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Based on her recent work, Joelle Anne Moreno, associate dean and professor at the FIU College of Law, will represent the Society for Pediatric Radiology at the the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Ray E. Helfer Society.

The Helfer Society is an honorary society of physicians seeking to provide medical leadership regarding the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research concerning child abuse and neglect.

This year, their annual meeting will take place April 14 to 17, in the wine country of Sonoma, California.

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El 26 de marzo, Profesor Gabilondo salió en el programa Dinero de CNN en Español para analizar Hollingsworth v. Perry y United States v. Windsor, dos casos en Tribunal Supremo que impugnan las restricciones federales y estatales sobre el matrimonio civil por parte de personas del mismo sexo.

“Nuestra Constitución reconoce dos distintas fuentes de derecho – una democrática y la otra judicial.  La mayoría de las leyes se promulgan a través de la primera por los procesos mayoritarios, i.e., las legislaturas estatales y el Congreso.  Pero cuando el demos se convierte en una turba, la única forma de proteger a las minorías de los abusos mayoritarios es a través de una intervención judicial en la cual una corte – típicamente federal – acredita los derechos del individuo.  Eso es lo que está en juego en los casos Perry y Winsor.”

La entrevista se puede ver aquí: FIU on CNN en Español (Part 1) y FIU on CNN en Español (Part 2)

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Pictured above (l to r) are the competition’s winners, from the University of Florida: Richard Fuerst, Jackie Hacker, Gianfranco Gazzo, and Margret Flodeen.

In a unique, if not unprecedented gesture, the Florida International University College of Law awarded over $25,000 in scholarship funds to the winners of the 2013 Phi Alpha Delta State Conference and Mock Trial Competition, held in the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall on March 15 and 16.

Winning the pre-law competition and each receiving a $2,500 scholarship to attend the FIU College of Law were Richard Fuerst, Jackie Hacker, Gianfranco Gazzo, and Margret Flodeen. Also receiving $1,500 scholarships were the participants in the second through fourth place teams – contingent on acceptance to the law school.

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MacAdam Glinn JD ’07, center, receives a Torch Award from President Mark B. Rosenberg as Alumni Association President Gonzalo Acevedo looks on.

Neon-clad people and electronic music filled the streets of downtown Miami this past Saturday thanks to the Ultra Music Festival, but the real excitement was inside the nearby JW Marriott Marquis, where the FIU community came together to honor remarkable alumni and faculty at the 12^th annual Torch Awards ceremony.

“This is a joyous occasion that captures the hope, the spirit and the accomplishments of our graduates,” said President Mark B. Rosenberg as he welcomed attendees. “This gathering, ultimately, is a celebration of our values.”

The traditional gold and blue event is held by the Alumni Association to commend university graduates and faculty who have been outstanding in their communities and professional fields.

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FIU College of Law Professor Jose Gabilondo’s essay, Los Fueros de la Heterosexualidad en Su Ocaso (The Twilight of Straight Supremacy), was published in “La Discriminación de Género en el Derecho y Sus Expresiones en la Legislación y en la Práctica Jurídica (Gender Discrimination in Law and Its Expression in Legislation and Legal Institutions), published by the Association of Cuban Jurists in Havana.

“What’s interesting about this stage of the gay rights movement is that the burdens of proof and persuasion are shifting – from the shoulders of advocates of equality to those who continue to argue that heterosexuality is somehow superior or otherwise worthy of subsidy or special treatment by the state. Straight supremacists will have a tough time meeting those burdens, but that is the way of all social progress,” said Gabilondo, while describing the essay.

Gabilondo’s work on heterosexual subject formation in law and has appeared in the Wake Forest Law Review, the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender, and Society, and the Boston College Journal of Law and Social Justice.  His work on heterosexual identity has been used in diversity trainings for the Florida court system.

Read Gabilondo’s essay.

Link to video: US special forces veteran links General Petraeus to torture in Iraq

Quoted in a recent article in the Guardian, Noah Weisbord, an assistant professor at the Florida International University College of Law, who helped draft additions to the statute of the International Criminal Court and was a law clerk to the chief prosecutor of the ICC in the Hague, in an email, said U.S. soldiers could theoretically be tried by the ICC even though the U.S. is not a signatory. But such cases would have to be referred by the U.N. security council and, given that the U.S. has a veto on the council, this makes it very improbable.

Countries that are signatories to the ICC such as Canada or the UK could not arrest U.S. citizens and send them to the Hague.

Weisbord added: “There are, however, a number of fora where U.S. soldiers can be tried for torture. For example, some states have national laws that give their courts universal jurisdiction or other types of robust extraterritorial jurisdiction. This is unrelated to ICC membership. Jurisdiction stems from their domestic laws.”

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Professor Kerri Stone presents ”Teaching the Post Gender Generation,” at a SLU Law symposium. Photo courtesy of SLU Law.

Kerri Stone, associate professor at Florida International University College of Law, recently presented at the “Teaching Employment and Labor Law Symposium.” The symposium, sponsored by the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law and the Saint Louis University Law Journal, was held on Feb. 15, 2013, in the William H. Kniep Courtroom at Saint Louis University School of Law.

Leading teachers and scholars of employment and labor law addressed their methods for innovative, effective teaching of labor and employment topics.

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Professor Gomez discusses the future of Venezuelan politics during the March 8 panel discussion

Manuel Gomez, associate professor at the Florida International University College of Law, took part in discussing the future of Venezuelan politics during the March 8 panel discussion “Venezuela after Chavez: Initial Reactions and a Forecast of What’s to Come.” Professors from the Department of Politics and International Relations Astrid Arraras, Barry Levit, and Jose Miguel Cruz were also panelists.

The panel discussion, moderated by Eduardo Gamarra, professor of politics and international relations, revolved around President Chavez as a symbol of the revolution, and the constitutionality of swearing in Vice President Nicolás Maduro Moros as interim President of Venezuela

Panelists discussed the symbolism behind Maduro’s swearing in ceremony by the military army. “It is important that he is sworn in that building. It symbolizes success for the military,” said panelist Astrid Arraras, “It is sending a message to the military that he is now their leader.”

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Aston Wilson Jr. ’05 , JD ’11

Aston Wilson Jr., who received his Juris Doctor from the Florida International University College of Law in 2011, has opened his own law firm, Aston Wilson, P.A. Mr. Wilson also graduated from Florida International University with a B.A. in Political Science and as an Honor College graduate.

Wilson recently discussed his career path and what it’s like to be a sports agent and a criminal defense attorney.

Did you always want to be a sports agent? What about that career appealed to you?

I am actually a criminal defense attorney and an NFL Agent.  When I was young I participated in every sport, baseball, basketball and football.  I always knew I would be a lawyer but my first dream was to play a professional sport.  After playing football at FIU and attempting to play in the NFL I decided that I could become a lawyer and still be involved in sports by becoming an agent.

Most people think agent and they think “Show me the money!” but what appealed to me about becoming an agent was the ability to use my law degree and still be involved with sports.  My mother and father raised me on sports, I was basically born in a major league baseball park, I have just always loved sports.  As for law, I am not sure what the deciding factor was for me at eight years old, but I always wanted to go to law school.

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MIAMI (March 12, 2013) – In the U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 edition of Best Graduate Schools, the Florida International University College of Law has risen to 105 among top law schools – up from 113 last year, an eight point rise.

In just four years, FIU Law has ascended from unranked (below 150), to 132, to 113, to their present ranking of 105. This represents an increase of more than 44 spots since 2009.

At 105, FIU Law is tied with long-established schools such as Mercer University, Texas Tech University, and Wayne State University.

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