UF Law will host Human Trafficking
Symposium on Jan. 28

To commemorate the Emancipation
Proclamation, which took effect in January
1863, President Barack Obama recently
signed a proclamation declaring January as
National Slavery and Human Trafficking
Prevention Month. In an effort to bring these
issues to light, the UF Levin College of Law
Immigration Law Association will hold a
Human Trafficking Symposium on Jan. 28
from 4 p.m. 7 p.m. in UF Law's Chesterfield
Smith Ceremonial Classroom (room 180). Co-sponsors of the
event include Lexis/Nexis, CaribLaw, Asian/Pacific American Law
Association, and the Hispanic and Latino/a Law Student
Association. The event is free and open to UF students.
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UF Sports Law Symposium to examine legal
playbook as collective bargaining agreements
expire

On Jan. 29, sports agents, litigators, salary
cap analysts and sports law students will
huddle up at the University of Florida Levin
College of Law to get ready for a whole new
ball game. In the next two years, time will
expire on the collective bargaining
agreements affecting the negotiation of
salaries and playing conditions for professional
athletes. The 2010 UF Sports Law
Symposium, "Discussion: Bargaining

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Collectively," presented by UF's Entertainment & Sports Law
Society, will bring together sports law experts and
representatives from the National Football League, National
Basketball Association and Major League Baseball to discuss why
CBA's exist, how they help players and owners, and to identify
contract terms that will likely be argued before the agreement
expires. The event is free and open to the public, and is set to
kick off at 11 a.m. at UF Law's Chesterfield Smith Ceremonial
Classroom (room 180). The event will offer CLE credits.
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Is it too cold? Do you like the
hours? Or do you think we should
be open later? Do you love the
furniture or do you hate it? Do you
love the way the study rooms
work or do you hate it? Why? The
librarians and staff need to hear
from you. We can guess that you do or don't like things, and we
can guess why, but we really don't know unless you tell us. And
we guess that there are probably things that are really obvious
that students want to be different... but they're not obvious to
librarians because we're not students. So if you want things to
change, or even if you want them NOT to change, we need to
hear from you. A survey of student satisfaction with library
services and facilities is available online until January 31.

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training to help prepare basic tax

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Upcoming Events

"How I got my summer position & made the most of it"
Jan. 19
Come hear what works in formulating a successful job strategy
from a panel of 2Ls and 3Ls who have gone through this process
and secured summer internships on Tuesday, Jan. 19, at noon in
HOL 345.

"Should I get an LLM?" Jan. 19
Are you considering applying for an LLM degree? If so, come hear
Professor and Director of the Graduate Tax Program, Michael K.
Friel, speak about the benefits of an LLM degree and how to go
about researching and evaluating the programs of interest to
you, on Jan. 19, at noon in HOL 270.

InternSHIPS, FellowSHIPS, ClerkSHIPS Jan. 20
InternSHIPS, FellowSHIPS, ClerkSHIPS... What's with all of these
SHIPS, how do I find and land them? Join the CCD for this
informative program about what students can do over the
summer, and how to land these great opportunities on Tuesday,
Jan. 20, at 10 a.m. in HOL 360.

Summer & fall 2010 externship meeting Jan. 21
A meeting to explain the externship program for the 2010
summer and fall semesters will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday,
Jan. 21, in room 180. All students interested in applying for
externships are encouraged to attend this meeting.

Center on Children and Families 2010 Juvenile Justice
Conference, "Juvenile Justice: Passages, Prevention, and
Intervention" Feb. 19 & 20
The Center on Children and Families will host a conference on
Juvenile Justice on Feb. 19 and 20. Students may attend the
conference at the special reduced rate of $35, but as this is a
conference with limited seating, we urge you to register as soon
as possible (Registration has been extended until Jan. 20). Both
of the presentations of our plenary speakers, Shay Bilchik and
Geoffrey Canada will be broadcast to a room open to anyone
who wishes to hear their talks. In addition, Geoffrey Canada will
hold a book signing after his talk. If you cannot attend the
conference, feel free to come hear either of our plenary speakers
free of charge in the overflow rooms for both events. For more
information or to register visit the conference Web site.

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Applications for the Summer 2010 Yegelwel Fellowship are
still being accepted
Applications for the Summer 2010
Yegelwel Fellowship are still being
accepted. The deadline for
submission of application materials
has been extended to Jan. 22. The
fellowship provides a $4,000
stipend to a UF Law student to
participate in a Summer Fellowship
Program at the Anti-Defamation
League, Florida Regional Office in Boca Raton. The Fellowship will
last 8-10 weeks, with the student committing to a minimum of 35
hours per week. The fellow will be supervised by the ADL
Southern Area Counsel. Previous fellows conducted legal and
legislative research on a broad variety of subjects including
amending Florida's hate crime law to include homelessness as a

protected category, the teaching of intelligent design in the public
school science classroom, and the scope of separation of church
and state under the Florida constitution. The fellow also handled
constituent discrimination complaints and participated in ADL
meetings, functions and events. The Yegelwel Fellowship is
limited to UF Law students who have successfully completed the
first-year required curriculum, including Constitutional Law, and
who are in good academic standing prior to beginning the
fellowship. "Successful" completion of the first-year required
curriculum means earning a passing grade in each course and
maintaining an overall GPA of at least 3.0. See the Center Web
site for more details. If you have any questions, please contact
Melissa Bamba (CSRRR assistant director) at 352-273-0614 or
bamba@law.ufl.edu.

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