From the announcement from the University of Florida:
I am pleased to announce that Merritt McAlister has been appointed dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law following a nationwide search. The appointment is effective immediately.
The Levin College of Law, Florida’s premier law school, is nationally recognized for excellence in legal education, influential scholarship, and public service. The dean’s leadership is critical to continuing to enhance the college’s stature and extend its influence and impact. I am confident that Dean McAlister is the right leader for that role. Dean McAlister joined the University of Florida law faculty in 2018 and has served as interim dean since June 2023. She is also the Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law.
Before joining UF, she spent eight years in private practice with King & Spalding, where she became a partner in the firm’s national appellate practice. She clerked for Judge R. Lanier Anderson III on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and for Justice John Paul Stevens on the United States Supreme Court.
Read more from the announcement; see also Nick Anschultz, Merritt McAlister Named Permanent Dean of UF Levin College of Law, Main Street Daily News (Gainesville), September 28, 2026.
