Sample #1
Administrative Law (4 credits)
Advanced Immigration Law Seminar (2 credits)
Capstone paper as an independent study (2 credits)
Constitutional Law II (4 credits)
Total: 15
Miami is a major immigration gateway to the United States and home to a sizable immigrant and naturalized citizen population. With a large and growing number of students at Miami Law interested in immigration law as a career or area of study, coupled with the Office of Career & Professional Development identifying immigration law as one of the top fields pursued by our graduates, we now offer an area focus in this field.
Students will devote at least 14 credit hours to the area of focus.
Students may apply in the spring of the 1st year or the fall or spring of the 2nd year. The application must include a plan providing for the fulfillment of the area of focus requirements. Interested students should contact the faculty coordinator Rebecca Sharpless.
Click here to watch a roundtable discussion on the Immigration, Asylum, and Citizenship Areas of Law focus.
Rebecca Sharpless, Professor of Law and Director, Immigration Clinic Kunal Parker Register for this Area of Focus Note to all law school students: Students are not eligible to apply for a Concentration/Area of Focus during their final semester at the law school.Faculty Coordinator
Affiliated Faculty
Alejandro Portes
Irwin Stotzky
David Abraham (Emeritus)
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