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Lora Levett
Associate Professor of Criminology
Turlington 3336
P.O. Box 117330
Gainesville, FL 32611
352-392-0265, ext 205
llevett@ufl.edu

Lora M. Levett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology

Guidelines for Letters of Recommendation:

• Before asking me to write you a letter of recommendation, please read the following guidelines. As your goal is to get the best letters of recommendation possible, my goal is to write the best recommendations possible for my students. These guidelines are provided to help us both:
• For me to write a great letter, I should know you and your academic abilities pretty well. The best way to know whether I will be able to write you a recommendation is to ASK me!
  

• Set up an appointment with me through email (llevett@ufl.edu) or stop by during my office hours to request a letter.  This should be at least a month before your first letter is due for graduate school, and 6 weeks before your first letter is due for law school. 
  

• Once I have agreed to write your letter, I need all the materials to do so at least 3 weeks before your first deadline for graduate school, and 6 weeks before your first deadline for law school.  Materials should be turned into my office in Turlington 3336. Here is a list of the materials that I will need:

1. A copy (unofficial is fine) of your college transcripts.
2. A copy of your vita or resume
3. A copy of your personal statement
4. All the forms or materials I will need to write the letter (e.g., forms specific to one school or the LSDAS forms).  Please fill out all the information that you can on these forms, including my name and contact information (listed below).  If I am writing letters to individual schools, please include the addresses and contact names for all the schools to which you are applying. Again, all of my contact information should be filled out prior to giving me any forms (use my contact information listed below). 
5. A signed FERPA release form allowing me to disclose information about you in the letter. You can find this form by clicking HERE. 
6. A copy of one of the following forms (these are in microsoft word, so type right on the form and print it out):

6. Your contact information (email, phone, address, etc).
7. Addressed/stamped envelopes for me to mail in your letters.
   

Contact Information:

University of Florida
Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
P.O. Box 117330
Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone: 352-392-0265, extension 205

Email: llevett@ufl.edu