UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA LAW — UF Provost Joe Glover announced that law professor Merritt McAlister will fill in the position of Levin College of Law interim dean in an administrative memo sent Wednesday afternoon. McAlister will begin in her role June 1. UF plans to conduct a national search to permanently replace former dean Laura Rosenbury soon, according to the memo. The announcement comes about a month after Rosenbury was selected as Barnard College president.