Soon-to-be graduate defies visual disability
By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director For Dorysped Mancebo, her eyesight isn’t a factor when it comes to seeing her dreams become reality. Mancebo was…
By: Anna Radinsky/Assistant News Director For Dorysped Mancebo, her eyesight isn’t a factor when it comes to seeing her dreams become reality. Mancebo was…
After months of deliberation, the new acting dean of the College of Law has been chosen. Tawia (Tay) Baidoe Ansah was officially appointed this position effective May 19th, 2017 after serving as the college’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs since 2012.
By Martina Bretous and Abbey Olson/PantherNOW Staff On Feb. 16, President Donald Trump nominated the University’s current dean of the College of Law for labor…
Benjamin L. Crump, the attorney for Trayvon Martin, described the late teen’s case as, “The case that introduced the world to Stand Your Ground and the controversy of Shoot First Laws,” during FIU’s College of Law’s fifth annual “Great Legal Storytellers’ event.
A grant provided by the Themis Fund will help the College of Law’s Death Penalty Clinic, a one semester clinical course that allows students to tackle death penalty cases.
The University law school recently ranked as the best law school in the nation for Hispanics by HispanicBusiness.com, beating out other Florida schools like the University of Miami and Florida State University.
The University’s College of Law ranked lower in bar passage rate for the July administration as compared to the February administration.
Prospective foreign attorneys from countries like Nigeria, El Salvador, Italy, New Zealand, Argentina, Vietnam, France, Belgium, Costa Rica, and Croatia will set soon foot at FIU’s College of Law.
Although Miami Dade College and FIU remain the only educational institutions in the state that waive out-of-state tuition fees for undocumented students, FIU only does so for those eligible for DACA, a fact that has led state government officials to tackle opposition in an effort to secure tuition equity for all undocumented students.
On April 8, President Barack Obama signed two executive actions designed to address pay inequality, signing the Equal Pay Act.