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Professor Mary Anne Franks Discusses Rape Trial Verdict on NPR

(Posted: 03-29-13) Professor Mary Anne Franks was recently a featured guest on NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook, discussing the recent Steubenville rape trial verdict. She was also a featured guest for two recent HuffPost Live interviews, one on the topic of revenge porn and one on the backlash to the media's coverage of the Steubenville verdict. Additionally, Professor Franks gave a paper on "Optimal Violence" at the University of Florida Law School's Criminal Justice Center's Junior Scholars Conference. She has also been guest blogging at Concurring Opinions. Professor Franks teaches family law, criminal law, and criminal procedure. Her other research and teaching interests include cyberlaw, discrimination, free speech, and law and gender.

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Honors Forthcoming Article by Lecturer in Law Christina M. Frohock

Lecturer in Law Christina M. Frohock's article "The Eyes of the World: Charges, Challenges, and Guantánamo Military Commissions After Hamdan II" will be published in the Summer 2013 issue of Miami Law’s National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review. The article has been selected for the "Worth Reading" section of War Crimes Prosecution Watch. War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a biweekly e-newsletter, published jointly by the Public International Law & Policy Group and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, that compiles official documents and articles analyzing war crimes issues and has more than 9,000 subscribers. Frohock teaches Legal Communication and Research Skills and an upper-level seminar on Legal Issues in Guantánamo. Her scholarship focuses on Guantánamo, and she has given a variety of presentations at conferences and universities.

ABA Appoints Lecturer in Law Jan Jacobowitz as Special Liaison

Lecturer in Law Jan L. Jacobowitz was recently appointed as a special liaison to the ABA's Standing Committee on Professionalism by the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. She also spoke at the mid-year meeting of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) in Boca Raton on a panel titled "Dinosaur to Avatar—Social Media Ethics, Discovery, Investigation &Trial." The IADC conference materials included her recent article in Miami Law Magazine, "The Legal Perils of Social Media--Avoiding Landmines in Cyberspace." Jacobowitz is the director of the Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program , which is a 2012 ABA Gambrell Award recipient. She also teaches Mindful Ethics: Professional Responsibility for Lawyers in the Digital Age.

Professor Anthony Alfieri's Article on Law School-Affiliated Public Service Projects to be Published

(Posted: 03-22-13) Professor Anthony Alfieri's article "Community Education and Access to Justice in a Time of Scarcity: Notes from the West Grove Trolley Garage Case," will be published in the Wisconsin Law Review. This article is part of an ongoing series of case studies on the progress of law school-affiliated public service projects conducted in partnership with faith based, nonprofit groups for the purposes of educating and training law students in community lawyering. Professor Alfieri is the Director of the Center for Ethics and Public Service, Founder of the Historic Black Church Program, and Dean's Distinguished Scholar. He teaches civil procedure, ethics, professional liability, public interest law and leadership, social entrepreneurship, and lawyer malpractice. He has published more than 70 articles, essays, and editorials on ethics, criminal justice, poverty law, and the legal profession in leading journals and book anthologies.

Professor Susan Haack Publishes Paper in Law Review

(Posted: 03-22-13) Professor Susan Haack has recently published her paper "Cracks in the Wall, A Bulge Under the Carpet: The Singular Story of Religion, Evolution, and the U.S. Constitution" in the Wayne Law Review. Professor Haack is a Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, where she teaches each year a course for the philosophy department, an interdisciplinary course for the College of Arts and Sciences, and a course in the Law School. She is a renowned epistemologist and serves on the Editorial Board of Philosophy, Science, and Law, and on the Advisory Board of Ratio Juris, and has edited an issue of the American Philosophical Association's newsletter on Philosophy and Law on Science in the Law. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Italian Society for Law and Literature. She works with the Miami-Dade Public Defender's office on cases involving scientific testimony.

