UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW

1311 MILLER DRIVE

CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA 33146

Telephone: (305) 284-2394

Fax: (305) 284-3210

 

ABA Approved Since 1941

 

A Dynamic Institution

 

The University of Miami School of Law is located in a beautiful suburban area of a great metropolitan center. Along with a distinguished faculty, a carefully selected and exceptionally diverse student body, and excellent research library, the 81‑year‑old Law School offers an innovative curriculum that is rich, rigorous, and fully responsive to the needs of tomorrow's lawyers. The School offers the J.D. degree; joint JD programs in business, public health, and marine science; joint J.D. and LL.M. in tax; and seven LL.M. Programs. The School is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

 

Rich Curriculum with Outstanding Faculty

 

The Law School provides some of the most extensive trial advocacy and clinical programs in the country. Its unique first‑year curriculum trains student to master both the theory and the craft of the law.

 

The faculty's varied legal backgrounds and diverse interests provide students with an intellectually challenging and multifaceted legal education, adding new national, international, and interdisciplinary dimensions to the School's established tradition of sound teaching and scholarship. Over half of the faculty has extensive international legal experience, which is reflected in the School's curriculum as well as in the scholarship of the faculty. The School is the only one in the continental U.S. to offer significant course work on international and comparative law subjects in Spanish.

 

The teaching and research strengths of the School's faculty, the innovative nature of its educational program, and the quality of its graduates have earned the School a reputation as one of the most exciting law schools in the country.

 

Excellent Research Library

 

The Law School encompasses a complex of buildings which form a quadrangle around an open courtyard. In addition to several large classrooms, these buildings contain a number of smaller classrooms, where seminars and workshops are held; moot court rooms, where trial and appellate advocacy and other competitions take place; and administrative offices. Faculty offices are located in the Law Library. The student lounge, deli, and courtyard are popular, informal gathering places for students and faculty. The University's wireless network covers the entire complex.

 

The centerpiece of the Law School complex is the Law Library, one of the largest research law libraries in the Southeast. Law Library collections comprise over 600,000 volumes in print and microform. The Law Library's collection has a mixture of electronic and print resources. The Library has a comprehensive collection of American law and also collects extensively in foreign and international law and in the areas of taxation, estate planning, and ocean and coastal law. Its collection of Latin American and Caribbean law is one of the richest in the country. Students can access the library's electronic resources both on‑campus and off‑campus.

 

The Law Library has substantial student‑oriented facilities such as a computer lab, an electronic classroom, group study rooms, and spacious reading areas. Carrels throughout the Law Library contain computers or connections for laptops to communicate with the School of Law's network and the University's wireless network. The Law School network provides access to a wide variety of on‑line information resources, including LEXIS, Westlaw, Computer‑Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) materials, plus access to the Internet and e‑mail, as well as popular word processing and spreadsheet applications.

 

The Law Library's staff consists of 13 full‑time professional librarians and 15 other staff members. All are committed to providing a high level of service to students and faculty.

 

In addition to Law Library collections and facilities, students and faculty have access to the University's network of general and specialized libraries. Adjacent to the Law School complex, the University's Otto G. Richter Library contains over 2.5 million volumes, offering important support for interdisciplinary research. Resources of the School of Medicine and School of Marine and Atmospheric Science libraries also are available for research in health and environmental‑related areas.

 

Diverse and Talented Student Body

 

The Law School admits first‑year students in the fall semester. It gives careful consideration not only to each applicant's undergraduate record and LSAT, but also to personal information such as obstacles overcome, graduate studies, job history, and significant extracurricular and community activities. Special care is taken to ensure that the entering class is a highly talented and select group, representing a wide variety of cultural, racial, ethnic, religious, and geographic backgrounds. The Law School takes great pride in the diversity of its students and faculty; as attorneys they develop the flexibility and understanding that comes with exposure to viewpoints of persons whose life experiences have been different from their own.

 

The Law School also accepts students who have undergraduate or law degrees from accredited foreign schools. The Law School typically graduates more foreign students from its J.D. program than any other ABA‑accredited school. In addition, the LL.M. program in comparative law typically enrolls approximately 40 foreign lawyers from 20 or more foreign nations.

 

Financial Aid

 

Financial assistance in the form of scholarships, low interest student loans, and employment opportunities is available for qualified students. In recent years, an average of 30% of admitted students have been awarded scholarships, with an average of $10 million awarded.

