TALLAHASSEE — The Florida State University College of Law Summer for Undergraduates Program has been renamed in honor of Dean Donald J. Weidner. The program’s name change to the Donald J. Weidner Summer for Undergraduates Program was announced Sunday, February 21 at a meeting of the law school’s Board of Visitors. Alumni wanted to honor Weidner, who is retiring as dean in June 2016.
TALLAHASSEE — Erin O’Hara O’Connor has been named the new dean of Florida State University College of Law. O’Connor, the Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law and director of graduate studies for the Ph.D. Program in Law and Economics at Vanderbilt Law School, will begin serving as dean of the law school in July 2016.
TALLAHASSEE — A record number of Florida State University College of Law alumni – 2,751 – made cash contributions to the law school during the 2015-16 fiscal year, which ended June 30.
TALLAHASSEE — The National Jurist has ranked Florida State University College of Law the 9th best value law school in the nation. The ranking, which is published in The National Jurist’s fall 2016 issue of preLaw magazine, weighs important student outcomes – bar passage rate and employment rate – against tuition, cost of living and indebtedness.
TALLAHASSEE — Florida State University College of Law Professor Paolo Annino has been selected as the winner of the 2017 Father Robert Drinan Award. The prestigious national award is presented by the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities to a faculty member or administrator whose work on behalf of pro bono and public interest programs is truly extraordinary.
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida State University College of Law Mock Trial Team has won first place in the 2016 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Competition sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Law, the New York State 8th Judicial District and the Bar Association of Erie County.