Professor Andres Sawicki's Article on Copyright Law to Appear in Chicago Law Review

(Posted: 03-22-13) Professor Andres Sawicki's article "Copyright in Teams," co-authored with Anthony Casey, will be published in The University of Chicago Law Review. The co-authors used team production theories to understand collaborative creativity and then explained how copyright law facilitates and impedes these collaborations. Professor Sawicki researches and teaches in the area of intellectual property. His prior publication, Better Mistakes in Patent Law, provided a relative assessment of the costs of the patent system's mistakes. His current research explores the impact of intellectual property on creative collaborative endeavors.

Professor Michele DeStefano Presents at Stanford on Solving the Legal Crisis

(Posted: 03-15-13) Professor Michele DeStefano presented at Stanford University School of Law on "Solving the Legal Crisis: Innovation and Entrepreneurship." In addition to teaching courses in professional responsibility and civil procedure, Professor DeStefano is the founder and co-creator of LawWithoutWalls, a collaborative academic model that brings together over 200 students, faculty, practitioners, academics, entrepreneurs, business and law students, and venture capitalists from around the world to innovate legal education and practice.

War Crimes Prosecution Watch Honors Forthcoming NSAC Article by Lecturer in Law Christina M. Frohock

(Posted: 03-15-13) Lecturer in Law Christina M. Frohock has an article forthcoming in the Summer 2013 issue of Miami Law's National Security & Armed Conflict Law Review. The article, titled "The Eyes of the World: Charges, Challenges, and Guantánamo Military Commissions After Hamdan II," has been selected for the "Worth Reading" section of War Crimes Prosecution Watch. War Crimes Prosecution Watch, a biweekly e-newsletter published jointly by the Public International Law & Policy Group and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, compiles official documents and articles analyzing war crimes issues and has more than 9,000 subscribers. Frohock teaches Legal Communication and Research Skills and an upper-level seminar on Legal Issues in Guantánamo. Her scholarship focuses on Guantánamo, and she has given a variety of presentations at conferences and universities. Previously, she taught Constitutional Law at the University of Miami and advanced legal research and writing at Florida International University College of Law.

Lecturers in Law Annette Torres and Cheryl Zuckerman Speak on Effective Client Communications

(Posted: 03-15-13) Lecturer in Law Annette Torres and Cheryl Zuckerman gave a presentation titled "LRW and Beyond: Teaching Effective Client Communications" at the Capital Area Legal Writing Conference hosted by American University—Washington College of Law. Their presentation focused on methods and best practices for teaching law students how to communicate with clients throughout the life of the attorney-client relationship. The conference was attended by over ninety legal writing professors from across the country. Torres and Zuckerman teach Legal Communication and Research Skills and an upper-level course titled Effective Client Communications.

Professor Andrew Dawson Presents Work on Employees and Corporate Reorganization

(Posted: 03-06-13) Professor Andrew Dawson participated in the Bankruptcy Success Modeling Conference at the UCLA School of Law. He presented the results of his recent empirical project on the impact of organized labor on success in chapter 11 bankruptcy. Professor Dawson’s research focuses on corporate reorganization issues, and he teaches in the area of bankruptcy and contracts.

Professor Susan Haack Lectures on Legal Pragmatisms in Brussels

(Posted: 03-06-13) Professor Susan Haack will present at Free University of Brussels on "Legal Pragmatisms." Professor Haack is a Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, where she teaches each year a course for the philosophy department, an interdisciplinary course for the College of Arts and Sciences, and a course in the Law School. She is a renowned epistemologist and serves on the Editorial Board of Philosophy, Science, and Law, and on the Advisory Board of Ratio Juris, and has edited an issue of the American Philosophical Association's newsletter on Philosophy and Law on Science in the Law. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Italian Society for Law and Literature. She works with the Miami-Dade Public Defender's office on cases involving scientific testimony.

Professor Irwin Stotzky Publishes Article on the Fourth Amendment

(Posted: 03-06-13) Professor Irwin Stotzky recently published an article, "Constitutional Adjudication and the Fourth Amendment" in Volume 28 of the Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook. Another one of his articles, "Democracy and Sustainability in Reconstructing Haiti: A Possibility or a Mirage?" has been accepted for publication in the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review. For the past 31 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.

