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 Lillian
Aponte Miranda
Assistant Professor of Law
305-348-7388 (phone)
mirandal@fiu.edu
B.A., University of Florida
J.D., University of Florida College of Law
Professor Miranda received her B.A. in English and Political Science and a Certificate in International Relations from the University of Florida with Highest Honors, where she was invited to Phi Beta Kappa and was a Rhodes Scholarship Semifinalist. Professor Miranda subsequently earned her Juris Doctorate with Honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. While at the College of Law, she served as a teaching assistant for three different courses, was selected as a summer clerk for Justice Harry Lee Anstead of the Florida Supreme Court, and became Senior Research Editor and Executive Articles Editor of the University of Florida’s Journal of Law and Public Policy. She began her legal career as a litigation associate at a leading Florida law firm, where she represented corporate clients in complex commercial disputes.
In addition to having over three years of teaching experience in legal skills, Professor Miranda has taught Complex Litigation at Florida International University College of Law and has served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Oregon School of Law. While at Oregon, she taught Criminal Law as well as an upper level seminar on
Indigenous Peoples in International Law. Professor Miranda will teach at FIU in the areas of Civil Procedure, Complex Litigation, and Indigenous Peoples in International Law. Professor Miranda’s current research, which she has presented at several conferences and symposia, spans the areas of international litigation, international law, human rights, and indigenous peoples’ and minority rights. Her current publications include “The U’wa and Occidental Petroleum: Searching for Corporate Accountability in Violations of Indigenous Land Rights,” ____ Am. Indian L. Rev. ____ (forthcoming 2007), and “The Hybrid State-Corporate Enterprise and Violations of Indigenous Land Rights: Theorizing Corporate Responsibility and Accountability Under International Law,” 11 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 135 (2007).
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