levin College of Law faculty scholarly impact has been recognized as one of the best in the country in the latest rankings from University of Texas Law Professor Brian Leiter. UF Law was ranked among the “Top 35 Law Faculties Based on Scholarly Impact for 2007.” Rankings were based on standard “objective” measures of scholarly impact, per capita citations to faculty scholarship using Westlaw’s JRL database. The 10 most-cited faculty members were Profes- sors Jeffrey Harrison, Berta Hernandez- Truyol, Jerry Israel, Robert Jerry, Lars Noah, William Page, Juan Perea, Leon- ard Riskin, Christopher Slobogin and Barbara Woodhouse. “I think it’s clear the output of our faculty has been increasing in recent years, and that’s a real credit to them,” Dean Jerry said. “It’s good to see that the impact of the work is being recog- nized through citations. There are limita- tions to any ranking, including this one, but it’s very good to be listed in some- he University of Florida Center between white and black high school thing of this sort.” for the Study of Race and Race students in a South Carolina town. White T Relations (CSRRR) announced students wore T-shirts emblazoned with it will hold its first oral competition in the Confederate flag and “100 percent Trial Team Brings Home February. The Race, Law and Justice cotton and you picked it.” Black students Oral Competition provides law students responded by having T-shirts printed with National Title an opportunity to research, discuss and the Confederate flag in red, black, and The UF Trial Team brought home a debate important issues of race and green—the colors of African liberation. national title at the St. John’s Univer- justice. Awards from $2,500 to $1,000 will sity National Civil Rights Trial Compe- The subject for this year’s be given to the top three teams. A panel tition in Jamaica, NY, in October. After competition is race-based hate speech. of judges, including UF professors and an intense three-day competition, The hypothetical case that students will Gainesville community representatives, team members Jessica Anderson (3L) research and debate is based upon an will hear the teams compete. The event Frank Gaulden (3L) Alicia Philip (3L) and Justin Stevens (3L) defeated 15 actual incident involving racial conflict is open to the public. teams from across the country, includ- ing Pace, Arizona State and Emory. The team was coached by Stacy Get Your UF Law News Online Scott (JD 95) and the Hon. David Ger- After several years as an award-winning print sten (JD 75), chief judge of Florida’s publication, the Levin College of Law’s weekly 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami. newsletter during the academic year, FlaLaw, has ON THE After weeks of practicing the team is gone electronic. It includes timely news of events very proud of the victory. “We had only at the college, alumni profiles and faculty news. four weeks, but everyone worked ex- In addition, you can receive UF Law E-News, Web tremely hard day in and day out and in the college’s electronic newsletter written especially the end it all paid off. I’m so proud of for alumni. If you are interested in receiving either the effort my teammates put in, and publication electronically, please send your request, we couldn’t have done it without our name and e-mail address to [email protected]. coaches,” Philip said. 4 UF LAW WINTER 2008 5 Heritage of UF Law honors the best of the best LeadershipBY ALINE BAKER he Honorable C.
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