December, 2019
Monday, December 23, 2019
Here are some of the most-read stories published on Miami Law’s website during the 2019 year. 1. Miami Law Women President Chosen to Deliver Student Speech at Spring 2019 Commencement 2. LL.M....
Friday, December 20, 2019
Daria Kuznetsova
Russian lawyer Daria Kuznetsova is the recipient of the White & Case/Carolyn B. Lamm Scholarship, allowing her to pursue her LL.M. degree in International Arbitration at Miami Law....
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Dean Anthony Varona, Judge Ramiro Areces, Gov. DeSantis, and Ayana Harris
Governor Ron DeSantis announced a spate of judicial appointments at a press conference yesterday at the...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Edgar Andres Bustamante Sierra
Edgar Andres Bustamante Sierra has been named the 2019-2020 Young ICCA Full-tuition Scholarship winner.
Prior to attending Miami Law and pursuing his LL.M. in the...
November, 2019
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Meredith Hoffman 3L, Nestor Perez 3L, Olivia Parise 2L, Katarina Gomez 2L, Jimmy Camilus 2L, Jessica Gomez 3L, Maria Llorens 2L
Miami Law’s Immigration Clinic traveled to Monroe Detention Center in Key West...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Miami Law students at Halloween party at Chapman Partnership Homeless Shelter
Miami Law students share a deep commitment to serving the community via public service and student organizations, and this...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Edith Osman, J.D. '83, receiving the Henry Latimer Leadership and Professionalism Award
For 71 years, alumni of Miami Law have gathered for the annual “Morning Spirits” & Homecoming Breakfast to...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
African Nazarene University School of Law moot team
Three social media platforms launch in a country, attracting millions of followers. Two years later, the government blocks operations, accusing the...
October, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Human Rights Clinic Students with Professors Caroline Bettinger-López, Tamar Ezer and Denisse Córdova Montes
When the Fall semester began in mid-August, most students in the Human Rights Clinic had...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Amelia Daynes, 3L
Last week, WeCount!, the Homestead-based organization committed to building the power of the local immigrant community in Homestead, Florida through education, support and collective action...
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Professor Osamudia James, DeMaurice Fitzgerald Smith & Greg Levy
The National Football League Players Association’s DeMaurice Fitzgerald Smith sat down during a record-breaking Miami heatwave with Miami...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Elizabeth Montano, J.D. '19
Recent Miami Law graduate Elizabeth Montano was named one of two winners of the Yale Law Journal’s annual student essay competition, focused this year on emerging issues in...
September, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
Miami Law's Immigration Clinic appeared before U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom on Thursday to ask for a preliminary injunction against the state’s anti-sanctuary bill, SB 168. The new Florida law, which purports to give ICE authority to...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Professor John Rooney (back row, right) with the faculty of the University of Rosario
Professor John H. Rooney, Jr., who serves as an adjunct professor and is a member of the prestigious faculty in...
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Diogo Pereira, J.D. '10, speaking to law students and faculty
The Lava Jato scandal in Brazil, which implicated hundreds of individuals and politicians across Latin America in bribery schemes, has drawn...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
2L Bethany Blakeman
Second-year law student and environmental law advocate Bethany Blakeman, a student intern in Miami Law’s Environmental Justice Clinic, was recently selected to be a student liaison...
August, 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Professor Rose, Alec Waid, Brittany Herbert, Devyn Nixon, Gianna Fina, and Jennifer Gonzalez
Gianna Fina, Jennifer Gonzalez, Brittany Herbert, Devyn Nixon, and Alec Waid have been named the 2019-2020...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Kalen Nehler
2L Kalen Nehler recently completed his summer internship in LSGMI’s Health and Income Maintenance Unit where he served as a Summer Public Interest Fellow. The Health and Income Maintenance Unit...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Season three of Miami Law’s own podcast, the Miami Law Explainer, returns to the airways on August 16. The weekly show features Miami Law faculty experts giving context, relevance, and significance to compelling and timely...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Judge Rosemary Barkett teaching a class
Miami Law has had the distinction to welcome the legendary Judge Rosemary Barkett as an adjunct professor teaching Introduction to U.S. Law to the incoming class of...
July, 2019
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
This summer through the HOPE Public Interest Resource Center, students are working and expanding advocacy across the globe as HOPE Fellows, Summer Public Interest Fellows and Miami Scholars.
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Friday, July 26, 2019
Congresswoman Donna E. Shalala addressing students at First Star UM Academy
“You need to plan your own strategy. Don’t wait for someone else to plan your future for you,” said Congresswoman Donna E. Shalala...
Friday, July 26, 2019
2L Hannah Hays
The Aqua Foundation for Women Scholarship recently named Miami Public Interest Scholar Hannah Hays their inaugural Elizabeth Schwartz Scholar.
“The Aqua Foundation...