February 2013

Professor Frances Hill Speaks on Regulation of Exempt Organizations

(Posted: 02-26-13) Professor Frances R. Hill presented a paper titled "Exempt Entities as Government Contractors: Regulations Through Cooperative Federalism," at a conference at the Columbia Law School. Professor Hill suggested that effective regulation involved both the prevention of fraud and abuse and monitoring of performance to ensure that the intended beneficiaries of government programs were well-served. Tax officials, whether at the federal or state level, could not provide the kind of performance monitoring that was required to ensure the proper and effective use of taxpayer money by exempt entities. Effective regulations depends on cooperative federalism involving the contracting agencies that fund and implement projects, tax authorities, and state attorneys general. Cooperative federalism in practice defies crisply defined theories and depends instead on working relationships that have been hampered by judicial efforts to use federalism primarily as a mechanism to limit federal government authority. Professor Hill, a Dean’s Distinguished Scholar for the Profession, teaches and writes on tax exempt entities as well as constitutional law issues including campaign finance and spending clause controversies, and on issues arising in the course of implementing the Affordable Care Act.

Lecturer in Law Jan Jacobowitz Moderates Panel on Attorney Advertising in the Digital Age

(Posted: 02-26-13) Lecturer in Law Jan L. Jacobowitz (moderated a panel on Attorney Advertising in the Digital Age at the recent Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) Mid-Year Meeting in Dallas. The issues raised in Jacobowitz’s article, "Endless Pursuit: Capturing Technology at the Intersection of the First Amendment and Attorney Advertising," informed the discussion as the article had been submitted as supplemental authority to the Florida Supreme Court by one of the panelists, Tom Julin, who represented several of the large law firms in the case involving the Florida Bar's proposed amendments to the advertising rules. Jacobowitz is the director of the Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program, which has presented a number of CLE Ethics seminars involving the amendments to Florida's attorney advertising rules.

Lecturer in Law Scott Rogers Interviewed on HuffPost Live

(Posted: 02-26-13) Lecturer in Law Scott Rogers participated on the HuffPost Live show "The Power of Mindfulness" discussing mindfulness and the New York Academy of Science's sold out program "Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness." Also on the panel was Amishi Jha, a cognitive scientist and UM professor of psychology, who collaborates with Rogers on research exploring the enduring brain and behavior changes that may accompany mindfulness-training programs. Rogers, a nationally recognize leader in the area of mindfulness in law, is founder and director of Miami Law's Mindfulness in Law Program, author of "Mindfulness for Law Students," "The Six-Minute Solution: A Mindfulness Primer for Lawyers," "Mindful Parenting," and co-author of "Mindfulness and Professional Responsibility: A Guidebook for Integrating Mindfulness into the Law School Curriculum."

Professor Caroline Bradley Speaks on European Financial Markets and Financial Regulation

(Posted: 02-14-13) Professor Caroline Bradley participated at a conference at the University of Texas recently. She presented her paper, "Breaking up Is Hard to Do: The Interconnection Problem in Financial Markets and Financial Regulation, a European (Banking) Union Perspective" at the Texas International Law Journal 2013 symposium, The Nation State and Its Banks: Sovereign Debt and International Regulation. Professor Bradley has written widely on matters of British and European financial law. At Miami Law, she teaches courses in European Community law, United States securities regulation, international finance and business associations.

Professor Caroline Mala Corbin's Essay Cited by Federal Appellate Judge

(Posted: 02-14-13) Professor Caroline Mala Corbin's article, "The Contraception Mandate" was cited by Judge Rovner of the 7th Circuit Federal Appellate Court in her dissent in the case Grote v. Sebelius. Professor Corbin teaches U.S. Constitutional Law I, U.S. Constitutional Law II, First Amendment, and Feminism and the First Amendment. Her articles have appeared in the New York University Law Review, UCLA Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review and Boston University Law Review, among others.

