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

The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law Success: Imposter Syndrome
Professor David A. Grenardo from the University of St.Thomas School of Law presented his work The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law Success: Imposter Syndrome. This article highlights the growing focus on professional identity formation in legal education and underscores the importance of addressing imposter syndrome among law student […]
Judicial Imperialism: The Supreme Court’s Assault on Tribal Sovereignty and the Rule of Law
The Submerged Administrative State
Professor Gabriel Scheffler from the University of Miami School of Law presented his work The Submerged Administrative State. The paper addresses the reputation crisis of the US government, attributing it to the public's unfamiliarity with the administrative state. It proposes to make administrative agencies more visible and comprehensible to rebuild tr […]
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 […]

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 2025 Workshops

Date	Workshop	Presenter
February 19 (Wed)	Workshop	Tiffany Brewer (Howard)
March 11 (Tues)	Workshop	Jack Beermann (BU)
March 24 (Mon)	Workshop	Naomi Schoenbaum (GW)
March 25 (Tues)	Workshop	David Fontana (GW)
April 9 (Wed)	Workshop	Tom Donnelly (Richmond)
April 16 (Wed)	Workshop	Emmanuel Arnaud (Cardozo)
April 21 (Mon)	Workshop	Nikita Aggarwal (UM)

Past Workshops

Date	Workshop	Presenter	Meeting Link and Recording
Tuesday, October 13, 2020	The United States v. Amazon: The Battel of the Level Playing Field	Hannibal Travis	Watch here
Friday, October 30, 2020	The Jurisprudence and Legacy of Justice Ginsburg 12:30 p.m. EDT		Register Here
Tuesday, November 10, 2020	Judicial Lecture	The Honorable Sri Srinivasan, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.	Watch here
Thursday, November 12, 2020	Faculty Workshop	Gabriel Scheffler (University of Miami)	Watch here
Thursday, November 19, 2020		Wendy Greene (Drexel)	Link Coming Soon
Tuesday, January 17, 2023	Law Review Symposium: Panes of the Glass Ceiling	Kerri Stone
Wednesday, January 25, 2023		Pablo Rueda Saiz (Miami)
Wednesday, February 1, 2023	Taking place via ZOOM. Access code: 695 919 5502.	Robin Maril (Willamette)
Wednesday, February 8, 2023		Jessica Roberts (Houston)
Wednesday, February 15, 2023		Jenny Carroll (Alabama)
Tuesday, March 14, 2023		Chris Walker (Michigan)
Tuesday, March 21, 2023		Aziza Ahmed (Boston University)
Tuesday, March 28-Wednesday, March 29, 2023	Decanal Lecture:	Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Boston University)
Wednesday, April 12, 2023		Blanche Cook (Loyola-Chicago)

Prior Decanal Lectures

Academic Year	Lecturer	School	Recording Link
2019-2020	Nancy Staudt	Washington University-St. Louis	N/A
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