Friday, July 26, 2019
Alex Lewis, LL.M. '15
Graduates of Miami Law’s Tax LL.M. Program consistently credit their professional success to the network, career opportunities and knowledge they acquired during their time at Miami Law...
June, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Thomas “Tom” M. VanNess III
LL.M. graduates of Miami Law's Estate Planning LL.M. program consistently attribute their professional success to the network, career...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Last week, the business software behemoth Salesforce announced it would no longer allow companies that sell assault weapons to use its customer management system. The move follows other corporate giants taking stands on the call for...
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The University of Miami School and Law and Switzerland’s University of St. Gallen Executive School present “Managing Compliance Across Borders,” an intensive, interactive executive education-style program aimed at established...
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
Miami Law adjunct John Barkett receiving Lifetime Achievement Award
Noting his 44-year legal career, The Daily Business Review bestowed Shook Hardy & Bacon partner John Barkett its Lifetime Achievement...
May, 2019
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Bayan Alhejji, a lawyer from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia was chosen as the LL.M. Student Marshal for University of Miami Law’s spring Commencement 2019....
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Rode Carpio, Ben Longnecker, Celeste Higgins, Alli Katzen, Madeline Seales, Devyn Nixon, Alec Waid
The Litigation Skills Program recently awarded scholarships to top students who distinguished themselves...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Lauren Alvarez, Samantha Iglesias, Eric Rodriguez, County Attorney Abigail Price-Williams, Geri Bonzon Keenan, Erica Zaron, and PREP Alum Nykeah Cohen
Every spring PREP students present at The Miami-...
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
The University of Miami School of Law has been selected among the top schools in 2019 on LL.M. GUIDE’s Top 10 Global List for Entertainment and Media Law. LL.M. Guide is the premier website with information on worldwide LL.M. programs and...
April, 2019
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Alba Dushi and Eva Baldursdottir
The prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program enables graduate students, young professionals, and artists from abroad to study and conduct research in the United States....
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Isabella Falcon, Christina Jaramillo (behind Isabella) and Dade Legal Aid Attorneys
Miami Law’s Professional Responsibility & Ethics Program, under the supervision of director, Jan L. Jacobowitz,...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Anjoly Ibrahim, Tiffany Hornback, Katherine Black and Hannah Gordon
Miami Law students have many choices about how to use their Spring Break, including spending the week immersed in advocacy on behalf of...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Sanjana Palla, 3L
Sanjana Palla is fierce, and she comes from ferocious.
Her mother, Prasanna, made the decision to uproot her daughter and husband from their home in Hyderabad, a tech hub in south...
March, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Duberstein Team: Dimitrije Canic (3L), Keigan Vannoy (2L), and Clayton Schmitt (2L)
The Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board experienced success in three recent competitions. The team of Joshua Levey, 2L,...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Miami Law’s Children & Youth Law Clinic, along with other attorneys for children in Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties and officials with the Florida Department of Children and Families, recently agreed to a settlement plan that will...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Greg Levy, Daniel Arsham, Vivek Jayaram, Professor Stephen Urice, and Samantha Finkel
Miami Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society recently hosted an evening with world-renowned contemporary artist...
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Alan Li, LL.M. student, at the Jamaican International Arbitration Center
Alan Li, a Chinese lawyer who is currently enrolled in the White & Case International Arbitration LL.M. Program, was recently...
February, 2019
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Irina Mocanu, Dilmurod Satvaldiev, Paula Arias, Alejandro Chevalier and Ángel Bermúdez
Arundathi Venkataraman, an LL.M. student in International Arbitration, achieved the highest overall score during...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Chris Greely and Jared Bartie
The world of competitive gaming has grown to rival traditional stick and ball games, two of the titans of esports told students in the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law LL.M....
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
A week after Justice Clarence Thomas jaw-dropping call for the Supreme Court to reexamine New York Times v. Sullivan, the landmark 1964 ruling that shields news reporters from libel and defamation lawsuits, provided...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Graziella Gonzalez, LL.M. student
When Airbnb’s Latin America legal department went looking for a legal intern, they found the perfect fit in Graziella Gonzalez, an LL.M. student in Miami...
January, 2019
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Over the past few years, Miami Law's International Arbitration LL.M. program has started to offer specific scholarships (currently $25,640 each) to current or past participants of certain International Arbitration Moot competitions, including...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’ principal office is in Washington, D.C., but the Court is authorized to sit anywhere in the United States and does so a limited number of times each year including on January 25, 2019, at the...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Pamela Itzkowitch, J.D. ’08, knew that she was heading to law school with a commitment to using her skills to serve others. After completing her B.A. in English and Psychology, she originally considered pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology....
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Over 300 plaintiffs have signed on to a class action lawsuit suing the City of Fort Myers and its mayor and city manager. When the city indicated that it was open to mediating the claims contained in the suit, clinic students from Miami Law's...