Professor Felix Mormann Presents Work on Climate Change Policy at the University of Georgia

(Posted: 02-14-13) Professor Felix Mormann participated in the International Law in a Time of Scarcity conference at the University of Georgia. Following an invitation from the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Professor Mormann presented current work on climate change policy that builds on his recent paper "Enhancing the Investor Appeal of Renewable Energy." His scholarship explores the regulatory and policy challenges along the path to an environmentally and economically sustainable energy future. Professor Mormann teaches in the areas of environmental law and energy law.

Lecturer in Law Scott Rogers Speaks on Mindfulness to Family Court

(Posted: 02-14-13) Lecturer in Law Scott Rogers spoke on mindfulness to a group of 100, including judges, lawyers, mental health professionals, mediators, and court personnel who work with families in conflict. The event kicked off the 2013 "Lunch & Learn" series hosted by Family Court Services. The two hour CLE program was entitled, "Mindfulness, Stress-Reduction and Order in the Cortex," a program developed by Rogers to share mindfulness insights and exercises with lawyers, judges, and other participants in the legal profession. He is the Founder and Director of the Mindfulness and Law Program at Miami Law.

January 2013

Professor Keith Rosenn Talks to NBC News about Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez

(Posted: 01-31-13) Professor Keith Rosenn recently spoke with NBC News about Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez not being publicly seen for 40 days. Read the article here. Professor Rosenn has extensive experience in Latin American legal affairs. He has practiced law with a Brazilian law firm and has worked as a project specialist with the Ford Foundation, helping to establish a graduate legal education program in Rio de Janeiro. He is the author of six books and numerous law review articles in the fields of comparative law, Latin American law, and constitutional law. Professor Rosenn is the chair of the LLM programs in Comparative Law and in Inter-American Law. He teaches courses in constitutional law, comparative law, Latin American law, and Doing Business in Latin America.

Professor David Abraham Discusses Cuba's Travel and Visa Policies on BBC Radio

(Posted: 01-31-13) Immigration law expert Professor David Abraham appeared on BBC "5 Live" worldwide radio to discuss recent changes in Cuba's travel and visa policies. Professor Abraham explained that by allowing much freer travel abroad and by allowing emigrants to retain property rights and citizenship, Cuba was joining the ranks of a diverse array of countries including Israel, Mexico, and Poland which had recently switched from treating their emigrants as traitors to treating them as assets deployed abroad. The Cuban leadership was also testing the dedication of its citizens as well as challenging the United States to take a more realistic view of the Cuban people and the endless embargo imposed on the island for decades. Professor Abraham teaches Property, Immigration & Citizenship Law, Citizenship and Identity, Law and the Transition to Capitalism and Law and Social Theory. He has been widely published in each of those areas as well as serving as a frequent media commentator for American, German, and Israeli newspapers and television.

Professor Jan Paulsson Appears before the International Court of Justice in The Hague

(Posted: 01-31-13) Professor Jan Paulsson appeared before the International Court of Justice in The Hague during the first two weeks of December as an advocate for the Republic of Chile in its maritime dispute with the Republic of Peru. The oral arguments may be viewed in their entirety at the ICJ website. In August, Professor Paulsson sat in The Hague as one of seven Judges dealing with the dispute between Pakistan and India (administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration) concerning hydro-electrical dam construction in Kashmir alleged to be contrary to the 1960 Indus Water Treaty. The decision is under deliberation. Professor Jan Paulsson holds the Michael Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair at the University of Miami School of Law. He is also the Faculty Chair of the Specialization in International Arbitration. Adding to his work at the Law School, Professor Paulsson practices with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He is also the President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, immediate past President of the LCIA (2004-2010), a Vice-President of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and a board member of the American Arbitration Association.

