Dean Patricia D. White: A Decade of Visionary Leadership
Throughout an academic career that began in 1979 while still a practicing tax attorney, Dean Patricia D. White has been in the forefront of legal education. At Miami Law, she has repeatedly been recognized for her innovative strategies and influential thinking. Miami Law honors Dean White as she steps down as dean at the end of the Spring 2019 academic semester. Read More
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On Broadway: '94 Playwright Sees Name in Lights
Christopher Demos-Brown loves to practice law and enjoys the life and the trial practice firm he and his wife have built. But he also has a not so secret passion as a playwright. His latest play, American Son, had a Broadway run this season.
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Alumni Couple Establishes 1st Generation Scholarship
Attorneys Guillermo Levy, J.D. '00, and Christina Ceballos-Levy, J.D. '00, created a scholarship fund that helps first-generation law students finance their education. "We felt it was a duty to be able to give back in some measure," said Levy.
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Professor Bernard Perlmutter: Representing the Children
"I believe it is vital to give a child an opportunity to speak," says Bernard "Bernie" Perlmutter. The J.D. '83 who is co-director of the Children & Youth Law Clinic, as well as professor of legal education, is an influential advocate for children whose voices need to be heard in the legal system.
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Professor Marcia Weldon: Teaching Effective Legal Writing
A former litigator and in-house counsel for Ryder System, Professor Marcia Narine Weldon brings real-world experience to her courses. As a professor of legal writing, she has taught classes on negotiating and drafting contracts, corporate compliance, governance, and social responsibility.
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Black, Poor and Gone: Professor Anthony Alfieri
"In the post-civil rights era, emerging urban research casts an important light on the past, present and future work of inner-city black churches, university-housed legal clinics, and anti-poverty and civil rights organizations," writes the founder and director of the Center for Ethics and Public Service.
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2L Races Toward Redemption
Combating felony disenfranchisement is an issue close to Angel Sanchez's heart. The Miami Law student is one of the disenfranchised - in 1999, at just 16 years of age, Sanchez was sentenced to serve 30 years in prison for gang-related attempted murders.
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