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Pictured above, from left to right: Sarah Gray (3L), Kimberlee Martin (2L), Cristina Neuman (2L), Ligianette Cordova (3L), and Daphne Bareket (3L). Standing, Professor Ila Klion.

FIU Law’s Board of Advocates Intercultural Human Rights Moot Court team competed at the Susan J. Ferrell Moot Court Competition on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012. The competition was held at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami Gardens.

The FIU team, which included five students, Gigi Cordova (3L), Daphne Bareket (3L), Sarah Gray (3L), Kimberlee Martin (2L), and Cristina Neuman (2L) won the Runner-Up trophy. In addition, Kimberlee Martin won the Best Orator trophy. The team also finished with the Second Runner-Up Brief/Memorial award.

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Jeremy Chevres, Dean Acosta, Justice Alito, Judge Marcus, Judge Barkett and Nicolas Greene at the reception following the mock proceedings.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sat as chief justice for FIU’s 9th annual Moot Court Competition

Even seasoned trial lawyers might find themselves intimidated arguing in front of a Supreme Court justice. At FIU’s 9th annual Moot Court Competition, four College of Law students rose to the challenge.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. joined Judge Rosemary Barkett and Judge Stanley Marcus – both from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals – to preside over the final round of oral argument Jan. 26 at the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall.

In the fictitious case Ernesto Escobar v. United States, the petitioner appealed his conviction for drug smuggling. Escobar’s appeal argued the government unlawfully gathered evidence using a GPS device. The appeal asserted that there is a “reasonable-expectation-of-privacy” standard.

The FIU case was well timed. Earlier in January, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that law enforcement officers must obtain a search warrant to attach a GPS unit to a suspect’s car to track him. Although similar to the real case, United States v. Jones, the FIU case dealt exclusively with whether the monitoring of such a device would alone violate the Fourth Amendment when no warrant is first obtained.

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Pictured here -- Vanessa Pinto, FIU Law 3L, Dean Alexander Acosta,
President Mark Rosenberg & Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez

During a press conference today at the College of Law, Miami –Dade County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez along with FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg and Dean Alex Acosta announced a new initiative that seeks to reform the Miami-Dade County Code.  The County Attorney’s Office in partnership with FIU’s College of Law will be reviewing the County Code and identifying provisions that impact business growth and job creation.

For more information on the Code Review Initiative, contact the Miami –Dade County Attorney’s office or Chairman Joe Martinez’ office at (305) 375-5511.

Moot Court Final Round

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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The Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the Yale Graduate School’s highest honor, was awarded to four outstanding alumni on October 4 by the Graduate School Alumni Association (GSAA). This year’s winners were Stanley Fish (PhD 1962, English), Leslie F. Greengard (MD/PhD 1987, Computer Science), Bernice Pescosolido (PhD 1982, Sociology), and Huntington F. Willard PhD 1979, Genetics).

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Three FIU professors have received prestigious Fulbright Scholar grants fostering international education exchange to teach and conduct research overseas this year.  The College of Law’s very own Elizabeth Price Foley is among the 3 to receive this prestigious recognition.

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