<p>Gifts to fund $5.2 million advocacy center of UF law school</p>
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<p>GAINESVILLE, Fla. One of the countrys most successful trial attorneys is again providing major financial support to help his alma mater train law students in state-of-the-art facilities. </p>
<p>Pensacola attorney Fred Levin has contributed $2 million cash as the lead gift to the University of Florida Levin College of Law to build a $5.2 million complex that will include a large, modern courtroom and much needed faculty offices. Along with two other significant gifts, Levins gift is eligible for matching funds from the State of Florida Facilities Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, which should bring the value of the gift to $5.2 million for UFs law school.</p>
<p>Levin, a 1961 alumnus and namesake of the UF law school, also provided a $10 million cash gift in 1999 that, with state matching funds, moved the colleges endowment into the top 10 of all public law schools in the nation. </p>
<p>Levin College of Law Dean Robert Jerry said the expansion to be named the Martin H. Levin Advocacy Center in honor of Levins son and former colleague will put the UF law school at the forefront of major law colleges providing students with sophisticated facilities and services. </p>
<p>"This a transformational gift for the law school and critically needed by our trial advocacy program, which ranks 13th in the nation, said Jerry. Combined with the recent $25 million renovation of our academic space, the addition of this advocacy courtroom places our facilities among the best in the nation.</p>