"It's all political and unfair," he said. Willis said this week that he's one of the only registered Republicans on the law school faculty and believes the college only allows involvement in liberal causes. Law professor Steve Willis then sent an e-mail in support of Johnson, who is on vacation and couldn't be reached for comment. "Your elation stands in stark contrast to my disappointment on this decision," he wrote.
Micah Johnson, a systems administrator with the college, responded with a short e-mail saying the decision was at odds with his beliefs. "One of the things that people at the university do is share their expertise," she said.ĭowd sent a message to several law school e-mail lists congratulating legal skills professor Joe Jackson, the main author of the brief, and others with the center for their involvement. Law professor Nancy Dowd, director of the UF center, said the brief fit within its mission to promote quality research on issues important to children and their families. The brief cited legal decisions that showed the ban violates a child's right to a secure and stable family relationship. The UF Levin College of Law's Center on Children and Families joined similar centers at other law schools in the state in filing a friend of the court brief, which are filed by entities not directly involved in the case. Last week, the 3rd District Court of Appeal overturned Florida's ban on adoptions by gay people. It all started innocently enough: An e-mail congratulating a University of Florida law professor for a brief in support of overturning the state's gay adoption ban.īut a systems administrator's criticism has spurred a heated debate among UF faculty on the role of law professors, how the college decides to lend its name to legal briefs and whether taxpayer money should be used to help overturn laws passed by elected officials.
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