List of Law Student Organizations

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Inter-American Law Review

The Inter-American Law Review (IALR) (formerly Lawyer of the Americas) is a scholarly international legal periodical run entirely by second and third year law students at the University of Miami School of Law. The review is devoted to providing a forum through which legal scholars, practitioners, and students discuss major international and inter-American legal and legally-related developments. IALR is recognized as the only student-run periodical to focus solely on legal issues which directly affect Latin America and the Caribbean. With the continuing emergence of Miami as a center of international trade, finance, and law, the focus of IALR becomes increasingly important and relevant to the surrounding environs.

Lawyers, businesspersons, professors, and students of law, political science, and international commerce will find the IALR a valuable source of information for recent legal developments in the Western Hemisphere and around the globe. The IALR publishes scholarly articles, comments, and casenotes addressing inter-American and international legal issues, both of a scholarly and of a practical nature, including such areas as:

• Immigration & Refugees
• International Banking & Finance
• Employment & Labor Law
• Latin American Economic Integration & NAFTA
• Taxation
• Maritime Law
• Aviation
• Human Rights & International Organizations

Faculty Advisor: Professor Keith Rosenn

Founder: Rafael C. Benitez

Administrative Assistant: Aurora Gonzales

2012-13 Officers

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law Journal

The Psychology, Public Policy, and Law Journal is a multidisciplinary journal that provides a forum to critically evaluate topics and issues arising in psychology, public policy, and law. The Journal provides an opportunity to examine the intersection between psychology, policy, and legal issues. The Psychology, Public Policy, and Law Journal also provides editorial support to the American Psychological Association (APA) on the Journal's publication. The Journal is published by the APA and is distributed nationwide.

Faculty Advisor: Professor Sean Bettinger-Lopez

2012-2013 E-Board & Members

Race and Social Justice Law Review

Founded in 2007, the University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review, formerly known as the Black Law Review, is a student journal committed to the promotion and publication of scholarly articles that address the legal, social, economic, and psychological issues that affect communities of color, with a particular emphasize on the global Black community. The Race and Social Justice Law Review published its first edition in 2009. The articles published through the Race and Social Justice Law Review are geared towards promoting scholarly dialogue about major issues affecting communities of color, including, but not limited to the economics of discrimination, racial profiling, and healthcare.

The Race and Social Justice Law Review publications strive to reflect the diverse racial and cultural dynamic of South Florida by addressing issues facing all cultural groups in South Florida that identify as culturally or ethnically black. In doing so, the Race and Social Justice Law Review's publications consider not only American-born blacks, but also South Florida's vast immigrant population that includes individuals from the Caribbean islands such as Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Central and South America.

The University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law is only the eighth such law review in the country. By embracing and encouraging the development of the University of Miami Race and Social Justice Law Review, the University of Miami has once again illustrated that it is a pioneer at the forefront of diverse legal scholarship.

Faculty Advisors: Professor Zanita E. Fenton and Professor Francisco Valdes

2012-13 Executive Board Members

Tax Law Society

One of the largest student organizations at the School of Law, the Tax Law Society currently is engaged in establishing a Tax Law Review and a Tax Law Moot Court Team and in conducting job placement and development activities. The U.S. News and World Report consistently ranks the University of Miami School of Law’s tax program among the top 10 nationally. Contact us at umtaxlawsociety@gmail.com.

Faculty Advisor: Patricia Brown

2012-13 Executive Board

Jewish Law Student Association

Faculty Advisor: Rabbi Mendi Fellig

2012-13 Officers

Muslim Law Students Association

The purpose behind the Muslim Law Students Association (MLSA) is to provide an accessible resource to Miami Law students and faculty on Islam and Muslims in order to educate and promote tolerance and understanding on campus. Furthermore, we aim to establish a strong student network that provides academic support and we aim to develop a network of Miami Law Muslim alumni. Membership in MLSA shall be open to any student currently enrolled in the University of Miami School of Law who wishes to be known as a member of MLSA and who has the best interests of MLSA, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, physical handicap, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. E-mail miami.mlsa@gmail.com for more information.

Faculty Advisor: Professor Donald M. Jones

2012-13 Executive Board

Aamir Saeed
aamirhsaeed@gmail.com
President

Florida Bar Law Student Division

• Constitution of the Florida Bar Law Student Division

Faculty Advisor: Diane S. Quick

2012-13 Officers

The Order of Barristers

• Bylaws

The Order of Barristers is a national honorary organization whose purpose is the encouragement of oral advocacy and brief writing skills through effective law school appellate moot court and mock trial programs. The Order recognizes graduating students who have excelled in moot court and mock trial activities while in law school. Membership in the Order is one of the highest honors awarded by the School of Law in regard to advocacy skills. Only 8 to 10 new members are inducted per academic year.

University of Miami Trial Team

The UM Trial Team is composed of a group of law students who represent the Law School in inter-school competitions all over the state and country, some of which include:

• The Florida Bar Mock Trial Competition
• The Florida Justice Association Trial Competition
• The American Association for Justice Competition

Contact Information:

University of Miami School of Law
Attention: Trial Team
1311 Miller Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33124
UMTrialTeam@gmail.com or caraconvery@gmail.com