 

A Cosmopolitan Community

 

The Law School is located on the 260‑acre main Coral Gables campus of the University of Miami, one of the largest private research universities in the United States. Long regarded as one of Florida's most desirable residential areas and increasingly recognized as an international business center, Coral Gables offers all the benefits of large‑city living in a relaxed subtropical setting.

 

Next door to Coral Gables is the City of Miami, a burgeoning international center for trade and finance. Miami and the greater South Florida Region have one of the most dynamic and rapidly expanding legal communities in the country. Thus, the community provides numerous opportunists for internships, clinical programs, and law clerking experiences. Students can commute quickly and easily between campus and the downtown Miami legal community via Metrorail, an elevated rail system.

 

The cultural diversity of Miami makes for an extraordinary setting in which to live while attending law school. Greater Miami is comprised of many distinctive neighborhoods, among them: Art Deco‑inspired South Beach; "Little Havana;" fashionable Coconut Grove; and South Miami, with its small‑town ambiance. In addition, South Florida offers a wealth of cultural attractions, sporting events, and natural treasures to enjoy year‑round.

 

Most students reside in the vicinity of the Law School, where apartments are plentiful and affordable; on‑campus housing is limited.

 

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Acting Dean:

Paul R. Verkuil (305) 284‑2394

Associate Dean:

Donna K. Coker (305) 284‑3976

Associate Dean for Administration:

Raquel M. Matas (305) 284‑3418

Admissions:

Michael L. Goodnight (305) 284‑4859

Student Recruiting:

Therese Lambert (305) 284‑6746

Financial Aid:

Brenda Brown (305) 284‑5032

Library:

Sally Wise (305) 284‑2755

Career Planning:

Marcelyn Cox (305) 284‑5301

Registrar:

Cindy Busch (305) 284‑4825

Alumni Relations:

Georgina Angones (305) 284‑6470

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FULL TIME FACULTY

 

PAUL R. VERKUIL, (Acting Dean and Professor of Law), born Staten Island, New York, December 4, 1939; admitted to bar, 1968, New York; 1990, District of Columbia; 1991, Virginia. Education: William and Mary School of Law (A.B., 1961); University of Virginia (J.D., 1967); New York University (LL.M., 1969; J.S.D., 1972); New School for Social Research (M.A., 1971). COURSES: Administrative Law, Regulation and Deregulation. Email: pverkuil@law.miami.edu

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DAVID ABRAHAM, (Professor of Law), born November 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1990, New York and New Jersey. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1968; Ph.D., 1977); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1989). COURSES: Property, Immigration, Legal Theory, Democratization Seminar. Email: dabraham@law.miami.edu

 

ANTHONY V. ALFIERI, (Professor of Law and Director, Center for Ethics and Public Service), born New York, New York, June 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1981); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1984). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Legal Profession, Legal Ethics. Email: aalfieri@law.miami.edu

 

TERENCE J. ANDERSON, (Professor of Law), born Chicago, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1967, Illinois; 1973, District of Columbia; 1977, Florida. Education: Wabash College (B.A., 1961); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1964). COURSES: Evidence, Legal Reasoning. Email: tanderso@law.miami.edu

 

MARIO L. BARNES, (Associate Professor of Law), born San Diego, California, March 12, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, California; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1990); University of California, Boalt Hall (J.D., 1995); University of Wisconsin Law School (LL.M., 2004). COURSES: Substantive Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Military Operations Law, Race and the Law. Email: mbarnes@law.miami.edu

 

RICARDO J. BASCUAS, (Associate Professor of Law), born Coral Gables, Florida October 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: Yale Law School (J.D., 1996); University of Miami (B.S., 1993). COURSES: Criminal Procedure, Evidence, International Criminal law, Sports Law. Email: rbascuas@law.miami.edu

 

WILLIAM S. BLATT, (Professor of Law), born Chicago, Illinois, February 20, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, New York and District of Columbia; 1985, Tax Court. Education: Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1988). COURSES: Federal Income Tax I, Federal Income Tax of Business Entities, Legislation, Tax Policy. Email: wblatt@law.miami.edu

 

CAROLINE M. BRADLEY, (Professor of Law), Education: Jesus College, Cambridge University (LL.M., 1984). COURSES: European Community Law, United States Securities Regulation, Business Associations, Globalization of Law, International Securities. Email: cbradley@law.miami.edu

