Archive for '2012'

(TUNE IN) – Topical Currents will host FIU law professor and Constitutional expert, Elizabeth Price Foley. She will discuss the Tea Party movement, and how she feels it’s been misunderstood and unfairly stereotyped in mainstream media. The program will air Monday, May 21st at one o’clock on 91.3 WLRN.

Elizabeth Price Foley is a self-described “recovering liberal,” who’s written The Tea Party: Three Principles. Foley serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for Justice Florida Chapter. She is also the Institute for Justice Chair in Constitutional Litigation and Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law.

Topical Currents is hosted by Joseph Cooper, who shares his microphone with a wide range of guests including community leaders, artists, scientists, historians, political thinkers and more who bring issues of interest to South Floridians.

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Professor George F. Knox was presented The Mario P. Goderich Legal Ethics Award by the Dade County Bar Association in recognition of his exemplary service benefiting the community, bench and bar.  The special recognition award was presented at The Dade County Bar Association’s 23^rd Annual Recognition Luncheon, held at the Hyatt Regency Miami, on April 27, 2012. The Association recognized its new Life Members, retiring members of the Board of Directors and committee chairs.

Professor George Knox came to the FIU College of Law after many years of substantial contributions to the city of Miami. Considered among the “100 Most Powerful People in Miami” by Miami Business Magazine, Professor Knox’s community credentials range from serving on our FIU College of Law Advisory Board, playing a key role in bringing both an NBA and an MLB team to South Florida, and being Co-chair of a campaign in 1997 for the United Way of Miami-Dade County which raised over $33 million in contributions.

“It was especially fulfilling to receive an honor for being faithful to the Law’s highest calling”, said Professor George Knox.

Two other special recognition awards were presented at the luncheon. The Alan R. Schwartz Judicial Excellence Award was presented to Orlando A. Prescott, Judge – Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida and The Robert L. Shevin Public Service Award was presented to Jerald Bagley, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Professor Alejandro Mayagoitia of the Panamerican University (Mexico City) spoke at the College of Law on ”Law and Nobility in Colonial Spanish America.”

Alejandro Mayagoitia received his law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.  He taught Roman law and teaches Mexican legal history and medieval and modern law at the Universidad Panamerica. Alejandro is one of Mexico’s most respected legal historians and genealogists, and he has published over 75 articles, essays, and other academic studies.

He was at FIU to work with the Enrique Hurtado de Mendoza Collection of Cuban Genealogy, a newly acquired collection of books and manuscripts in Special Collections of the Green Library. The collection is made up of over 5,000 volumes and 900 unpublished letters containing genealogy information from Cuba, as well as other Latin American countries and Europe.

Florida International University hosted a panel discussion for journalists covering Facebook’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) and its implications. FIU experts from a wide array of fields, including business, law, engineering and communication, discussed what to expect in the coming months as the world’s largest social media site goes public. Amongst those FIU experts was FIU Law Professor Hannibal Travis.

“The Facebook IPO provides our students with a great opportunity to discuss issues of growing importance, such as patents over popular new ways of communicating, and whether the government has a role in preserving competition and transparency in markets for communication and information,” said Professor Travis.

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On Thursday, May 17, 2012, Professor H. Scott Fingerhut will serve as Program Chair of the 2012 Criminal Law Update.  Sponsored by the Criminal Law Section of The Florida Bar, this annual continuing legal education seminar will be held in Tampa and feature experts in immigration, the death penalty, DUI, appeals, mental health, drug and sex crimes, and ethics and lawyer regulation.

A highlight of the program will surely be Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, who is to speak on the state of our criminal justice system.

Professor Fingerhut is Chair-Elect of the Criminal Law Section and also serves as Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Committee, overseeing the Section’s educational programming.

Read more at floridabar.org

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Facebook goes public

A discussion about the future of the Internet giant — Live on the web

WHAT: Florida International University is hosting a panel discussion for journalists covering Facebook’s upcoming initial public offering (IPO) and its implications. FIU experts from a wide array of fields, including business, law, engineering and communication, will discuss what to expect in the coming months and what reporters should look out for as the world’s largest social media site goes public.

The discussion will be streamed live on Facebook and Ustream, where viewers are encouraged to post questions and comments.

After brief remarks from panelists, The Miami Herald Business Editor Jane Wooldridge will moderate a discussion about the future of a publicly-held Facebook and its impact on Wall Street, user privacy, software development, and social media networking and communications, among others.

The discussion is free and open to all journalists. To RSVP, please click here.

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In the Miami Herald, FIU Law Professor Ediberto Román is quoted on whether retroactivity is applicable for defendants who say their lawyers did not warn them of the deportation risk of taking a plea deal.

Professor Román is a nationally-acclaimed scholar and an award-winning educator with broad teaching interests and an extensive scholarship portfolio. His principal research interest involves analyzing the construction and interpretation of constitutional law and immigration policy.  His work may be best described as traditional in its structure and use of authority, but critical in its perspective. Román’s research necessarily deals with the intersection of, on the one hand, citizenship law, immigration law, public international law, and constitutional law and, on the other hand, theoretical perspectives based on classic philosophy, neo-liberal theory, critical race theory, post-colonial studies, Diaspora literature, and social theory generally.

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The director of the Legal Studies Institute at Florida International University, Ana Crucet, has been awarded Community Advocate of the Year for Miami-Dade County by the Guardian ad Litem Program. Crucet, who has served as a Guardian ad Litem since 1994, was chosen for her exemplary service to abused and neglected children of the South Florida community.

Senior Associate Dean Michelle Mason was chosen by Legacy magazine as one of South Florida’s 50 Most Powerful and Influential Black Business Leaders of 2012. Legacy is a news/business publication serving South Florida’s black professional community with insightful articles and information on business, careers, politics, lifestyle, culture and social commentary.

For the eighth year, Legacy magazine chose an elite group of individuals for the distinction. These honorees were carefully selected by a distinguished and highly professional selection committee comprised of business leaders from South Florida.

“It is an honor to have been selected.  I feel privileged to be in a position where I can encourage and inspire others to pursue their own goals with professionalism and confidence,” said Senior Associate Dean Mason.

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In the MinnPost, FIU Law Professor Joëlle Anne Moreno is quoted on the future of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Professor Moreno is part of a panel convened by state Sen. Chris Smith (D) tasked with reviewing the law.

Professor Joëlle Anne Moreno is the College of Law’s first Associate Dean for Faculty Research & Development, supporting the development of the faculty as scholars and teachers.  She is an experienced teacher of Evidence, Scientific and Forensic Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Advocacy, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Her research and scholarship focuses on evidence and constitutional law issues and includes articles that have appeared in the Boston University, Florida, Ohio State, Arizona, Tulane, Utah, and Akron law reviews.

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