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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

  • Toxic Narratives, Toxic Communities and the Administrative Violence of Environmental Enforcement
    Professor Alyse Bertenthal from the Wake Forest University School of Law presented her work Toxic Narratives, Toxic Communities and the Administrative Violence of Environmental Enforcement. This paper explores the concept of "administrative violence" in the enforcement of environmental laws, revealing how marginalized communities continue to bear t […]
  • The Jurisprudence of Baseball: Rules Versus Standards
    Professor Ahmed Taha from Pepperdine Caruso School of Law presented his work The Jurisprudence of Baseball: Rules Versus Standards. His paper analyzes the use of rules and standards in baseball laws, applies legal theory, and suggests changes, emphasizing precise rules for common situations and standards for more complex ones.
  • FIU Law and University of Miami School of Law Co-Hosted the Second Workshop in a Zoom Summer Brown Bag
    FIU College of Law and University of Miami School of Law co-hosted the Second Workshop in a Zoom Summer Brown Bag.
  • FIU Law and University of Miami School of Law Co-Hosted the First Workshop in a Zoom Summer Brown Bag
    FIU College of Law and University of Miami School of Law co-hosted the First Workshop in a Zoom Summer Brown Bag. Amber Polk (FIU College of Law) presented Toxic Battery: Pollution as a Dignitary Tort, this paper argues that a restaurant's discharge of nonharmium should be considered offensive battery, polluting our bodies, and calls for its legal recog […]
  • Kids, Cases, and Consequences: Child Sexual Abuse Reported to the Criminal Justice System
    Dr. Stephanie Block from UMass Lowell presents her work Kids, Cases, and Consequences: Child Sexual Abuse Reported to the Criminal Justice System.
  • Death by Withdrawal
    Dr.Taleed El-Sabawi of the FIU College of Law presents her work Death by Withdrawal. The article argues that the failure to medically manage drug withdrawals in jail and prison custody constitutes a violation of Fourteenth and Eighth Amendment protections.
  • Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS
    Professor Aziza Ahmed of Boston University Law School presents the first two chapters of her work Risk and Resistance: How Feminists Transformed the Law and Science of AIDS. This book discusses the success of feminist AIDS activists in the 1980s in changing the scientific definition of AIDS used by the CDC and the impact of this on the distribution of benefi […]
  • Saving Agency Adjudication
    Professor Christopher J. Walker of University of Michigan Law School presents his work Saving Agency Adjudication. The article discusses the potential crisis facing agency adjudication in the US due to recent court rulings and proposes alternative solutions to creating a new agency or expanding Article I or III courts, arguing for the use of independence-enh […]
  • Targets, Fields, and Tactics: Multi-Institutional Legal Mobilization in the Campaign of the U’wa People in Colombia
    Professor Rueda-Saiz of the University of Miami School of Law, presented his work Targets, Fields, and Tactics: Multi-Institutional Legal Mobilization in the Campaign of the U’wa People in Colombia. The article discusses the trend of transnational indigenous mobilization against oil extraction, focusing on the U’wa indigenous group's successful campaign […]
  • The Privilege Gap
    Professor Jessica L. Roberts of the University of Houston presented her work The Privilege Gap. The article discusses how privilege contributes to inequality in the American workplace and argues that employment discrimination legislation fails to address privilege.

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.

Upcoming 2023 - 2024 Workshops

All workshops will take place on Tuesday or Wednesday at 12:30pm in RDB 2080.

DateWorkshopPresenterMeeting link or Recording
Tuesday, October 3, 2023WorkshopAhmed Taha (Pepperdine)
Thursday, October 12, 2023WorkshopAlyse Bertenthal (Wake Forest)
Thursday, November 16Decanal LectureJustice Couriel of the Florida Supreme Court
Tuesday & Wednesday, January 16 & 17, 2024Workshop & Student TalkDavid Grenardo (St. Thomas)

Spring 2023 Workshops

All workshops will take place on Tuesday or Wednesday at 12:30pm in RDB 2080.

DateWorkshopPresenterMeeting Link and Recording
Tuesday, January 17, 2023Law Review Symposium: Panes of the Glass CeilingKerri Stone
Wednesday, January 25, 2023Pablo Rueda Saiz (Miami)
Wednesday, February 1, 2023Taking place via ZOOM. Access code: 695 919 5502.Robin Maril (Willamette)
Wednesday, February 8, 2023Jessica Roberts (Houston)
Wednesday, February 15, 2023Jenny Carroll (Alabama)
Tuesday, March 14, 2023Chris Walker (Michigan)
Tuesday, March 21, 2023Aziza Ahmed (Boston University)
Tuesday, March 28-Wednesday, March 29, 2023Decanal Lecture: Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Boston University)
Wednesday, April 12, 2023Blanche Cook (Loyola-Chicago)

Past Workshops

DateWorkshopPresenterMeeting Link and Recording
Tuesday, October 13, 2020The United States v. Amazon: The Battel of the Level Playing FieldHannibal TravisWatch here
Friday, October 30, 2020The Jurisprudence and Legacy of Justice Ginsburg 12:30 p.m. EDTRegister Here
Tuesday, November 10, 2020Judicial LectureThe Honorable Sri Srinivasan, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Watch here
Thursday, November 12, 2020Faculty WorkshopGabriel Scheffler (University of Miami) Watch here
Thursday, November 19, 2020Wendy Greene (Drexel)Link Coming Soon

Prior Decanal Lectures

Academic YearLecturerSchoolRecording Link
2019-2020Nancy StaudtWashington University-St. LouisN/A
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