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Faculty Workshops & Decanal Lectures

Faculty Workshops

Faculty Workshops provide an open forum for discussion on current legal issues and are lead by a legal scholar in that field. FIU Law hosts legal scholars and professors from institutions around the world who provide insight and encourage discussion on myriad legal topics. FIU Law also hosts annual Decanal Lectures on Legal Education. Workshops occur periodically throughout the year and recordings are archived in eCollections @ FIU Law Library in the Faculty Workshops series.

Past Faculty Workshops

  • Cannabis Impaired Driving: The Importance of tolerance and the Challenges of Roadside Testing
    Professor Ashley Brooks-Russell, of Colorado School of Public Health - Community and Behavioral Health, University of Colorado Denver, presented her work Cannabis Impaired Driving: The Importance of tolerance and the Challenges of Roadside Testing. This work examines how the driving, of cannabis users, is affected.
  • An Empirical Assessment of Pretextual Stops and Racial Profiling
    Professor Stephen Rushin, of Loyola University Chicago School of Law, presented his work An Empirical Assessment of Pretextual Stops and Racial Profiling. This work empirically illustrates that legal doctrines permitting police officers to engage in pretextual traffic stops may contribute to a statistically significant increase in racial profiling.
  • Title IX and Menstruation
    Professor Bridget J. Crawford, of Pace University School of Law, presented a working draft of her work Title IX and Menstruation. This work examines the origins of the contemporary “menstrual equity” movement and explains why menstruation is a foundational justice issue.
  • State-Based and Date-Driven: Foreign Enterprises, Social Credit, and Next Generation Law Along Chinese Silk Roads
    Professor Larry Catá Backer, of the Penn State Law, presented his work in progress State-Based and Date-Driven: Foreign Enterprises, Social Credit, and Next Generation Law Along Chinese Silk Roads. This work examines the character and impact of social credit systems and data driven governance.
  • Taxing Guns
    Dean Nancy Staudt, of the of the Washington University-St. Louis School of Law, presented her work in progress Taxing Guns. This work examines the problems of tax evasion and illegal markets and argues that Pigouvian taxation is still the best model for implementing our nation’s policy aims and goals.
  • Fifth Decanal Lecture: Five Years After Ferguson: Lessons Learned and Mistakes Made
    Dean Nancy Staudt, of the Washington University-St. Louis School of Law, presented the Fifth Decanal Lecture: Five Years After Ferguson: Lessons Learned and Mistakes Made. This work examines how, located just 12 miles from Ferguson, Missouri, Washington University has learned many important lessons over the last 5 years. With social change, social justice, a […]
  • God Returns to Cubs: Straight Supremacy, Catholic Statecraft, and the 2019 Constitution
    Professor Gabilondo, of the FIU College of Law, presented his work in progress God Returns to Cubs: Straight Supremacy, Catholic Statecraft, and the 2019 Constitution. This work examines how religious operatives blocked Cuba’s Constitutional provision for same-sex marriage.
  • Multiracials and Civil Rights: Mixed-Race Stories of Discrimination
    Professor Tanya K. Hernández, of Fordham University School of Law, presented a working draft of her work Multiracials and Civil Rights: Mixed-Race Stories of Discrimination. This work examines what it means for civil rights law when and how mixed-race persons experience racial discrimination.
  • Is (or should) Better Be Good Enough? Legal Reviews of Learning or Adaptive Weapons Systems
    Professor Chris Jenks, of SMU Dedman School of Law, presented a working draft of his work Is (or should) Better Be Good Enough? Legal Reviews of Learning or Adaptive Weapons Systems. This work considers the weapons legal review process as applied to learning systems.
  • The Free Speech Right Against Government Propaganda
    Professor Caroline M. Corbin, of University of Miami School of Law, presented a working draft of her work The Free Speech Right Against Government Propaganda. This work advocates dropping the rule that the Free Speech Clause never applies to government speech.

Decanal Lectures on Legal Education

Begun in 2013, FIU Law hosts an annual Decanal Lecture on Legal Education, inviting a dean at a leading American law school to talk with FIU Law students and faculty about the past, present and future of law, law practice, and legal education.

The Fourth Decanal Lecture on Legal Education was held on November 8, 2016 and featured Eduardo M. Peñalver of Cornell Law School. Dean Peñalver spoke about the increased focus on practice-ready skill building in legal education and how to balance the needs of graduates entering various fields in law against law school resources.

2019 - 2020 Workshop Calendar

All workshops are on Tuesday or Wednesday at noon in RDB 2080, unless otherwise indicated.

DateWorkshopPresenterRecording
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 Reactionary Pluralism and Catholic Statecraft: How Religious Operatives Blocked Cuba’s Constitutional Provision for Same-Sex Marriage.Jose Gabilondorecording link
Monday, October 21, 2019 (RDB 1000)Fifth Decanal Lecture: Dean Nancy Staudt, Washington University-St. Louis School of LawN/A
Tuesday, October 22, 2019Nancy Staudt, Washington University-St. Louis School of LawN/A
Wednesday, November 6Jurist-in-ResidenceThe Honorable Jane R. Roth (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
Friday, November 8, 2019Law Review Symposium: The Law, Ethics, and Business of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Media and Entertainment IndustriesOrganized by Hannibal TravisN/A
Wednesday, January 29, 2020State-Based and Data-Driven: Foreign Enterprises, Social Credit, and NextGeneration Law Along Chinese Silk RoadsLarry Cata Backer (Penn State)N/A
Tuesday, February 18, 2020Bridget Crawford (Pace University)
Friday, February 21, 2020Law Review Symposium: Made in ItalyOrganized by Jorge EsquirolN/A
Wednesday, March 4, 2020Stephen Rushin (Loyola)
Wednesday, March 11, 2020Ashley Brooks-Russell (Colorado School of Public Health)
Tuesday, March 31, 2020Amanda Beth Hurst (Arkansas)
Tuesday, April 7, 2020Chidi Oguamanam (Ottawa)
Tuesday, April 14, 2020Gabriel Scheffler (UM Law)

Decanal Lectures Calendar

Academic YearLecturerSchoolRecording Link
2016-2017Eduardo M. PeñalverCornell Law SchoolN/A
2015-2016Jennifer MnookinUCLA LawFebruary 2, 2016
2014-2015Erwin ChemerinskyUCI School of LawN/A
2013-2014Daniel B. RodriguezNorthwestern Pritzker School of LawN/A