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How To Protect Special Education During Covid-19: From The Courts To The Capitol, Sarah Coleman May 2022

How To Protect Special Education During Covid-19: From The Courts To The Capitol, Sarah Coleman

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced students around the country out of brick-and-mortar schools and into virtual classrooms. While the switch to remote learning has helped keep students and teachers safe from contracting the virus, students with disabilities have largely been deprived of a meaningful education and in person services mandated under federal law. This essay will explain how students have been denied a free appropriate public education (FAPE) under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), how litigation has been unsuccessful in creating systemic change for these students, and how public policy by U.S. legislators can offer a solution.


Smart Contracts: Implications On Liability And Competence, Ryan Hasting Sep 2020

Smart Contracts: Implications On Liability And Competence, Ryan Hasting

University of Miami Business Law Review

Smart contracts are increasingly popular in business and law. Smart contracts are also becoming increasingly complex. Advances in technology allow smart contracts to handle far more intricate transactions than the traditional—and simple— vending machine example. With increased complexity comes increased responsibility. When parties rely on an attorney to review or draft a smart contract, that attorney must understand what he or she is reading or writing. Smart contracts, however, are not written in a language most attorneys can understand, let alone write. While a general description of the contract may be translated into plain English, the contract itself is written …


Access To Law Or Access To Lawyers? Master’S Programs In The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Edwin Burge Nov 2019

Access To Law Or Access To Lawyers? Master’S Programs In The Public Educational Mission Of Law Schools, Mark Edwin Burge

University of Miami Law Review

The general decline in juris doctor (“J.D.”) law school applicants and enrollment over the last decade has coincided with the rise of a new breed of law degree. Whether known as master of jurisprudence, juris master, master of legal studies, or other names, these graduate degrees all have a target audience in common: adult professionals who neither are nor seek to become practicing attorneys. Inside legal academia and among the practicing bar, these degrees have been accompanied by expressed concerns that they detract from the traditional core public mission of law schools—educating lawyers. This Article argues that non-lawyer master’s programs …


“So Teacher, What Is The Right Answer?” Incorporating Critical Thinking Into The Mexican Legal Education: The Application Of The Us Model, Dr. Ying Chen May 2018

“So Teacher, What Is The Right Answer?” Incorporating Critical Thinking Into The Mexican Legal Education: The Application Of The Us Model, Dr. Ying Chen

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Educación Legal En Los Estados Unidos Ii: Educación De Postgrado, Educación Continuada, Y Consideraciones Comparativas, Maria Elena Cobas Cobiella, M. C. Mirow May 2015

Educación Legal En Los Estados Unidos Ii: Educación De Postgrado, Educación Continuada, Y Consideraciones Comparativas, Maria Elena Cobas Cobiella, M. C. Mirow

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

Este artículo se presenta en dos partes. La primera parte, publicada en el volúmen II de esta revista, da una breve historiade la educación legal en los EE.UU., una descripción de las facultades de derecho hoy en día, y el contenido de la carrera de grado profesional de derecho en dicho país, el Juris Doctor, o J.D. La segunda parte, publicada en esta misma revista, describe los estudios de postgrado en derecho en los EE.UU., la educación continuada para abogados, y algunas consideraciones comparativas, sobre todo con respecto al Plan de Bolonia.


Educación Legal En Los Estados Unidos I: Facultades De Derecho Y El Juris Doctor, Maria Elena Cobas Cobiella, M. C. Mirow Oct 2014

Educación Legal En Los Estados Unidos I: Facultades De Derecho Y El Juris Doctor, Maria Elena Cobas Cobiella, M. C. Mirow

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

Este artículo se presenta en dos partes. La primera parte da una breve historia de la educación legal en los Estados Unidos, una descripción de las facultades de derecho hoy en día, y el contenido de la carrera de grado rofesional de derecho en dicho país, el Juris Doctor, o J.D. La segunda parte, publicada en el volúmen siguiente de esta revista, describe los estudios de postgrados en derecho en los Estados Unidos, la educación continuada para abogados, y algunas consideraciones comparativas, sobre todo con respecto al Plan de Bolonia.


