Faculty & Leadership

The program features a faculty with recognized national expertise in a wide range of areas, including climate change, international environmental law, pollution control regulation, land use regulation, and ocean and coastal law.

Director

Jessica Owley

Professor of Law
Faculty Director for the Environmental Law Program

jxo468@miami.edu

(305) 284-5284
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Jessica Owley specializes in Environmental Law and Property Law, with a focus on Climate Change Law and Policy and oversees the Environmental Law Program. She is a leading expert on private land conservation and conservation easements. Her interdisciplinary work explores ways to mitigate and adapt to climate change as well as furthering other...
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Core Program Faculty

Anthony V Alfieri

Professor of Law
DEAN'S DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR; FOUNDING DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR ETHICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY EQUITY LAB, HISTORIC BLACK CHURCH PROGRAM, AND LEGAL PROFESSION PROGRAM

a.alfieri@miami.edu

(305) 284-2735
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Anthony V. Alfieri, Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar, is the founding Director of the Center for Ethics and Public Service and its Community Equity Lab, Historic Black Church Program, and Legal Profession Program at the University of Miami School of Law. He...
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Abigail L Fleming

Lecturer in Law
Mysun Foundation Practitioner-in-Residence Environmental Justice Clinic; Faculty, Environmental Law Program

alf160@miami.edu

(305) 284-3198
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Abigail Fleming is the Mysun Foundation Practitioner in Residence at the University of Miami School of Law Environmental Justice Clinic (“EJC”). The EJC advocates for and seeks to empower vulnerable communities who disproportionately bear the environmental, economic, and health burdens of the development,...
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Erin Okuno

Lecturer in Law
Professor of Legal Writing; Faculty, Environmental Law Program

exo310@miami.edu

(305) 284-1159
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Erin Okuno graduated summa cum laude from Stetson University College of Law and summa cum laude from the Georgia Institute of Technology. In law school, she was the Editor in Chief and Managing Editor of Stetson Law Review and a student editor for the Journal of International...
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Bernard H. Oxman

Professor of Law
Richard A. Hausler Professor of Law

b.oxman@miami.edu

(305) 284-2293
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Before joining the Law School in 1977, Professor Oxman served on active duty in the International Law Division of the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and thereafter as Assistant Legal Adviser for Oceans, Environment, and Scientific Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. At the University of Miami, he has regularly taught...
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Ileana M. Porras

Senior Lecturer

i.porras@miami.edu

(305) 284-4551
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Ileana Porras joined the University of Miami School of Law as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in 2010, and served in that capacity until 2017. She now holds an appointment as Senior Lecturer and teaches Public International Law, Climate Change Law & Policy, and Property Law. Prior to joining the Law School Professor Porras was Visiting...
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Daniel O Suman

Professor

dsuman@miami.edu

(305) 742-8762
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My work focuses on management of coastal areas, including mechanisms to increase institutional cooperation, capacity building, development of management plans, and reduction of conflicts between various resource users. Marine and coastal protected areas and adaptation to climate change are additional areas of my work. I dedicate much of my...
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Affiliated Faculty

Caroline Mary Bradley

Professor of Law

c.bradley1@miami.edu (305) 284-2082

Xavier Cortada

Professor Prof. Practice

x.cortada@miami.edu (305) 284-5459

Tamar Ezer

Lecturer in Law

txe127@miami.edu (305) 284-6926

R. Denisse Cordova Montes

Lecturer in Law

r.cordovamontes@miami.edu (305) 284-2939

Marcia Narine Weldon

Lecturer in Law

mln50@miami.edu (305) 333-9352

Pablo Rueda Saiz

Associate Professor of Law

pxr471@miami.edu (305) 284-5401

Adjunct Faculty

Brian Adler teaches Planning and Zoning

Joni Coffey teaches Real Property and Government

Bill Dwyer teaches Protection of Living Marine Resources

Susan Hankin teaches Companion Animals and the Law

Keith Hirokawa teaches Natural Resources Law

Michael Karcher teaches Admiralty

Daniel Magraw teaches Climate Change and Human Rights.

Kerry McGrath teaches Wetlands Regulation and Permitting

Howard Nelson teaches Environmental Regulation of Real Property

Melissa Powers teaches Energy Law