Faculty & Administration
Faculty Spotlights
Professor Charlton Copeland Participates in Constitutional Law Symposium
Professor Charlton Copeland recently participated in the symposium, "FDR and Obama: Are There Constitutional Law Lessons from the New Deal for the Obama Administration" at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Copeland presented a paper, "Federalism's Bureaucratic Life." The article will be published in an upcoming edition of the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. Professor Copeland's research interests include administrative law, federal courts and federalism, comparative constitutional law, and race and the law.
Human Rights expert Professor Irwin Stotzky has accepted an appointment as Editor for Deliberative Commentary: The Nexus of Democratic Theory and Law on the editorial board of a new international journal called the Journal of Democratic Theory. The journal will critically promote, explore, and advance democratic theory. Professor Stotzky is one of 24 academics appointed to the editorial board. For the past thirty-one years, Professor Stotzky has represented Haitian and other refugees on constitutional and human rights issues in many cases, including several cases in the United States Supreme Court. He teaches in the areas of constitutional law and theory, criminal procedure, and philosophy.
Associate Director of the Law Library and Lecturer in Law, Robin Schard gave a CLE presentation titled "Legal Research: Exploring New Tools and More Effective Ways to Use Them." Schard discussed legal research tools that are ever-changing and expanding, and how lawyers who need to keep up with the changes can effectively use these new tools to research legal issues. The training covered resources available to local attorneys and some research tools provided by the Bar. It also covered new features on commonly used web sites, and new, free or low-cost legal research tools. Lecturer in Law Schard also teaches Legal Research Techniques at Miami Law.
DEAN'S OFFICE
Patricia D. White
Dean and Professor of Law
Patrick O. Gudridge
Vice Dean and Professor of Law
ON THE SHELF
Miami Law Professor Kunal Parker's book, Common Law, History, and Democracy in America, 1790-1900, was recently published by Cambridge University Press. The book argues for a change in our understanding of the relationships among law, politics, and history. Professor Parker shows that in the world of the nineteenth century democracy was itself constrained by a sense that history possessed a logic, meaning, and direction that democracy could not contravene. In such a world, far from seeing law in opposition to democracy, it was possible to argue that law - specifically, the common law – often did a better job than democracy of guiding America along history's path. Professor Parker’s teaching areas and interests include American Legal History, Estates and Trusts, Immigration and Nationality Law, and Property.
RECENT FACULTY ACTIVITIES
Professors contribute to Southeast/Southwest People of Color Conference to discuss legal, cultural, and social issues that affect communities of color. Read More
QUOTEWORTHY
Professor Charlton Copeland was quoted in PolitiFact regarding U.S. Rep. Allen West's claims that the EPA wants to hire 230,000 workers at a cost of $21 billion. Read more.
Professor Rebecca Sharpless was quoted in The Miami Herald discussing Haitian deportations and the deplorable conditions in Haitian jails. Read more.
Professor Stephen Urice was recently quoted in the Financial Times regarding donations of art. Read more.
Director of the IGLP Jessica Carvalho Morris talks with Terra Noticias about the application of the death penalty in the case of Casey Anthony. See interview at minute 2:19 here.
Professor Mary Anne Franks spoke with both ABC News and NPR regarding the Casey Anthony Trial.
Professor Tamara Lave spoke to ABC News about the judge in the Casey Anthony murder trial who is trying to maintain order. Read More.
