Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of New Student Lounge at the College of Law
Aziza Ibragimova | Contributing Writer The College of Law held a ribbon-cutting ceremony dedicated to the new student lounge in the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall on…
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Shifting the narrative of legality with FIU’s Immigrant Scholars Organization
Natalie Gutierrez | Staff Writer FIU’s Immigrant Scholars Organization seeks to nurture the academic ambitions of immigrant and non-immigrant students alike. ISO’s mission is to…
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…
College of Law appoints new acting dean
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.
President Trump nominates College of Law Dean as secretary of labor
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…
College of Law hosts Great Legal Storytellers event
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.
College of Law receives grant of over half a million dollars, funds aimed at lowering death penalty rates
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.
College of Law ranks first in nation for Hispanic community
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.
College of Law ranking drops to fourth in the state
The University’s College of Law ranked lower in bar passage rate for the July administration as compared to the February administration.
College of Law diversifies, new LL.M. program
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.