Miami Law News Headlines: April 2012

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Miami Law Student Argues Immigration Case in Federal Appeals Court

(Posted: 04-30-12) Brittany R. Young, a member of Miami Law's Immigration Clinic, recently argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on behalf of one of the clinic's clients. Young, a third-year student, appeared under a new rule that permits law students to appear in certain cases as long as they are supervised by an attorney. "I believe that Brittany is the first student to argue before the court," said Rebecca Sharpless, Assistant Professor of Clinical Education and the Immigration Clinic's director.

Students Urge Officials in D.C. to Stop Deportations to Haiti

(Posted: 04-27-12) Students from Miami Law's Human Rights and Immigration Clinics traveled recently to Washington D.C. as part of their ongoing advocacy for a halt to deportations from the United States to Haiti. The deportations were resumed in January 2011 despite worsening post-earthquake conditions in Haiti and protests from the United Nations Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti and other UN bodies.

Syria Crisis Examined at Miami Law; Failure of Diplomacy Leads to Calls for Intervention

(Posted: 04-24-12) Inspired by the so-called Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and elsewhere, a few Syrian kids last year scrawled some graffiti calling for freedom from oppression. For their pains, they were arrested, tortured and mutilated. In the outrage that followed, their deaths gave birth to an insurrection that has become a brutal civil war.

Entertainment & Sports Law Society Goes All Out for High-Profile Event

(Posted: 04-17-12) When time came to pick a location for the Entertainment and Sports Law Society's annual symposium, Jason Sosnovsky, the group's president, had a novel idea. Instead of holding the event on campus, as in years past, ESLS would host it in a new, much higher-profile location: the Miami Marlins' new home, Marlins Park.

Students Provide Ethics Training For Legal Community

(Posted: 04-16-12) Students from Miami Law's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program recently presented three CLE ethics training sessions for working attorneys. Housed under the Center for Ethics and Public Service, the PREP program allows law students to travel to bar associations, legal services organizations, government agencies, law firms and corporations in South Florida to provide customized education in ethics.

Human Rights Clinic Fights For Gender Justice

(Posted: 04-13-12) In back-to-back trips last month to Washington D.C., four student members of Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic – along with the clinic's director, Professor Caroline Bettinger-López – pressed their advocacy of issues surrounding gender equality and justice.

Judge A. Jay Cristol's Gift Supports Bankruptcy Clinic

(Posted: 04-10-12) Never mind that he's an octogenarian – Judge A. Jay Cristol has not remotely begun to slow down. At 82, he maintains a full calendar in his downtown Miami courtroom, and after 27 years on the bench, still finds bankruptcy law fascinating.

Students' Documentary Probes History of Coconut Grove School, Segregated Community

(Posted: 04-03-12) Without any of the trappings of a Hollywood premiere, a documentary made by University of Miami law students in the Historic Black Church Program's Oral History Project had its first public screening at a Coconut Grove school that is at the heart of the film's real-life story.

PREP Provides Ethics Training to Caribbean Bar

(Posted: 04-02-12) Michael Greenfield, Matan Sheier and James Lechter, three student interns in Miami Law's Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program, recently presented a CLE ethics training session for the Caribbean Bar Association. Under the supervision of Jan Jacobowitz, PREP's director, the students discussed some of the ethical implications of using social media in the practice of law.