Jason Hawkins.

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Caption: JASON HAWKINS was recently presented the Lion of Justice Trophy for winning The Florida Bar Standing Committee on Professionalism's annual Law Student Professionalism Essay Contest. Supreme Court Justice Raoul Cantero, who presented the award, said the second-year University of Florida student's essay not only was a good critique of the state of legal professionalism, but provided insight into the problems associated with the deteriorating state of language used during general legal discourse "that has contributed to the decline in civility." Hawkins is the son of Leon County Judge Judith...