Florida Supreme Court Justice leaving to be Professor at University of Florida

Justice Canady announces he's leaving the Florida Supreme Court

Justice Canady has been a main player in the Court’s death penalty jurisprudence

Yesterday, Justice Charles T. Canady announced this is his last year on the Florida Supreme Court, where he has served since being appointed by Governor Charlie Crist and taking office on September 8, 2008.

Justice Canady served as Chief Justice for two terms—from July 2010 through June 2012 and then July 2018 through June 2022.

Justice Canady will begin 2026 leading the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. He issued the following statement yesterday, which is available on the Court’s website:

It has been my great privilege to serve the people of Florida as a justice of the Supreme Court for the last 17 years. I will always deeply value my years on the Court. But the time has come to move on to another position of public service. I am looking forward to beginning 2026 as the Director and a tenured professor at the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida. I’m very grateful to UF Board of Trustees Chairman Mori Hosseini and Interim President Don Landry for this opportunity. And I am eager to begin my work with the outstanding students and faculty at the Hamilton School.

Read more about the Judge and some of his death penalty cases.