 

KENNETH M. CASEBEER, (Professor of Law), born Barrett, Indiana, August, 21, 1949. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1971); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1974). COURSES: Labor Law and History, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence. Email: casebeer@law.miami.edu

 

DONNA K. COKER, (Associate Dean and Professor of Law), born Russleville, Arizona, January 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1991, California. Education: Harding University (B.S.W., 1978); University of Arkansas at Little Rock (M.S.W., 1982) Stanford Law School (J.D., 1991). COURSES: Evidence, Domestic Violence Seminar, Substantive Criminal Law. Email: dcoker@law.miami.edu

 

MARY I. COOMBS, (Professor of Law), Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1965; M.A., 1967; J.D., 1978). COURSES: Criminal Law, Women and the Law, Family Law, Transnational Family Law, International Criminal Law, Torts. Email: mcoombs@law.miami.edu

 

CHARLTON C. COPELAND, (Associate Professor of Law), born New Orleans, Louisiana, November 8, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, District of Columbia. Education: Amherst College (A.B., 1996); Yale Divinity School (M.A.R., 2002); Yale Law School (J.D., 2003). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Administrative Law. Email: ccopeland@law.miami.edu

 

CAROLINE MALA CORBIN, (Associate Professor of Law), born New York, New York, February 6, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1991); Columbia Law School (J.D., 2001). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination, Women and the Law, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Federal Courts. Email: ccorbin@law.miami.edu

 

BEN W. F. DEPOORTER, (Associate Professor of Law), born Bruges, Belgium, December 16, 1974. Education: Ghent University, School of Law (B.A.; J.D., 1998); University of Hamburg (M.A., 1999); Ghent University (Ph.D., 2003); Yale Law School (LL.M., 2004). COURSES: Property Law, Intellectual Property Law, Law and Economics, Comparative Law, European Union Law, Copyright Law. Email: bdepoort@law.miami.edu

 

STEPHEN M. DIAMOND, (Professor of Law), born Detroit, Michigan, April 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1977, New York. Education: Swarthmore (B.A., 1967); Harvard (Ph.D., in History, 1976; J.D., 1976); Cambridge University (Certificate in Anthropology, 1970). COURSES: American Legal History, Local Government, Alcoholic Beverage Law, Food Law, Torts. Email: sdiamond@law.miami.edu

 

MARY DOYLE, (Dean Emerita and Professor of Law), Education: Radcliffe College (B.A., 1965); Columbia Law School (LL.B., 1968). COURSES: Property Law, Land Use, Water Law. Email: mdoyle@law.miami.edu

 

CYNTHIA A. DREW, (Associate Professor of Law), born Tucson, Arizona; admitted to bar, 1992, Illinois; 1993, Florida. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1975); Vanderbilt University (Ph.D., 1982); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1992). COURSES: Natural Resources, Environmental law, Administrative Law. Email: cdrew@law.midmi.edu

 

MARC A. FAJER, (Professor of Law), Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1982); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1985). COURSES: Property Law, Antitrust Law, American Legal History, Constitutional Law, Legal Reasoning. Email: mfajer@law.miami.edu

 

ZANITA E. FENTON, (Professor of Law), born Phoenix, Arizona, January 11, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, New York. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1990); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1993). COURSES: Torts, Family Law, Race and Law, Reproductive Rights, Constitutional Law. Email: zfenton@law.miami.edu

 

A. MICHAEL FROOMKIN, (Professor of Law), born New York, New York, July 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, New York; 1989, District of Columbia. Education: Yale College (B.A., 1982); Cambridge University (M.P.H.I., 1984); Yale Law School (J.D., 1987). COURSES: Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Internet Law, International Law, Jurisprudence. Email: froomkin@law.miami.edu

 

MICHAEL H. GRAHAM, (Professor of Law), born Brooklyn, New York, January 31, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, New York; 1975, Illinois. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., 1964); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1967). COURSES: Evidence, Torts. Email: mgraham@law.miami.edu

 

PATRICK O. GUDRIDGE, (Professor of Law), born Mankato, Minnesota, December 23, 1949. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1972); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1976). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Agency, Federal Courts, Jurisprudence, Torts. Email: pgudridg@law.miami.edu

 

