School: Get These Business Majors Out of Our Law School!

The facilities here at the Levin College of Law are pretty good if you need a quiet space to work. Between the numerous study carrels and the massive reading room, the "Lawton Chiles Legal Information Center" (AKA the law library) is a nice place to go when churning through a bunch of books. On weekends, there's also plenty of parking available, which is not the case with the main campus libraries. I guess it's not surprising, then, that it isn't just law students who come to study here.

It's easy to tell them apart, of course. Law students in the library are invariably thumbing through a casebook or logged on to WestLaw/LexisNexis. So when someone comes in bearing a slim course packet that says "Marketing" on it (along with an undergrad course number), it's safe to say they ain't earning a JD.

I find it a little annoying that these students come over and occupy our resources, since law school tuition is so much more expensive than undergraduate tuition. Apparently, the practice got to be so common that during exam time the law library puts out a sign warning that "study areas are for UF law students only." That's right, get out and stay out. :-P