June, 2013

Friday, June 28, 2013

Dr. Vinodh Jaichand (Photos by Miami Law). 

The first time Dr. Vinodh Jaichand ever boarded a plane and traveled abroad was to come to attend the University of Miami School of Law. "I knew my quest to study abroad was...

Friday, June 28, 2013

A rising 2L, Trinity Jordan continues to thrive in law school. During his first year, he successfully wrote and promoted his third book, "Sabotage." Published by Passio,Sabotage: How Insecurities Destroy Everything is a book about how...

Friday, June 28, 2013

After a two-week trial, a Broward County jury returned a $100 million verdict in favor of a 31-year-old pilot whose plane crashed at North Perry airport on November 10, 2007. The jury found the air traffic controller 68% responsible and the pilot...

Friday, June 21, 2013

From a kick-off cocktail party to the keynote address, the University of Miami School of Law Graduate Program in Taxation demonstrated its commitment to Latin America to the hundreds of tax practitioners attending the U.S.-Latin...

Friday, June 21, 2013

ABA leaders from left to right: Kevin Yombor, 3L; Shekida Smith, 2L; Andrew Orcutt, 2L. (Photos by Catharine Skipp and Nick Madigan/Miami Law).

Three Miami Law students will be applying their dexterity to their recently...

Monday, June 17, 2013

Rebekah Poston and Linda Dakis were roommates throughout their time at Miami Law in the early 70s. They both attended night school after working full-time during the day, and although they were tired at night, they were serious about law school...

Monday, June 17, 2013

Not surprisingly, it was standing room only at Karen Throckmorton's farewell fete, and not just because of the lure of sweet laden tables of treats. As with every truly good celebration, there were laughs and tears, and a tiny...

Monday, June 17, 2013

Rising second-year law student Shekida Smith has been appointed National Student Director for the ABA Law Student Division's National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) Subcommittee.

The appointment was based on many...

Monday, June 17, 2013

With a verdict in the George Zimmerman trail in the murder of Trayvon Martin, University of Miami School of Law Professors were called upon to comment on the front pages ofThe New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Miami Herald, as...

Friday, June 07, 2013

PREP students Christina Flatau and Danielle Singer, Gwen Cherry Bar Association members, Nexcy De La Rosa-Monroe and Nneka Uzodinma, and Miami Law student James Lechter. (Photo: Miami Law)

Students in Miami Law's ...

Friday, June 07, 2013

PREP students Christina Flatau and Danielle Singer, Gwen Cherry Bar Association members, Nexcy De La Rosa-Monroe and Nneka Uzodinma, and Miami Law student James Lechter. (Photo: Miami Law) 

Students in Miami Law's ...

Friday, June 07, 2013

Two rising second-year Miami Law students –...

Friday, June 07, 2013

Miami Law's Legal Corps has been awarded a second $10,000 grant by The Miami Foundation, which will fund a six-month fellowship at Dade Legal Aid's Put Something Back Pro Bono Project.

"We are grateful to the Miami Foundation...

Friday, June 07, 2013

Award-winning journalist Trevor Aaronson visited a Miami Law class recently to talk about his recent book, The Terror Factory, and to give students advice as they pursue their own investigative articles.

Aaronson is co-...

Friday, June 28, 2013

 They call her "Rocky," much like the fictional boxer, Raquel Rodriguez is used to stepping into tough situations and going the distance. She got the nickname from a classmate at law school. "I think it was my willingness to get in the ring...