# Florida Law Review

The Florida Law Review is a bimonthly law review published by the University of Florida's Fredric G. Levin College of Law. The journal was established in 1948 as the University of Florida Law Review and it assumed its current name in 1989. It is produced by about ninety student editors and a staff editor. The journal publishes articles, essays, and lectures.

## Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in HeinOnline and WestLaw.

## Notable alumni

Some notable alumni of the journal include:

### Jurists

| Name | Position |
| Susan H. Black | Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Peter T. Fay | Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| Robert J. Luck | Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit |
| William Terrell Hodges | Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| James Lawrence King | Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida |
| Anne C. Conway | Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Gregory A. Presnell | Senior United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Paul Huck | Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida |
| Marcia Morales Howard | United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Steven Douglas Merryday | United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Kathryn Kimball Mizelle | United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Patricia C. Fawsett | Former United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Donald M. Middlebrooks | United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida |
| Mark E. Walker | Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida |
| Allen Winsor | United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida |
| Patricia D. Barksdale | United States Magistrate Judge for the Middle District of Florida |
| Scott Makar | Judge on the Florida First District Court of Appeal |
| Stephen H. Grimes | Former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court |
| S. Jay Plager | Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Robert Trask Mann | Former judge for the Florida Second District Court of Appeal and Member of the Florida House of Representatives |
| Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. | Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida |
| Edward B. Davis | Former United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida |
| David Lycurgus Middlebrooks Jr. | Former United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida |
| Howard W. Brill | Former chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court and law professor |

### Politicians

| Name | Position |
| Reubin Askew | Former Governor of Florida |
| Buddy Dyer | Mayor of Orlando, Florida |
| Jon L. Mills | Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives |
| Ben Diamond | Former Member of the Florida House of Representatives |
| George Moraitis | Former Member of the Florida House of Representatives |
| Harold B. Crosby | Founding president of the University of West Florida and second President of Florida International University |
| Bruce Smathers | 18th Secretary of State of Florida and former Florida State Senator |
| Sandy D'Alemberte | Former President of the American Bar Association and Former President of Florida State University |
| W. Reece Smith Jr. | Former President of the American Bar Association and Interim President of the University of South Florida |
| Michael Bilirakis | Former member of the United States House of Representatives |

### Attorneys

| Name | Position |
| Chesterfield Smith | Former President of the American Bar Association and founder of Holland & Knight |
| Martha Barnett | Former President of the American Bar Association |
| Fred Levin | Noted trial attorney, namesake of the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida |
| Terry Smiljanich | Counsel to the United States Senate during the congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra affair |
| Andrew McClurg | Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence in Law at the University of Memphis School of Law |
| Thomas E. Baker | Founding member of the Florida International University College of Law |
| Kevin F. O'Brien | Former President of Santa Clara University |
| Ray F. Ferrero Jr. | Fifth President of Nova Southeastern University and President of The Florida Bar |
| Craig Waters | Public spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court during the 2000 presidential election controversy |