Learn about upcoming and previous Miami Law Human Rights Program events.
Prior Events
2021
UN Human Rights Day 2021
Date & Time: Monday, December 13th, 7pm-8pm EST
Join us on December 13 for a discussion on the intersection of law and medicine
on the human rights of immigrants and refugees around the world to mark the
UN's Human Rights Day!
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Human Rights Clinic Showcase
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 20th, 10:10am – 11:50am EST
Please join us for a presentation by Human Rights Clinic students
about their work from this past year.
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A Symposium on International Law and COVID-19:
Impacts on Human Rights and Public Health
Dates: Monday, April 12: 9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. ET &
Friday, April 16, 2021: 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. ET
Native Women Creating Visibility: Storytelling, Advocacy, and Art
A conversation with Mary Kathryn Nagle
Date: March 11, 2021 at 7:00pm
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Home Truth Film Screening
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM, ZOOM
Join us for a free screening of Home Truth, an award winning documentary film detailing a domestic violence survivor’s groundbreaking quest for justice that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and an international human rights tribunal.
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9th Annual Henkin Lecture on Human Rights
“Human Rights and Democracy in a New Era”
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021
Time: 12:30pm-1:50pm EST
via Zoom
Featuring:
Juan E Méndez
Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence, Washington College of Law
The inauguration of a new administration – but more significantly the dramatic events that preceded it – gives rise to new opportunities to promote and protect human rights and democracy as a central element of United States foreign policy. This lecture will explore how the US can (re)establish its credibility on the global stage, and serve as a force for progressive change and a champion of justice, fairness, inclusion, and equality.
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What Can We Learn from the Experiences of Asylum Seekers?
A Digital screening and Q&A for Law Students and Immigration advocates
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Time: 10am PT/ 1pm ET ( 1 hour event)
Moderator:
Jayashri Srikantiah, Director, Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic
@JSJayashri @stanfordlaw
Speakers:
-Alexandra Condina, FIlmmaker, Paper Children
- Tom Shepard, Filmmaker, Unsettled
- Rachel Kafele, Legal Director, Oasis Legal Services
- Kusia Hreshchyshyn, Pro Bono Attorney Supervisor, Oasis Legal Services Handle: @oasislegalservices
- Gracia Cuzzi, Esq. Senior Staff Attorney, Catholic Legal Services Handle: @CCLSMiami
- Juliann Bildhauer, Senior Director for Legal Training and Technical Assistance, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
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2020
PUSH: A FILM SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION
November 13, 2020
A new documentary investigating why we can't afford to live in our cities anymore and highlighting the importance of housing as a human right.
Human Rights Career Panel
October 20, 2020
Join the Human Rights Society and the Human Rights Clinic for a panel on careers in human rights law. Practitioners will discuss their career trajectories and advice for students interested in pursuing human rights law. Caroline LaPorte, JD ’14, Seminole Tribe of Florida Tribal Court, Meena Jagannath, Movement Law Lab, and Samantha Knights, Miami Law Adjunct Faculty.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND TECH COMPANIES: Rights and Responsibilites in the Digital Age
September 29, 2020
In the midst of conversations in the digital age surrounding fake news and social media addiction, join the Human Rights Society for a lecture with Professor Marcia Narine Weldon on human rights and tech companies.
Human Rights & Tech Companies: Rights & Responsibilities in the Digital Age
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Documentary Screening: Militia Man
February 27, 2020
Militia Man
The International Criminal Court spent millions on his trial but arguably shed little light on the war crimes of Congolese militia man Germain Katanga, or properly compensated his victims.
“A New Kind of “War on Poverty” – The Trump Administration’s Policies Toward Vulnerable Immigrants”
February 18, 2020
Defending the Human Rights of Migrants Lecture Series Presents
“A New Kind of “War on Poverty” – The Trump Administration’s Policies Toward Vulnerable Immigrants”
Home Truth - Film Screening & Discussion
February 6, 2020
Home Truth, an award-winning documentary film detailing a domestic violence survivor’s groundbreaking quest for justice that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and an international human rights tribunal. Stay afterwards for a discussion about the Miami Law Human Rights Clinic’s ongoing representation of Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales) in this landmark case.
Careers in Crimmigration
January 22, 2020
Defending the Human Rights of Migrants Lecture Series Presents
Careers in Crimmigration
2019
Family Separation and Immigration Detention in the US
November 7, 2019
Defending the Human Rights of Migrants Lecture Series Presents
Family Separation and Immigration Detention in the US
Panelists will discuss current immigration policies, their traumatic effects on families and children, and strategies to address them.
Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights
October 15, 2019
8th Annual Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights -
"Race, Gender, and Nation in an Age of Shifting Borders"
Featuring:
Catherine Powell, Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
Petty Offenses Symposium
September 20 - 21, 2019
Challenging Criminalization of Poverty,
Marginalization, and Gender Non-Conformity
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Defending the Human Rights of Migrants Lecture Series Presents:
SB 168: Florida’s New Anti-Immigrant Law
September 16, 2019
A panel discussion about SB 168: Florida’s New Anti-Immigrant Law
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What the Constitution Means to Me
June 20, 2019
The Human Rights Clinic, the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence, and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP sponsored a special performance of the Broadway hit,
What the Constitution Means to Me
Dedicated to Jessica Lenahan,
Plaintiff in Town of Castle Rock v. Jessica Gonzales and Petitioner in Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United States of America.
Jessica’s case was featured in the play.
Playwright/Actor Heidi Schreck dedicated her June 20th show to honor Jessica Lenahan and to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of the deaths of Jessica’s beautiful daughters, Rebecca, Katheryn, and Leslie Gonzales.
Living at Risk: Transgendered Women, HIV, and Human Rights in South Florida
March 21, 2019
A panel with Megan McLemore, Human Rights Watch and Rajee Narinesingh , Trans Activist and actressthat discussed the Human Rights Watch Report: Living at Risk: Transgender Women, HIV, and Human Rights in South Florida which details how state and federal policies affect trans women’s access to HIV treatment and other healthcare in South Florida.
Diversity in Law
March 20, 2019
A panel with visiting professor Joe Tringali as moderator, and distinguished members of the legal community including Honorable U.S. District Court Judge Darrin P. Gayles, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tim Abraham, Ana Romes, JD ’12, Nancy Abudu, Esq. , and Grace Mead, Esq. discussing their own experiences regarding challenges facing adversity and how to embrace intersectionality and overcoming adversity on their path to success. This was followed by a networking event with lawyers, community members, and students. This event was co-sponsored by over 43 organizations including Ackerman, the ACLU, Carina Mask, Gay and Lesbian Lawyers Association, and International Moot Court Program.
Documentary Screening: Free Men
March 6, 2019
A screening of Free Men, a documentary featuring the trials and tribulations of Kenneth Reams whom at age 18 was convicted for capital murder without firing a bullet, becoming the youngest inmate on Arkansas death row. Trapped in solitary confinement for 25 years, Reams transcended past his prison walls through painting and poetry.
Documentary Screening: Militia Man
February 18, 2019
A Screening of Militia Man, a documentary focusing on the trial held by the International Criminal Court, “ICC,” for Germain Katanga and his war crimes. The screening was shortly followed by director Lisa Clifford, a British journalist and filmmaker who has reported on the ICC for years.
Are You Interested in a Career in Human Rights?
February 7, 2019
A panel discussion with distinguished faculty and practitioners including Caroline Bettinger-Lopez, a Director and Professor of Clinical Education, Tamar Ezer, an Associate Director and Lecturer in Law, Denisse Cordova Montes, a Practitioner-in-Residence and Lecturer in Law, Samantha Knights QC, a barrister at Matrix, UK and Adjunct Professor, Oscar Londoño, a Skadden Fellow at Community Justice Project, and Charlotte Cassel, a Deputy Director at Lotus House Women’s Shelter, about their pathways and work in human rights law.
2018
Home Truth - Public Film Screening
October 11, 2018
The clinic hosted a free film screening at UM’s Cosford Cinema of Home Truth, a documentary film about our Miami Law Human Rights Clinic client, domestic violence survivor/activist and litigant, Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales). Home Truth details Jessica’s extraordinary quest for justice that reached the U.S. Supreme Court and an international human right tribunal.
Watch the livestream of Home Truth
COURAGE in Policing Roundtable at UM
October 11, 2018
Community Roundtable on Enhancing the Law Enforcement Response to Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Former Vice President Joe Biden visits the University of Miami – It’s On Us Campaign Rally 2018
March 20, 2018
Biden Calls for a Change in Culture. Former Vice-President Joe Biden and Caroline Bettinger-López, Professor of Clinical Legal Education and Director of the Human Rights Clinic spoke to about the importance of speaking up against campus sexual assault.
Post-Biden event Roundtable on Campus Sexual Assault
March 20, 2018
Roundtable on Campus Sexual Assault with the Biden Foundation’s Violence Against Women Advisor, Lynn Rosenthal
2011
Gender Justice Convening
February 23-25, 2011
The clinic worked to organize the first Gender Justice of the Americas Conference in February 2011. The event focused on revitalizing and challenging the transnational dialogue regarding sexuality, violence, reproductive and human rights. This event brought together 150 advocates from 20 countries in the Americas.
The Louis Henkin Lecture Series on Human Rights
Louis Henkin, the prominent law professor at Columbia University School of Law, was one of the founders of the academic study of human rights and inspired a whole generation of human rights lawyers, scholars, and activists, including some of Miami Law's professors. Miami Law created a lecture series by illustrious speakers in his memory. See all past lectures speakers.
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