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:
Paula C Arias
Lecturer in Law
Director, International Moot Court Program
Elizabeth Mathilde Iglesias
Professor of Law
Director, Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) Program
Charles C. Jalloh
Professor of Law
Richard A. Hausler Chair in Law
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
