. . . who, along with his wife Debbie, I received the Shofar Award from Temple Beth-El last weekend; the award recognizes the volunteer of the year.

. . . who organized and hosted a dinner last night in Washington, D.C. for approximately 60 new members of the American Law Institute.

. . . who will be speaking at the International Human Trafficking Summit at Sanibel Resort from May 27- 29, 2008; one day she will be part of the plenary session with Dr. Laura Lederer, Senior Director for Global Projects, U.S. Department Of State, Fernando Garcia-Robles, Organization of the Americas-Anti-Trafficking in Persons Coordinator, Carlos Itrurregui, Chief of Office of Policy and Strategy, DHS/ USCIS, and Dr. Terry Coonan, FSU Center for the Advancement on Human Rights; on another day, she will be a panelist on Human Trafficking Global Impact.

. . . who has been presented with the NAELA President's Award.

. . . who spoke in Clearwater on May 15 at an event sponsored by the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking; her presentation concerned the effect that globalization and free trade has had on human trafficking into the U.S.

. . . on the publication of her book, "Mastering Criminal Law," along with co-authors Peter J. Henning and Neil P. Cohen (Carolina Academic Press 2008).

. . . who received the University's Teaching Excellence Award.

. . . who received the University's Dolly and Homer Hand Awards for excellence in faculty scholarship.

The following faculty received Faculty Service Awards for outstanding service to the College of Law during 2007-2007: Michael Allen Mark Bauer Paul Boudreaux Brooke Bowman John Cooper Peter Fitzgerald Jamie Fox Tim Kaye Becky Morgan Ellen Podgor Theresa Radwan Charlie Rose Rebecca Trammell

. . . who received the Dean's Award for extraordinary service to the College of Law.

. . . who spoke yesterday at the Charlotte County bar Association’s Law Day luncheon in Port Charlotte on the importance of the rule of law in a free society.

. . . who will be a featured speaker at the Florida Community Colleges Risk Management Consortium this week in Gainesville.