FIU Investor Advocacy Clinic: top ten signs that an investment may be a scam
MIAMI (October 6, 2010) – The FIU College of Law’s newly established Investor Advocacy Clinic, which provides no-fee representation to qualifying individuals who have suffered investment losses resulting from stockbroker or investment advisor misconduct, offers the top 10 signs that an offer may be a scam.
THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMSSION is holding a field hearing titled “The Impact of the Financial Crisis – Miami, Florida” in the Large Courtroom (RDB 1000), today Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 9:00am – 2:00pm.
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FIU College of Law to open no-cost clinic to help small investors who have been impacted by broker misconduct
MIAMI (September 21, 2010) – Florida International University College of Law has received a $250,000 grant from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Investor Education Foundation to run an Investor Advocacy Clinic.
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FIU Law exceeds 84 percent bar passage rate, surpassing other Florida schools
Miami (September 20, 2010) – Florida International University College of Law graduates passed the July 2010 Florida bar examination at a rate of 84.2 percent, more than 5% above the statewide average, according to The Florida Board of Bar Examiners, which released bar passage rates for Florida’s eleven law schools. FIU joined the University of Florida (86.8%), Florida State University (86.2%) and the University of Miami (86%) as the only four Florida schools with passage rates above 81%. “FIU has consistently ranked at or near the top in bar passage. In February 2009, we ranked first in the state. Today’s results are a continued tribute to the hard work and dedication of our students and the skills of our faculty.” said Dean Alex Acosta.
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The FIU Law Career Development Office will host the 6th Annual National Black Law Students Association Southern Region Job Fair (SRBLSA) on Saturday, August 7th. Registration opens at 8:00a.m. The job fair will bring together private and public sector employers with law students from approximately 50 different law schools throughout the southern region. Law student attendees will have the opportunity to meet with hiring representatives to discuss prospects for summer and associate position.
Please contact the Career Development Office at 305-348-8376 for further information.
The Education Advocacy Clinic at Florida International University’s College of Law is hosting the “Summer Education Advocacy Series.” The series is tailored for the busy parent, or family law attorney, seeking to gain practical knowledge for advocating on behalf of a child with special education needs. The first session of the series will take place on July 7th and will focus on discipline and manifestation determinations. The second session on July 14th will explain due process, mediation and resolution and the third session on July 21st will touch upon suspension, expulsion and alternative education.
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Professor M.C. Mirow presented his study ‘Codification and the Constitution of Cadiz’ at the inaugural meeting of the European Society of Comparative Legal History, in Valencia, Spain on July 6, 2010.
Professor Thomas E. Baker is a guest blogger on PrawfsBlawg for the month of June. PrawfsBlawg describes itself as “a blog about a variety of topics related to law and life.” It is one of the top ranked, and most visited, law blogs with approximately 1.4 million visits a year. Professor Wasserman is also one of the permanent bloggers there.
Check out the blog at http://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/ and post some comments.
Professor Thomas E. Baker has published a new second edition of his leading casebook on the first amendment: First Amendment Law: Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Religion(2d ed. 2010) (with Hellman & Araiza). “A lot of thought and effort went into this new edition,” Baker said, “and I am eager to teach from it in my course on the first amendment.” Baker is the author or editor of fourteen books, including two casebooks and the popular Nutshell on constitutional law.
A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled recently that prosecutors may not present positive urine samples and other evidence that the government says shows that Bonds knowingly used steroids. The appeals-court ruling upholds a lower-court decision made in February 2009 barring federal prosecutors from showing the jury any evidence collected by Bonds’ personal trainer Greg Anderson. Bonds’ perjury trial, which was scheduled to start in March 2009, has been delayed pending the outcome of this appeal.
On Sunday, June 12 2010, Professor Howard Wasserman was interviewed by KCBS radio in San Francisco regarding the decision.