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

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.
Pardoning Dogs
Professor Sarah Schindler, of University of Maine School of Law, presented Pardoning Dogs. This work analyze the limits of the pardon power, and specifically the power of the chief executive to pardon a dog.
Limitations on Legal Representation in Immigration Benefits Adjudications
Professor Beth K. Zilberman, of University of Arkansas School of Law, presented Limitations on Legal Representation in Immigration Benefits Adjudications. This work analyze the lawyer’s role in immigration benefits adjudications at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) field offices.
Contracting for Fourth Amendment Privacy Online
Professor Wayne A. Logan, of Florida State University College of Law, presented Contracting for Fourth Amendment Privacy Online.
Nakedness and Privacy
Professor Adam Candeub, of Michigan State University College of Law, presented a working draft of his work Nakedness and Privacy. This work examines that publicity rights offer an efficient, private remedy for “revenge porn” as well as naked photographs from the locker room or hospital, placed without subjects’ permission on the web.
A Copyright Office Update: Discussion of the Seventh Triennial Section 1201 Rulemaking and Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v. Wall-Street.com
Work presented: A Copyright Office Update: Discussion of the Seventh Triennial Section 1201 Rulemaking and Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v. Wall-Street.com
Unlearning How to Think Like a Lawyer
Professor Jeffrey Lipshaw , of Suffolk University Boston, Suffolk Law School, presented Unlearning How to Think Like a Lawyer. The talk was based on his book exploring how traditional thinking like a lawyer can be problematic in non-litigation contexts.

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.

Date	Workshop	Presenter	Recording
Tuesday, August 27, 2019	Reactionary Pluralism and Catholic Statecraft: How Religious Operatives Blocked Cuba’s Constitutional Provision for Same-Sex Marriage.	Jose Gabilondo	recording link
Monday, October 21, 2019 (RDB 1000)	Fifth Decanal Lecture: Dean Nancy Staudt, Washington University-St. Louis School of Law		N/A
Tuesday, October 22, 2019	Nancy Staudt, Washington University-St. Louis School of Law		N/A
Wednesday, November 6	Jurist-in-Residence	The Honorable Jane R. Roth (United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit)
Friday, November 8, 2019	Law Review Symposium: The Law, Ethics, and Business of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the Media and Entertainment Industries	Organized by Hannibal Travis	N/A
Tuesday, February 18, 2020		Bridget Crawford (Pace University)
Friday, February 21, 2020	Law Review Symposium: Made in Italy	Organized by Jorge Esquirol	N/A
Wednesday, March 4, 2020		Stephen Rushin (Loyola)
Wednesday, March 17, 2020		Wendy Greene (W&L (visiting))
Wednesday, March 31, 2020		Amanda Beth Hurst (Arkansas)
Tuesday, April 7, 2020		Chidi Oguamanam (Ottawa)

Decanal Lectures Calendar

Academic Year	Lecturer	School	Recording Link
2016-2017	Eduardo M. Peñalver	Cornell Law School	N/A
2015-2016	Jennifer Mnookin	UCLA Law	February 2, 2016
2014-2015	Erwin Chemerinsky	UCI School of Law	N/A
2013-2014	Daniel B. Rodriguez	Northwestern Pritzker School of Law	N/A