STEPHEN K. HALPERT, (Professor of Law), born Detroit, Michigan, May 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Massachusetts, 1982, Florida. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1973; J.D., 1978); Emmanuel College/Cambridge University (1974). COURSES: Securities Regulation, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Torts. Email: shalpert@law.miami.edu

 

FRANCES R. HILL, (Professor of Law), born Tomah, Wisconsin, July 26, 1944; admitted to bar, 1985, District of Columbia. Education: University of Denver (B.A., 1966); University of Birmingham (M.A., 1967); Harvard University (Ph.D., 1973); Yale Law School (J.D., 1984). COURSES: Taxation, Bankruptcy, Commercial Law. Email: fhill@law.miami.edu

 

ELIZABETH M. IGLESIAS, (Professor of Law), Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1984); Yale (J.D., 1988). COURSES: Employment Discrimination, Criminal Procedure, International Trade, Trade and Investments. Email: iglesias@law.miami.edu

 

OSAMUDIA JAMES, (Associate Professor of Law), born New York, New York, December 11; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida; 2005, District of Columbia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 2001); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2004); University of Wisconsin Law School (LL.M., 2008). COURSES: Education Law, Race and the Law, Administrative Law, Torts. Email: ojames@law.miami.edu

 

D. MARVIN JONES, (Professor of Law), Education: Union College (B.S., 1973); New York University (J.D., 1976). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Employment Discrimination, Substantive Criminal Law. Email: djones@law.miami.edu

 

STANLEY I. LANGBEIN, (Professor of Law), Education: Yale College (A.B., 1970); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1973). COURSES: Administrative Law, Federal Income Taxation, International Tax, Banking Law, Commercial Law. Email: slangbei@law.miami.edu

 

LILI LEVI, (Professor of Law), born Istanbul, Turkey, July 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New York. Education: Bryn Mawr College (A.B., 1977); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Broadcast Regulation, Business Associations, Copyright, International Copyright. Email: llevi@law.miami.edu

 

DENNIS O. LYNCH, (Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law), born Caldwell, Idaho, October 4, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1965); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1969, Cum Laude); Yale Law School (LL.M., 1973; J.S.D., 1979). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Labor Law, Labor Arbitration. Email: dlynch@law.miami.edu

 

MARTHA R. MAHONEY, (Professor of Law), Education: Regents College (B.A., 1981); Tulane (M.A., 1985); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1989). COURSES: Property, Land Use, Public Interest Law, Criminal Law, Desegregation and Urban Development. Email: mmahoney@law.miami.edu

 

ELLIOTT MANNING, (Professor of Law), born Atlanta, Georgia, June 7, 1935; admitted to bar, 1957, Georgia; 1959, New York; 1985, Florida. Education: Columbia College (A.B., 1955); Harvard (J.D., 1958). COURSES: Federal Tax, Corporate, Business Planning. Email: emanning@law.miami.edu

 

M. MINNETTE MASSEY, (Professor of Law Emerita), born Oakland, California, May 5, 1929; admitted to bar, 1951, Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.B.A., 1948; LL.B., 1951; M.A., 1952); New York University (LL.M., 1958). COURSES: Civil Procedure, Federal Jurisdiction. Email: mmassey@law.miami.edu

 

SARAH CALLI MOURER, (Assistant Professor of Clinical Education), born Tampa, Florida, July 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., 1990); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1993). COURSES: Clinical Education, Trial Advocacy. Email: scalli@law.miami.edu

 

GEORGE MUNDSTOCK, (Professor of Law), born Detroit, Michigan, March 8, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1985, District of Columbia. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1978); Harvard University (J.D., 1978). COURSES: Tax, Accounting. Email: gmundstock@yahoo.com

 

JONEL NEWMAN, (Associate Professor of Clinical Education), born Escondido, California, April 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Connecticut; 1997, Florida. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 1983); Yale Law School (J.D., 1986). COURSES: Health Care, Civil Rights, Clinical. Email: jnewman@law.miami.edu

 

BERNARD H. OXMAN, (The Richard A. Hausler Professor of Law), born New York, New York, December 2, 1941. Education: Columbia College (A.B., 1962); Columbia Law School (J.D., 1965). COURSES: International Law, Civil Procedure, Conflicts of Laws, Torts, Law of the Sea. Email: bhoxman@law.miami.edu

 

BERNARD P. PERLMUTTER, (Associate Professor of Clinical Education), born Brooklyn, New York, May 10, 1953; admitted to bar, 1984, Florida. Education: Bennington College (B.A., 1975): University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1983). COURSES: Clinical Legal Education, Interview and Counseling, Juvenile Law. Email: bperlmut@law.miami.edu

 

THOMAS A. ROBINSON, (Professor of Law), born Coronado, California, July 24, 1943; admitted to bar, 1973, California; 1982, Florida. Education: University of Idaho (B.S.E.E., 1966); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1969); Oxford University (B. Litt., 1975). COURSES: Federal Income Taxation, Trusts & Estates, Professional Management.

