Robert Latham
The statewide advocacy organization Florida’s Children First presented Children & Youth Law Clinic Associate Director Robert Latham with their “Outstanding Child...
Alex Cinney, 3L
Children & Youth Law Clinic Fellow and Miami Public Interest Scholar Alex Cinney came to law school wanting to do child advocacy and family law. "The Children & Youth Law...
Chelsea Johnson, 3L
Passion is intuitively tied to practice for 3L Miami Public Interest Scholar Chelsea Johnson. A lifelong water polo aficionado and competitive jujiteira, Johnson's...
Alexa Guerra
When a child enters foster care, they are at heightened risk for involvement with other punitive systems. The juvenile delinquency or adult criminal justice systems often wrongfully...
University of Miami family law professors explore the reported conditions of the conservatorship—the legal framework created purportedly to protect the pop star—that Spears and some of her ‘Free Britney’ supporters claim is ‘abusive’ and ‘...
Xavier Cortada, J.D.'91
The Environmental Law Institute recently presented Miami Law affiliated faculty member Xavier Cortada, J.D. ’91, with a 2021 National Wetlands Award for his 15 years of work...
Ronnie Stevens, left, who graduated from the First Star Academy, celebrated with Kaitlyn Casanas, center, assistant program director; and Maria Pia De Castro, program director.
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T-ROC founder and CEO Brett Beveridge GRAD YEAR greeted 18 of the 25 students, imparting some words of wisdom, and then gifted them the laptops and laptop backpacks. (Photo credit: Manny Hernandez)...
Kristen Calzadilla with judges from the Third District Court of Appeal via Zoom
Kristen Calzadilla, who graduated from Miami Law in spring 2021, presented oral arguments in the Third...
Children and Youth Law Clinic students
A 19-year-old Guatemalan immigrant, "Gustavo," was grappling with his place in the world as a crossover youth (those involved in the criminal justice and...