Beyond Litigation: Legal Education Reform In Japan And What Japan's New Lawyers Will Do, George Schumann Apr 2006

Beyond Litigation: Legal Education Reform In Japan And What Japan's New Lawyers Will Do, George Schumann

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Interpersonal Dynamics: Helping Lawyers Learn The Skills, And The Importance, Of Human Relationships In The Practice Of Law, Joshua D. Rosenberg Jul 2004

Interpersonal Dynamics: Helping Lawyers Learn The Skills, And The Importance, Of Human Relationships In The Practice Of Law, Joshua D. Rosenberg

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Defining The Rights Of Law Students With Mental Disabilities, Adam J. Shapiro Apr 2004

Defining The Rights Of Law Students With Mental Disabilities, Adam J. Shapiro

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Owen Fiss: Heroism In The Law, Paul W. Kahn Oct 2003

Owen Fiss: Heroism In The Law, Paul W. Kahn

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Truth About Owen Fiss, Robert A. Burt Oct 2003

The Truth About Owen Fiss, Robert A. Burt

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Owen M. Fiss: The Influence Of His Pre-Legal Education, Morton J. Horwitz Oct 2003

Owen M. Fiss: The Influence Of His Pre-Legal Education, Morton J. Horwitz

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Specialist Certification For Lawyers: What Is Going On?, Judith Kilpatrick Jan 1997

Specialist Certification For Lawyers: What Is Going On?, Judith Kilpatrick

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Symbiotic Legal Theory And Legal Practice: Advocating A Common Sense Jurisprudence Of Law And Practical Applications, Jean R. Sternlight Jul 1996

Symbiotic Legal Theory And Legal Practice: Advocating A Common Sense Jurisprudence Of Law And Practical Applications, Jean R. Sternlight

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Twining's Tower: Metaphors Of Distance And Histories Of The English Law School, Peter Goodrich Jul 1995

Twining's Tower: Metaphors Of Distance And Histories Of The English Law School, Peter Goodrich

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reflections On Labor Law Scholarship And Its Discontents: The Reveries Of Monsieur Verog, Matthew W. Finkin May 1992

Reflections On Labor Law Scholarship And Its Discontents: The Reveries Of Monsieur Verog, Matthew W. Finkin

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Engendering Law Faculties, Carl Tobias May 1990

Engendering Law Faculties, Carl Tobias

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Skills Training In "Legal Analysis": A Systematic Approach, Paul T. Wangerin Jan 1986

Skills Training In "Legal Analysis": A Systematic Approach, Paul T. Wangerin

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Of Moots, Legal Process, And Learning To Learn The Law, John T. Gaubatz Sep 1983

Of Moots, Legal Process, And Learning To Learn The Law, John T. Gaubatz

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Educating For The World View: A Primer On The Role Of U.S. Law Schools, L. Gilles Sion Dec 1982

Educating For The World View: A Primer On The Role Of U.S. Law Schools, L. Gilles Sion

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Introduction, Quentin Johnstone May 1967

Introduction, Quentin Johnstone

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Commentary, C. Robert Morris May 1967

Commentary, C. Robert Morris

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Curricular Reform For Law School Needs Of The Future, Charles D. Kelso May 1967

Curricular Reform For Law School Needs Of The Future, Charles D. Kelso

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Media Is The Message, Eugene F. Mooney May 1967

The Media Is The Message, Eugene F. Mooney

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Revising The Torts Course, Richard S. Miller May 1967

Revising The Torts Course, Richard S. Miller

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Models For Curricular Reform, Quintin Johnstone May 1967

Models For Curricular Reform, Quintin Johnstone

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Commentary, Hardy C. Dillard May 1967

Commentary, Hardy C. Dillard

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Commentary, Walter Gellhorn May 1967

Commentary, Walter Gellhorn

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Education Planning At Yale, Abraham S. Goldstein May 1967

Education Planning At Yale, Abraham S. Goldstein

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conclusion May 1967

Conclusion

University of Miami Law Review

No abstract provided.