
The COVID-19 pandemic raises socio-legal issues on every front.
In the second of a series of three, the free 90-minute webinar on April 7 featured Miami Law faculty conversations addressing some of the most important of...

In the wake of measures instituted to stop the spread of the pandemic across the globe, emission levels and air pollution have declined in cities hit hard by the virus.
Now there appears to be undeniable proof that it can be done—...

The COVID-19 pandemic raises legal issues on every front. Recently, experts from the Miami Law tackled some of the ways in which the virus and responses to it intersect with every legal sector, and most especially with at risk...

Caroline Bettinger-Lopez
According to the World Health Organization, one in three women worldwide will suffer physical or sexual abuse in their lifetime, which equals about one billion women and...

The conviction of film producer Harvey Weinstein is being hailed as providing justice, but it also highlighted how powerful individuals use their influence to impede investigations.
Looking feeble and withered, he was led out of the...

Almost 4 million people work in fast-food restaurants. In recent years, these workers — among the lowest paid in the country and disproportionately...

The Editorial Board of Volume 75 of the University of Miami Law Review (UMLR) has been announced. Candidates were invited onto the Law Review because they either placed in the top 6.5% of their class or because they placed...

Each spring the Faculty Senate awards are presented to three outstanding members who are nominated and selected by their peers based on significant contributions to the...

The coronavirus is spreading. President Donald J. Trump has been impeached and partisan politics is raging. Miami was rattled by the aftermath of an earthquake that struck the Caribbean.
These are some of the recent morning headlines that...

Environmental attorney Jessica Owley has been a lifelong advocate for the preservation of land and wildlife. She is now educating the next generation of lawyers in the nuances of environmental law, a rapidly evolving field at a time when South...