June, 2020
Friday, June 26, 2020
Carolyn Lamm & Jordan Rhodes
The University of Miami Board of Trustees recently elected two members of the Miami Law community to its ranks. Carolyn Lamm, J.D. ‘73, a partner at White & Case in...
Friday, June 26, 2020
The National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals selected the Miami Law Student Services team for their 2020 NALSAP CORE Four Award.
Established in honor of the four NALSAP founders, the NALSAP CORE Four Award is...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has brought to light the stark inequities that leave tens of millions in persistent hunger and poverty in the United State and almost a billion worldwide. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, weekly jobless...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Assistant Dean for Career Development Marcy Cox
A new study by the National Associate for Law Placement Foundation and the University of Texas School of Law’s Center on Women in the Law found grave...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Young ICCA, the young practitioners’ group of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration, this spring celebrated its 10th anniversary of providing educational resources, practical training, and mentorship networks in the...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Miami Law has launched the Advocates in Action Program. The recent “Advocates in Action: Racial Justice Leaders” webinar tackled tangible action items Miami Law students could implement now to effectuate change using their legal skills...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Hannah Hays
Rising 3L Hannah Hays has been selected for the prestigious 2020 Rural Summer Legal Corps Fellowship.
Selected from 446 applications, Hays is one of the 35 law students who will serve...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
On June 4, Miami Law’s office of International Graduate Law Programs joined the New York-based nonprofit Arraigo Foundation to host a bilingual webinar, “The Peace Agreement in Colombia and the Role of Colombian Expats in the...
Saturday, June 13, 2020
In May 2020, Miami Law’s International and Graduate Programs Office convened a conversation among experts in trade and investment law to consider the impact of COVID-19 on economic flows and legal systems in the Western Hemisphere. The...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
This Spring 2020 semester, the White & Case International Arbitration LL.M. at Miami Law celebrated its fifth year offering the skills-based International Arbitration LL.M. Practicum Program, which allows students to obtain...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Amir Whitaker, J.D. '14
Amir Whitaker says Miami Law gave him a sword.
The 35-year-old from Plainfield, New Jersey, already had a voice. Violence and incarceration were the fabric of his young life...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Miami Law’s International and Graduate Programs Office and Externado University of Colombia’s Economic Law Department jointly hosted a bilingual webinar on “Trade and Investment in the Hemisphere Under Crisis: Where We Go From Here.”...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Sam Ludington (Photo by Joshua Prezant)
Sam Ludington is a passionate advocate for his clients in the corporate world, in the courtroom, and in the community. The second-year Miami Law student and Miami...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
In 2017, Forbes magazine ranked Miami as the No. 1 worst city for renters to live. The Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that Miami had the country’s highest rate of "worst-case need" renters -- those who...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Miami Law recently launched three new joint degrees – a J.D./M.H.A. in Health Administration and a J.D./M.Acc. in Accounting both in partnership with the University’s Herbert Business School and a J.D./M.S. in Media Management with the...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020
Law professors, students, and elected officials participated in the session, speaking on topics that included how to hold police officers and prosecutors more accountable.
The names rolled off Anthony E. Varona’s lips in quick...