In this new season of Serious About Law, Dean Merritt McAlister is joined by Dean Sabrina Lopez, Senior Associate Dean for Students. Together, they discuss the evolving landscape of legal education and what it truly means to build a student-centered law school experience.

Dean Lopez shares her vision for UF Law’s innovative "One Student Support Team" initiative—a holistic framework integrating Academic Affairs, Student Wellness, Career Services, and Bar Prep into a seamless support network for students from 1L orientation to post-graduation bar passage. Drawing on her unique background as a former K-12 teacher, Greenberg Traurig real estate attorney, and law professor, Dean Lopez highlights the strategies that led to record bar exam pass rates year after year.

Whether you're an incoming 1L, a current  ...