Scholarly Impact
177Faculty Publications since 2020
19books authored by our faculty since 2020
Faculty published articles in top law journals since 2020 including Michigan Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Vanderbilt Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and Virginia Law Review. See faculty publications
Expert on Ethics and Public Interest Law
Anthony V. Alfieri, Professor of Law and Dean’s Distinguished Scholar
Awarded the AALS 12th Annual Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility
Expert on Human Rights
Caroline S. Bettinger-Lopez, Professor of Law; Director, Human Rights Clinic; Faculty Chair, Human Rights Program
Serves as senior advisor on gender and equality for the U.S. Department of Justice; formerly Special Advisor on the White House Gender Policy Council
Clinics & Practic*ms
350+ Students participate in Law Clinics Per Year
10 Clinics | 8 Practic*ms
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Expert in Class Action
Sergio J Campos,Professor of Law; Co-Director, Litigation And Dispute Resolution Concentration
Appointed director of Miami Law’s new SJD program and co-director of Miami Law’s partnership with Yale Law’s SELA—Seminario en Latinoamérica de Teoría Constitucional y Política
Expert in Domestic Violence, Criminal Law and Evidence
Donna co*ker, Professor of Law, Social Justice/Public Interest Concentration Affiliated Faculty
Published Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Harm, 36 Ohio St. J. Disp. Resol. 591 (2021)
Ready to Practice
2,110Seats Available in Simulation or Lawyering Skills Courses Per Year
7:1Faculty to student ratio
Expert on Civil Procedure and Administrative Law
Charlton Copeland,Professor of Law & Dean's Distinguished Scholar
Founded Miami Law’s Summer LegalAcademy, now in its third year, has welcomed 500+ high school and college students to broaden their understanding of law school and careers in law
Expert in Constitutional Law
Caroline Mala Corbin, Professor of Law, Social Justice/Public Interest Concentration Affiliated Faculty
Elected to American Law Institute in 2022; published First Amendment Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed. Aspen 2022)
Wide Selection of Courses
300+ Course offerings in18 Areas of Study:
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Expert in Legal Innovation, Compliance and Global Education
Michele DeStefano , Professor of Law, and Larry Hoffman Greenberg Traurig Business Of Law Chair
Founder Law Without Walls program, now in its 12th year; co-curator of Compliance Elliance Journal
Expert on Civil Rights and Technology
Mary Anne Franks , Professor Of Law, and Michael R. Klein Distinguished Scholar Chair
Expert Advisor to White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse, serves as President and Legislative & Tech Policy Director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
2022 Fall J.D. Entering Class
360 J.D. enrolled studentsfrom 36 states + DC, PR & 11 countries
161LSAT Median |3.69 UGPA Median
56%women
46%students of color
65% speak one or more foreign languages
60% out of undergraduate school for 1+ year
2022 Fall LL.M. & S.J.D. Entering Classes
123LL.M. Enrolled students from over 25 countries
#1 Inaugural S.J.D. class
Expert on Antitrust and Intellectual Property
John Newman, Professor of Law
Serves as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission
Faculty by the Numbers
89Full-time faculty members
44in total number of women, full-time faculty only
25in total number that identify as a person of color, full-time faculty only
14 Full-time and emeritus faculty in the American Law Institute
Expert on Environmental Law and Property Law
Jessica Owley, Professor of Law, and Faculty Director For The Environmental Law Program
Serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Law, Property, and Society, co-founder of the Environmental Law Collaborative, and member of the IUCN’s World Commission on Environmental Law and the World Commission of Protected Areas
Expert in American Legal History
Kunal Parker, Professor of Law, and Dean's Distinguished Scholar
Published The Rights of Noncitizens, in The Bill of Rights in Modern America (David J. Bodenhamer & James W. Ely, Jr. eds.) 231 (2022), served as Princeton University Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) Fellow
Faculty Media Impact
313M+viewers reached in national top tier and trade media in 2022
Faculty quoted in 2022 in top-tier media including Newsweek, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, Ms. Magazine, LAW360, The Boston Globe, Wired, Law.com, Miami Herald, The Christian Science Monitor, Marketplace, FOX News, San Francisco Monitor, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.
Expert in Bankruptcy Law
Patricia Redmond, Director, The Eleanor R. Cristol And Judge A. Jay Cristol Bankruptcy Pro Bono Assistance Clinic
Elected chair of the American College of Bankruptcy Board of Regents—the first woman to hold this position
Expert in International and Comparative Law
Pablo Rueda Saiz, Associate Professor of Law
Published Docket Selection and Judicial Responsiveness: The Use of AI in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 30 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 419 (2021) and Territory as a Victim of Armed Conflict, 15 Int’l J. Transitional Just. 210 (2021)
Highlighting Our Faculty
271news stories highlighting faculty expertise in 2022
39Kdownloads ofMiami Law Explainer Podcastsince 2018 launch
Expert in Health Care Law
Gabriel Scheffler, Associate Professor of Law
Published Equality and Sufficiency in Health Care Reform, 81 Md. L. Rev. 144 (2022) and Unrules, 73 Stan. L. Rev. 885 (2021)
Alumni
25,000+law alumni in 85countries and represented in all 50 states, DC, several territories
See Map of Alumni Around the World
Read more stories about our alumni
Expert on Children and Youth Law
Kele Stewart,Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Professor of Law, and Co-Director, Children & Youth Law Clinic
Published Re-Envisioning Child Well-Being: Dismantling the Inequitable Intersections Among Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Education, 12 Colum. J. Race & L. 1 (2022)
Expert on Compliance and Corporate Governance
Marcia Narine Weldon, Lecturer in Law; Director, Transactional Skills Program; Faculty Coordinator, Business Compliance & Sustainability Concentration
Leads and spearheaded launchofTransactional Skills Programand Transactional Law Concentration
Notable Awards / Honors
Top 30 in International Law and Clinical Training in Latest U.S. News Law School Rankings
Selected to host2022 American Society of International Law Mid-Year Meeting
Miami Law’s International Moot Team Ends Year as Best Regional Team for the Americas
Faculty Receive Awards, Shine at 2022 AALS Annual Meeting
Top 20 in Trial Advocacy, Moot Court Team Ranks #17 in 2021-22
Expert in Criminal Law and Title IX
Tamara Rice Lave, Professor of Law
Published the book Sexual Assault on Campus: Defending Due Process (Cambridge University Press 2022)
Explainer Podcast
2022closed season eight and nine of the law school's popular podcast where expert Miami Law faculty dive into the headlines.
These seasons tackled topics including: abortion, sexual assault, immigration, eviction, intellectual property and more.
Expert on the Law of the Sea
Bernard Oxman,Richard A. Hausler Professor of Law
Awarded the 2021 American Society for International Law Manley O. Hudson Medal, ASIL’s highest honor
