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Florida Coastal welcomes new multicultural affairs dean
In July, Alicia Edwards joined Florida Coastal School of Law as the Assistant Dean of Multicultural Affairs. Edwards brings more than 10 years of direct student experience in higher education, and has worked in multicultural affairs at the University of Iowa and the University of Michigan. Most recently, she was Assistant Director, Student Activities & [...]
Local Attorney Schulz wins Ehrlich Award
Local Holland & Knight partner George A. “Buddy” Schulz won this year’s prestigious Justice Raymond Ehrlich Award. Florida Coastal School of Law’s Student Bar Association (SBA) presented the award to Schulz during a February event at the Main Library in downtown Jacksonville. The SBA selects a recipient who “embodies professionalism and humanitarianism and integrity in [...]
Former Guantánamo detainee naval lawyer Charlie Swift speaks at Coastal Law
In April, Florida Coastal School of Law’s special programs committee hosted former Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) Officer Charlie Swift. Swift spoke about his experiences with the landmark United States Supreme Court decision Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. During his introduction of Swift, Robert Hornstein, Coastal Law Assistant Professor of Law and special programs committee member [...]
Homepage named among country’s top 10 for law schools
Florida Coastal School of Law’s website has earned rave reviews from staff and students over the years, and now results from a national study confirm its excellence. A comprehensive report compiled by law librarians from Yale Law School and Georgetown University Law Center – Jason Eiseman and Roger V. Skalbeck, respectively – identified the best [...]
After successful first year, Skills Lab offerings to expand
Florida Coastal School of Law’s Skills Lab program recently celebrated its first year of course offerings, with plans to increase the number and scope of its classes. Skills Lab courses emphasize practical skills and have become increasingly popular with Coastal Law students. “The main thing we heard from law offices is that they wanted candidates with [...]
Citizenship Day provides opportunities for immigrant community
Florida Coastal School of Law, supported by the American Immigration Lawyers and the Jacksonville Bar Association, hosted a day long outreach event in April for the local immigrant community. More than 25 local attorneys providing pro bono expertise helped make the Second Annual Citizenship Day an effective workshop for those in need. Participating attorneys helped [...]
Students rock Mardi Gras sports law competition
Florida Coastal School of Law competitors won the 2011 National Sports Law Moot Court Competition, known as the Mardi Gras Competition due to its timing during the week before Mardi Gras, this spring in New Orleans. The team’s success followed an impressive showing during the 2010 competition, won by Dazi Lenoir Williams and Drew Parrish-Bennett, [...]
Alternative spring break cultivates student outreach work, assists migrant workers
For the second consecutive year, 35 Coastal Law students participated in the Alternative Spring Break Migrant Worker Justice Immersion Program. The outreach experience brought students to migrant labor camps in North and Central Florida. The inventive spring break initiative, in partnership with Florida Legal Services Migrant Farmworker Justice Program, is directed by Coastal Law faculty [...]
School’s nationwide externship program helps students gain experience
Whether it’s grades and classes or recommendations and referrals, employers consider a broad palette of qualities in the curriculum vitae of new law school graduates. But what stands out the most? It’s experience, according to recent trends. And a Florida Coastal School of Law program is helping local students sharpen their edge in this area. [...]
SBA raises funds for local cancer foundation
The 2010 SBA Charity Ball, Coastal Law’s philanthropic Barrister’s Ball, was held in April, with more than 600 people attending. And while law students are typically known to live on tight budgets, event guests this year contributed to the more than $10,000 collected for local charity The Donna Foundation, which supports Northeast Florida women living [...]
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