Lecturer in Law Scott Rogers to Participate in Mindfulness Seminar

(Posted: 01-31-13) Lecturer in Law Scott Rogers will participate in a mindfulness seminar sponsored by Mindful Kids Miami, Inc. He will discuss how mindfulness is being used by the legal community. Rogers is the Founder and Director of the Mindfulness and Law Program at Miami Law. He is the author of Mindfulness for Law Students: Applying the Power of Mindful Awareness to Achieve Balance and Success in Law School which is being used in law schools across the country, The Six-Minute Solution: A Mindfulness Primer for Lawyers, and co-author of Mindfulness and Professional Responsibility A Guide Book for Integrating Mindfulness into the Law School Curriculum. Since 2008, Professor Rogers has been teaching a series of Jurisight® classes for Miami Law students and, in 2009, he began integrating mindfulness into the core curriculum. He developed and teaches "Mindfulness in Law," an upper level course and, with Professor Jan Jacobowitz, teaches "Mindful Ethics." He is Co-Chair of the Dade-County-Bar Association and Federal Bar Association's Mindfulness in Law Joint Task Force, and is co-founder of the University of Miami Mindfulness Research and Practice Initiative.

Professor Mary Anne Franks Discusses Revenge Porn Lawsuit on HuffPost Live

(Posted: 01-31-13) Professor Mary Anne Franks recently spoke with HuffPost Live regarding the rise of revenge porn on the internet and how victims are suing a website and its host server for posting pornographic pictures of them without consent. Click here to watch the video. Professor Franks currently teaches family law, criminal law, and criminal procedure at Miami Law. Her other research and teaching interests include cyberlaw, discrimination, free speech, and law and gender.

Professor Leigh Osofsky Presents Paper In Two Workshops

(Posted: 01-16-13) Professor Professor Leigh Z. Osofsky recently presented her paper, "Frictions as Screening Mechanisms" at two different workshops – at the James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in Toronto, Canada and at the Florida International University College of Law Faculty Workshop Series. Professor Osofsky's scholarship focuses on tax compliance and uncertainty in tax administration. She teaches courses addressing various aspects of taxation and policy. recently presented her paper, "Frictions as Screening Mechanisms" at two different workshops Professor Leigh Z. Osofsky recently presented her paper, "Frictions as Screening Mechanisms" at two different workshops – at the James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in Toronto, Canada and at the Florida International University College of Law Faculty Workshop Series. Professor Osofsky's scholarship focuses on tax compliance and uncertainty in tax administration. She teaches courses addressing various aspects of taxation and policy. at the James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in Toronto, Canada and at the Florida International University College of Law Faculty Workshop Series. Professor Osofsky's scholarship focuses on tax compliance and uncertainty in tax administration. She teaches courses addressing various aspects of taxation and policy.

Professor Jan Paulsson and Visiting Professor J. Martin Hunter Participate In Transnational Arbitration Forum

(Posted: 01-16-13) Professor Jan Paulsson, the Michael Klein Distinguished Chair, and Visiting Professor J. Martin Hunter will be participating as moderators in the 2nd Annual Institute for Transnational Arbitration Winter Forum in Miami later this month. Professor Paulsson is the faculty chair of the Specialization in International Arbitration at Miami Law. He has participated as counsel or arbitrator in over 500 arbitrations in Europe, Asia, the United States and Africa. He has also acted before a great variety of international tribunals, including the International Court of Justice and the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Professor Hunter is a barrister at Essex Court Chambers practicing in the field of international arbitration. He has served as counsel or arbitrator in cases held under the rules of most of the world's principal arbitral institutions and arbitration centers.

Lecturer In Law Christina Frohock Publishes Article In Magazine

(Posted: 01-16-13) Christina Frohock published an article on technology in the law in the current issue of The Bencher, the national magazine for the Inns of Court. Read it here. Professor Frohock teaches Legal Communication and Research Skills and an upper-level seminar on Legal Issues in Guantánamo. Her scholarship focuses on Guantánamo, and she has given a variety of presentations at conferences and universities. Previously, she taught Constitutional Law at the University of Miami and advanced legal research and writing at Florida International University College of Law.