Leadership
Caroline S. Bettinger-Lopez
Professor of Law
Director, Human Rights Clinic; Faculty Chair, Human Rights Program
Tamar Ezer
Lecturer in Law
Associate Director, Human Rights Clinic; Faculty Director, Human Rights Program
Core Faculty
Core faculty with human rights expertise include the Human Rights Program’s leadership and the faculty members below:
Elizabeth Mathilde Iglesias
Professor of Law
Director, Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) Program
Marcia Narine Weldon
Director of Transactional Skills Program, Lecturer
Director, Transactional Skills Program; Faculty Coordinator, Business Compliance & Sustainability Concentration
Affiliated Faculty
Additionally, the Human Rights Program includes the following Miami Law faculty who teach, research or work in the area of human rights: - David Abraham, Professor of Law Emeritus HRP is further pleased to host the following visiting faculty and Scholars: 2023-24 - Valencia Gunder - Visiting Research Scholar 2021-23 - Daniel Magraw, Visiting Professor 2021-22 - Javier García Amez, Visiting Researcher, Human Rights Program
- Nikita Aggarwal, Associate Professor of Law
- Sara Baez, Associate Director, Programs, HOPE Public Interest Resource Center
- Sharon Booth, Associate Director, Programs, HOPE Public Interest Resource Center
- Andrea Jacoski, Associate Director, Immigration Clinic
- Caroline Bradley, Professor of Law; Dean's Distinguished Scholar; Associate Dean, International and Graduate Programs
- Donna K. Coker, Professor of Law
- Caroline Mala Corbin, Professor of Law; Dean's Distinguished Scholar
- Andrew Elmore, Associate Professor of Law
- Sandra Friedrich, Assistant Dean, International Graduate Law Programs; Director, International Arbitration; Lecturer in Law
- Abigail Fleming, Associate Director, Environmental Justice Clinic; Lecturer in Law
- Robert Latham, Associate Director, Children and Youth Law Clinic; Lecturer in Law
- Marni Lennon, Assistant Dean, Public Interest and Pro Bono; Director, HOPE Public Interest Resource Center; Lecturer in Law
- JoNel Newman, Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education; Director, Health Rights Clinic,
- James W. Nickel, Professor of Law and Philosophy Emeritus
- Bernard Oxman, Professor of Law Emeritus
- Jessica Owley, Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Environmental Law Program.
- Bernard P. Perlmutter, Professor of Law; Co-Director, Children & Youth Law Clinic
- Madeleine Plasencia, Visiting Professor of Law/Scholar
- Ileana Porras, Senior Lecturer
- Doug Ruley, Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education; Director, Environmental Justice Clinic
- Robin Schard, Librarian Professor; Director, Law Library
- Gabriel Scheffler, Associate Professor of Law
- Rebecca Sharpless, Professor of Law; Director, Immigration Clinic,
- Kele Stewart, Professor of Law; Co-Director, Children and Youth Law Clinic
- Melissa Swain, Associate Director, Health Rights Clinic; Lecturer in Law
- Craig Trocino, Associate Professor of Clinical Education; Director, Innocence Clinic
Visiting Faculty & Scholars
- Shana Tabak, Senior Fellow, Human Rights Clinic
- Christina M. Fetterhoff, Fellow, Human Rights Clinic