February, 2021

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Cristian Zannier
Cristian Zannier has been named the 2020-2021 Young ICCA Full-tuition Scholarship winner. Born in Bolivia but raised in Chile, Zannier is the first Young ICCA Scholar to...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Known for its strong trial advocacy programs, Miami Law's trial team of Ashley Meyer and Andres Chinchilla, both 2Ls, made it to the Region 6 finals of the National Trial Competition (NTC). Hosted by the Texas Young Lawyers Association...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The PreLaw Magazine Winter 2021 issue has once again given high numbers to Miami Law in a variety of areas.
‘A’ for Tech Law
The law is increasingly tech-driven - from the way law firms do business, to the way...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Laura and Judd Zebersky, J.D. '93
When we last left the Toymakers Zebersky "Lawyers in Toyland," in October of 2014, the Miami Law alums were raising three children, designing licensed toy lines and...

Tuesday, February 23, 2021
During Black History Month, Miami Law kicked off a series on “Critical Perspectives on the 1L Curriculum.” This pedagogy series about hierarchy, subordination, and race in the law school curriculum,...

Monday, February 22, 2021
Dean Anthony Varona
Dean Anthony E. Varona, along with Andrew Popper of American University Washington College of Law, Gwendolyn McKee Savitz of the University of Tulsa College of Law, and Mark Niles of...
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Distinguished Panelists
The University of Miami Alumni Association hosted a virtual 2021 Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series on “The Future of the Supreme Court”...

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Emely Sanchez
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of having a robust public health system that can actively respond to the next public health emergency and ongoing health disparities. In a...

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Juan E. Méndez
In the recent lecture, "Human Rights and Democracy in a New Era," at the Ninth Annual Henkin Lecture on Human Rights, a former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and...

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Rico Williams, J.D. '13
When Rico Williams arrived on the Hilarie Bass Bricks for orientation in 2010, he brought along his love of music and an interest in contracts and intellectual property. When he left...

Tuesday, February 16, 2021
On February 4, the University of Miami School of Law convened three panels of eminent scholars to address fundamental questions raised by the end of the Trump...

Thursday, February 11, 2021
Professor Jessica Owley
Several of President Biden’s day one executive orders focused climate and environmental issues – Alaska pipeline, federal land use, and rejoining the Paris Climate Accord. Climate...

Thursday, February 11, 2021
From top to bottom, left to right: Dr. Rudolph Moise, Andrea Ewart, Amanda Darlington, Amir Whitaker, Gabrielle Wynn, Nikki Lewis Simon, Jaret Davis, & Vice Admiral...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
The 2021 University of Miami Law Review Symposium will explore a range of socio-legal issues analyzing the current state of criminal justice and possible avenues through which we can cultivate a more equitable and forward-thinking...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Sara Klock, J.D. '17
Sara Klock, J.D. ’17, used the experiences she gained at Miami Law to launch her career as a regulatory attorney at Holland & Knight in Washington, D.C.
During her time at...

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
David W. Rivkin, past president of the International Bar Association. (Read lecture script or watch the lecture here.)
David W. Rivkin, past president of the International Bar Association, told...

Tuesday, February 09, 2021
Sydney Maubert’s 2021 acrylic on canvas painting, “On the Shoulders of Giants.”
The Robert H. Waters Chapter of the National Black Law Student Association and Miami Law recently recognized...

Wednesday, February 03, 2021
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (January 25, 2021) – The former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Juan E. Méndez, will present the lecture, "Human Rights and Democracy in a New Era," at...

Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Just as 2020 came to a close, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights issued a groundbreaking decision, taking a bold stand against the criminalization of poverty and marginalization, an area of focus for Miami Law’s Human...

Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Professor Andrew Elmore and Professor John Newman
Miami Law antitrust expert and former Department of Justice attorney Professor John Mark Newman and labor and employment law expert and...

Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Professor Dana Trier
Professor Dana L. Trier, adjunct professor in taxation and Distinguished Visiting Professor from Practice, has been appointed to serve as interim director of the Graduate Program in...

Monday, February 01, 2021
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (February 1, 2021) – We Robot, the yearly interdisciplinary conference on the legal and policy questions relating to robots, call for papers proposals extended to close on February 8, 2021. Posters will be accepted...

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
As part of the class action lawsuit the University of Miami School of Law filed with partners against U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement, students help to save lives as they learn the intricacies of immigration law.