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Vii. Legal Education In The Americas, A. An Introduction (Proceedings Of The Third Annual Legal & Policy Issues In The Americas Conference), Jon L. Mills
UF Law Faculty Publications
Proceedings of the Third Annual Legal & Policy Issues in the Americas Conference (2002)
The Contemplative Lawyer: On The Potential Contributions Of Mindfulness Meditation To Law Students, Lawyers, And Their Clients, Leonard L. Riskin
The Contemplative Lawyer: On The Potential Contributions Of Mindfulness Meditation To Law Students, Lawyers, And Their Clients, Leonard L. Riskin
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article proposes that introducing mindfulness meditation into the legal profession may improve practitioners' well-being and performance and weaken the dominance of adversarial mind-sets. By enabling some lawyers to make more room for - and act from - broader and deeper perspectives, mindfulness can help lawyers provide more appropriate service (especially through better listening and negotiation) and gain more personal satisfaction from their work.
Part I of this article describes a number of problems associated with law school and law practice. Part II sets forth a variety of ways in which lawyers, law schools, and professional organizations have tried to …
Remembering Harry Bitner: Law Librarian, Professor, And Wonderful Colleague, Claire M. Germain
Remembering Harry Bitner: Law Librarian, Professor, And Wonderful Colleague, Claire M. Germain
UF Law Faculty Publications
Professor Harry Bitner was an outstanding law librarian who shaped many of our best libraries, who was a mentor to many younger law librarians, and who provided leadership to the law library profession and to legal education generally.
From Punch Cards To Smart Cards: A History Of The Technology At The Levin College Of Law, Betty W. Taylor
From Punch Cards To Smart Cards: A History Of The Technology At The Levin College Of Law, Betty W. Taylor
UF Law Faculty Publications
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A History Of Race And Gender At The University Of Florida Levin College Of Law 1909-2001, Betty W. Taylor
A History Of Race And Gender At The University Of Florida Levin College Of Law 1909-2001, Betty W. Taylor
UF Law Faculty Publications
The evolution from an all-white male law school to the current diverse student body and faculty has been slow, deliberate, and often-times painful. This is true even for those who were successful in gaining admission or employment, and even more excruciating to those who were unsuccessful in achieving their goals. Barriers to those individuals who were not white males reflected the Southern society mores of the early years of our history that were super-imposed upon the law school. No one at the law school today would take pride in the fact that it took fourteen years of cajoling and pressuring …