Florida Coastal School of Law
• The bad news: Florida Coastal School of Law’s Moot Court Honor Board lost in the finals of last week’s Zehmer Workers Compensation Moot Court competition. The good news: the team that beat them was from FCSL as well. The school pulled off a rare double play in moot court competition, sending two teams to the finals to compete against each other in a tournament that featured teams from most of the state’s large law schools including University of Miami, Stetson and Florida State. “That means both our teams were better than everyone else in the competition,” said faculty adviser Sander Moody. The team of Eddie Brown and Patty Horal took first place while Dana Moss, Linsay Warren and Jeremy Simons finished second. FCSL just about swept the individual awards as well. Moss, an intern at Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell and Matthews, won the award for best oralist while Horal was the runner up in the category. FCSL also won the award for best brief.
• FCSL is holding its annual Environmental Summit Nov. 4 at Jacksonville University’s Davis College of Business. This year’s summit will focus on local coastal ecology, the ocean wilderness and the impact of hurricanes and beach driving on the shoreline. There will also be a focus on challenges facing Jacksonville’s waterways.
Stetson University College of Law
• Stetson Law was recently honored with the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division’s School of the Year award, which is the highest honor given by the division. With 68 percent of the school’s student body belonging to the ABA’s Law Student Division, Stetson Law is one of the most active schools nationwide in the organization.
• The school’s Elder Consumer Protection Program will be presenting free seminars for Jacksonville area seniors about the dangers of consumer fraud throughout September and October. Professor Nick Cox will make presentations about price gouging, identity theft and impersonation fraud at multiple senior centers in Fernandina Beach, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach and Lake City.
Levin College of Law, University of Florida
• U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, will be spending about three days on campus as the guest of honor at dedication ceremonies for the law school’s new library, the Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center. On Friday, O’Connor will deliver a lecture to more than 500 students in the Marcia Schott Courtyard at 9 a.m. The lecture is part of a three-day series of events being held to dedicate the law school’s new facilities including a reception and a breakfast with the faculty. Seating for the lecture will be available for the first 500 students and there will be about 200 standing room only tickets for the 2nd and 3rd floor walkways.
(On Campus notes are compiled from the schools’ web sites and newsletters. Submissions from alumni are welcome and should be submitted to [email protected] or faxed to 353-2628.)