Hope Bumgarner took advantage of clinical opportunities, student organizations, a summer associate position at a top firm, and more during her 2L year.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/07/rising-third-year-law-student-reflects-on-year-of-impactful-learning-and-advocacy.html



Law Clinics

Students take top honors with the Clinical Legal Education Association Award

Students from the Human Rights Clinic received the CLEA Outstanding Team award, while Gregory Beeson and Eyga Williamson earned the CLEA Outstanding Externship Student Award.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/05/students-take-top-honors-with-the-clinical-legal-education-association-award.html


School of Law Faculty

Director of the Transactional Skills Program participates at forum in Ghana

Marcia Narine Weldon served as the program faculty lead at the Executive Forum on Strategic Compliance in West Africa.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/06/director-of-the-transactional-skills-program-participates-at-forum-in-ghana.html




International Law

Four students gain unique experience in international law as assistants at the UN’s International Law Commission in Geneva

As part of the law school's experiential law offerings, Professor Charles C. Jalloh took the students to Geneva for a month.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/06/four-students-gain-unique-experience-in-international-law-as-assistants-at-the-uns-international-law-commission-in-geneva.html



Center for Ethics and Public Service

School of Law: A beacon of resilience and dynamism

The first graduating class of 13 students in 1929 laid the foundation for a prestigious institution that has since graduated more than 23,000 lawyers—from titans of industry to the highest levels of the judiciary to leadership roles in law, politics, education, and the military.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/06/a-beacon-of-resilience-and-dynamism.html


School of Law Faculty

Law faculty present scholarship at 2025 Law and Society Annual Conference

Five faculty members addressed urgent topics such as hate crimes, racial grievance, legal realism, immigration, and the intersections of law and society amid rising global conservatism.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/06/law-faculty-present-scholarship-at-2025-law-and-society-annual-conference.html


Entertainment, Sports, Art Law

From aspirations to accomplishments: recent grad's journey to legal excellence in business law and litigation

Daria Pietropaolo, inspired by her father's love for law and her early experiences with reconciliation, has become a notable business litigation and international arbitration attorney.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/06/from-aspirations-to-accomplishments-recent-grads-journey-to-legal-excellence-in-business-law-and-litigation.html


School of Law Alumni

Alumnus reflects on leadership, networking, and giving back

Joseph Bogosian, J.D. ’92, shares how his school experience shaped his career and why he’s investing in the future of student leaders.

https://news.miami.edu/stories/2025/04/alumnus-reflects-on-leadership-networking-and-giving-back.html


Human Rights Law

Director of the Human Rights Clinic gives talks in Germany and University of Michigan

Professor Caroline Bettinger-López’s scholarship, practice, and teaching deal with international human rights law and policy advocacy.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/05/director-0f-the-human-rights-clinic-gives-talks-in-germany-and-university-of-michigan.html


Entertainment, Sports, Art Law

5 sports law students, 5 NFL teams

The students attribute their rise to the School of Law's skills-based curriculum, experiential opportunities, and supportive alumni and practitioner community.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2025/06/five-students-five-teams-rough.html