Wake Up Call: Florida Law Schools See Rebound After Declines

Welcome to Bloomberg Law’s Wake Up Call, a daily rundown of the top news for lawyers, law firms, and in-house counsel.

• Florida law schools are seeing a rise in applications for the 2025-2026 year after a period of declining interest at its flagship schools like the University of Florida and Florida State University. Applications are up 17.2% from last year, still short of the 23% rise seen nationally. (Law.com)
• Slaughter and May elected Davis Johnson as the firm’s next managing partner, effective Aug. 1. He succeeds Deborah Finkler, who is retiring from the partnership. Johnson joined the firm ...