 

LAURENCE M. ROSE, (Professor of Law Emeritus), born Brooklyn, New York, July 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Vermont; 1976, Kansas. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1969); New York University (J.D., 1972). COURSES: Litigation Skills, Clinical Programs. Email: lrose@law.miami.edu

 

ROBERT E. ROSEN, (Professor of Law), born New York, New York, June 14, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1974); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1979). COURSES: Legal Ethics, Contracts. Email: rrosen@law.miami.edu

 

KEITH S. ROSENN, (Professor of Law), born Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, December 9, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Pennsylvania; 1981, Florida. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1960); Yale Law School (LL.B., 1963). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Comparative Law, Latin American Law. Email: krosenn@law.miami.edu

 

STEPHEN J. SCHNABLY, (Professor of Law), born Oak Park, Illinois, February 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1976); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1981). COURSES: Property, Constitutional Law, International Human Rights Law. Email: schnably@law.miami.edu

 

IRWIN P. STOTZKY, (Professor of Law), Education: Wayne State University (A.B., 1969); University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1974). COURSES: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Legal Reasoning, Jurisprudence & Legal Theory. Email: istotzky@law.miami.edu

 

STEPHEN K. URICE, (Associate Professor of Law), born New York, New York, February 12, 1950; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1984, Massachusetts; 1987, California. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1972); Harvard University (M.T.S., 1975; A.M., 1977; Ph.D., 1981); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1984). COURSES: Trusts and Estates, Cultural Heritage Law, Art Law, Museum Law. Email: surice@law.miami.edu

 

FRANCISO VALDES, (Professor of Law), Education: University of Florida (J.D., 1984); Stanford Law School (J.S.M., 1991; J.S.D., 1994). COURSES: Civil Procedure I, Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory Seminar, Law, Lawyers and Firm. Email: fvaldes@law.miami.edu

 

MARKUS WAGNER, (Associate Professor of Law), born Gengenbach, Germany, February 20, 1976. Education: University of Frankfurt Law School (2006‑2008); Stanford Law School (J.S.M., 2006); University of Giessen Law School (Erestes Juristisches Staatsexamen ‑ J.D. Equivalent, 2002); University of British Columbia Law School (1998‑1999). COURSES: International Trade Law. Email: mwagner@law.miami.edu

 

WILLIAM H. WIDEN, (Associate Professor of Law), born Ventura, California, January 3, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1980); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1983). COURSES: Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporate Law. Email: wwiden@law.miami.edu

 

KELE WILLIAMS, (Assistant Professor of Clinical Education), born Diego Martin, Trinidad, June 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1994); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1998). COURSES: Children and Youth Law. Email: kwilliam@law.miami.edu

 

RICHARD L. WILLIAMSON, JR., (Professor of Law), born Buffalo, New York, September 19, 1943; admitted to bar, 1984, District of Columbia. Education: University of Southern California (A.B., 1967); American University (M.A., 1977); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1984). COURSES: Environmental Law, Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Public International Law, International Environmental Law. Email: rwilliam@law.miami.edu

 

BRUCE J. WINICK, (Professor of Law), born New York, New York; admitted to bar, 1968, New York. Education: Brooklyn College, City University of New York (A.B., 1965); New York University (J.D., 1968). COURSES: Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Mental Health Law. Email: bwinick@law.miami.edu

 

SALLY H. WISE, (Director of the Library and Professor of Law), born Oak Park, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1977, Washington. Education: Lake Forest College (B.A., 1972); Seattle University (J.D., 1976); University of Washington (M.L.L., 1977). COURSES: Legal Research Techniques. Email: swise@law.miami.edu

 

JENNIFER H. ZAWID, (Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education), born Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 16, 1970; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida. Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A., 1991); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1994). COURSES: Clinical Legal Education. Email: jzawid@law.miami.edu