FIU Law graduates have achieved the top bar passage rate in Florida, according to results from the July 2011 Bar Exam released by The Florida Board of Bar Examiners. “Thanks to the Worlds Ahead faculty led by Dean R. Alexander Acosta, the FIU College of Law has consistently graduated great lawyers [...]
FIU College of Law hosts Citizenship Drive
07/18/2011 By
Law students help those eligible for naturalization complete forms WHAT: The Florida International University College of Law will be hosting a Citizenship Drive to help individuals who are eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship to complete their N-400 naturalization forms. Under the supervision of Clinical Professor Juan Gomez, law students [...]
What are you looking forward to in 2011?
12/29/2010 By
The FIU family had a lot to celebrate in 2010. College of Law faculty members ranked most diverse in the nation and the school was named a Top 10 Best Value; the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine launched the Green Family NeighborhoodHelp project, which pairs every medical student with a household [...]
FIU Law ranked Top 10 Best Value school
10/12/2010 By
Also ranked 3rd in state for scholarly impact by national Leiter Rankings MIAMI – Florida International University College of Law was ranked Top 10 Best Value school in the nation by The National Jurist. The Best Value rating is based on the following three criteria: bar passage rate, average indebtedness [...]
FIU graduates ‘a different kind of lawyer’
05/28/2010 By
College of Law confers 152 degrees on its departing Class of 2010 Florida doesn’t need more lawyers. It needs a different kind of lawyer. With that message, Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga applauded the 152 graduates of the FIU College Law, a new generation of lawyers as diverse as Miami [...]
FIU College of Law wins $22 million damage award for victims of Liberian torture
02/05/2010 By
MIAMI – Charles McArthur Emmanuel, also known as Chuckie Taylor, owes five Liberian victims more than $22 million in damages for torturing and persecuting them while he headed the infamous Liberian Anti-Terrorism Unit under his father’s dictatorial rule, according to a ruling issued today in federal court. Florida International University’s [...]
FIU College of Law trains and sends volunteers to help Haitians apply for protected status
02/03/2010 By
MIAMI - Florida International University’s College of Law has partnered with two South Florida non-profit organizations to provide legal assistance to Haitians looking to file for temporary protected status (TPS). Catholic Legal Services and the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center have organized clinics—and FIU has begun providing law students, faculty, staff and [...]
FIU seeking Haitian Creole speakers to help in community
02/02/2010 By
MIAMI – Florida International University is creating a database of fluent Haitian Creole speakers willing to volunteer their time to help with a number of ongoing efforts to support South Florida’s Haitian community in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Haiti last month. Interpreters are needed right away [...]
President Rosenberg updates university community, answers questions at open forum
01/27/2010 By
FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg gave a university update, praised students, faculty and staff for their accomplishments and addressed some of the university community’s most pressing issues at his first open forum, held on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in the Graham Center Ballrooms. The forum was web cast and transmitted live [...]
FIU law students to represent victims in final hearing of torture trial for Chuckie Taylor
01/20/2010 By
WHAT: The Carlos A. Costa Immigration and Human Rights clinic at the FIU College of Law is representing five victims in the federal civil trial of Chuckie Taylor, the son of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor. The trial follows Taylor’s 2008 conviction under the Convention Against Torture, when he was [...]
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