One of SBA’s many goals is to facilitate more integration between students and faculty who play critical roles in their academic experience. To this end, the SBA Faculty-Student Committee has established opportunities for interested students to participate as voting members on select faculty committees. This email serves to address two issues: 1) student participation on faculty committees and 2) openness of meetings under Florida law. 

We are now accepting applications for students to fill these important roles. Please see the information below and submit your application by Wednesday, September 27th if interested. If you have any questions about the application process or roles, you may contact Paul Cuffe, Chair, at sbafsc@gmail.com

Purpose of the Faculty Committees

One of the most valuable resources at UF Law is our faculty. The opportunity to sit on a Faculty Committee provides students the ability to work in a professional capacity alongside Law School Deans and Professors, and provides an opportunity outside of class to network with professors at the law school. 

The University of Florida is a Faculty run law school, meaning a lot of decisions that affect law students are made within Faculty Committees. There are certain Faculty Committees that are not only open to students, but also give students a voting seat.

  • Appointments  (2 seats)
  • Curriculum (1 seat)
  • Facilities & Sustainability (1 seat)

In addition, the members of the following committees have for this academic year agreed to allow a student member.  The committee will decide whether the student will vote or not. 

  • Academic Standards (1 seat)
  • Distance Learning (1 seat)
  • International Programming (1 seat)
  • Pro Bono (Ad Hoc Committee) (1 seat)

Goal of the SBA 

The goal of the SBA Faculty-Student Committee is to place qualified students onto these 3 specific faculty committees where students have a voting interest. Additionally, the SBA Faculty-Student Committee may place a representative on additional, open, Faculty Committees (listed below). If a student is appointed to a Faculty Committee, the student will attend all Faculty Meetings. The student must be ready to contribute meaningfully to the discussion within the Committee and vote whenever necessary. Additionally, the student will take minutes of the meeting and report to the SBA Faculty-Student Committee at either a meeting or via email after the Faculty Committee Meeting.

All interested 2L and 3L students should apply via THIS LINK.

This application is due Wednesday, September 27th, at 11:59 PM.

In the event this link does not work, this Application may also be reached by copy and pasting the following link into a web browser: 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YNrItwxST4NuX5KLgrcZCAZfjdSL0kBOWoelQ0AOv3k/viewform?edit_requested=true

In addition, some faculty committee meetings are open under Florida law.  You may attend and observe. 

Faculty Committees

2017-18 Committee Chairs – Open Meetings

Adjunct Teaching

Jonathan Cohen

 

Appointmentsˇ

John Stinneford

 

Curriculum (Combined with Strategic Planning) ˇ

Danaya Wright

 

Distance Learningˇ

William Hamilton

 

Diversity & Community Relations

Shani King

 

Facilities & Sustainabilityˇ

Teresa Drake

 

Faculty Development

Darren Hutchinson

 

International Programsˇ

Jon Mills

 

Non-Tenure Track Appointments, Promotions, etc.

Leslie Knight

 

Pro Bonoˇ  

Silvia Menendez


ˇ          Committees with Voting Seats

2017-18 Committee Chairs – Partially Open

Academic Standards**

Christine Klein

 

Clerkships**

Lea Johnston

 

**        Meetings Partially Open  (open only if the committee is not considering information connected to individual students).