School of Law - Estate Planning Law

Family Law

PreLaw magazine bestows high marks on the School of Law in legal technology, moot court, and more

The legal education magazine has once again singled the law school out for accolades in their Back-to-School 2024 issue.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/11/pre-law-magazine-bestows-high-marks-on-school-of-law.html


Family Law

Clinic student selected for prestigious Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellowship

A fellow at Miami Law's Children and Youth Law Clinic, Maia Boatwright is committed to ensuring justice and protection for foster youth and marginalized children.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/11/clinic-student-selected-for-prestigious-fellowship.html




Family Law

Clinic Contributes to Legal Victory for Children's Privacy Rights

The case hinged on whether a child's right to protect their private communications in therapy could be involuntarily waived by the child's Guardian ad Litem.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/05/clinic-contributes-to-legal-victory-for-childrens-privacy-rights.html




Family Law

Children and Youth Clinic Defends Special Needs Child Rejected of Health Benefits

The Children & Youth Law Clinic represents children in foster care in dependency, health care, mental health, disability, independent living, education, and immigration.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/04/children-and-youth-clinic-defends-special-needs-child.html


Family Law

Professor Kele Stewart Holds Workshop on Abolishing the Family Policing System

The Office of Intellectual Life, currently led by Associate Dean Kunal Parker, is supporting this workshop with a $5,000 grant.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/04/kele-stewart-holds-workshop-on-abolishing-the-family-policing-system.html


Family Law

Clinic Students Secure Essential Disability Benefits for Child in Foster Care

The Children and Youth Law Clinic is an in-house, live-client clinic representing foster care children.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2024/03/clinic-students-secure-essential-disability-benefits-for-child-in-foster-care.html


Family Law

Professor Bernard Perlmutter Participates in Two Amicus Curiae Briefs

The Family Law expert was asked to serve as Amici Curiae in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2023/12/professor-bernard-perlmutter-participates-in-two-amicus-curiae-briefs.html


Family Law

Importance of Family Stability Propels Alumna to Become Go-To Manhattan Divorce Attorney

Miami Law alumna Nancy Chemtob has handled groundbreaking cases - from expanding fathers’ rights to helping LGTBQ+ couples grow their legal rights.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2023/11/importance-of-family-stability-propels-alumna-to-become-go-to-divorce-attorney.html


Family Law

Professor Bernard Perlmutter Publishes Article about Legal-Artistic Collaboration with Xavier Cortada

The article explores collaborations between the artist and the Children & Youth Law Clinic in building a community that empowers children in state foster care by giving them a voice through legal advocacy and non-traditional forms of socially engaged artistic expression.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2023/06/professor-perlmutter-publishes-article-with-xavier-cortada.html


Family Law

Professor Kele Stewart: A Champion for Children & Families

Professor Kele Stewart has devoted her career to improving the lives of children. As co-director of Miami Law's Children & Youth Law Clinic, Stewart supervises students as they advocate for their young clients and teaches them ways to support families.


Family Law

Professor Bernard Perlmutter Serves as Research Fellow at European University Viadrina in Germany

On sabbatical this semester Professor Bernard Perlmutter recently lectured German and Polish students about comparisons between the U.S. and Germany in the treatment of immigrant families.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2023/02/perlmutter-faculty-focus.html


Family Law

‘A’ Grades Awarded to Miami Law for Business, Criminal, Family, Health, Human Rights, Technology Law from PreLaw Magazine

Rankings are based on curricular offerings, such as clinics, concentrations, centers, externships, journals, and student groups.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2022/11/pre-law-magazine-rankings.html


Family Law

Children and Youth Law Clinic Fellow Receives the NACC Award

The National Association of Counsel for Children named Alex Cinney their Outstanding Law Student for 2022.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2022/10/children-and-youth-law-clinic-fellow-award.html


Family Law

Professor Bernard Perlmutter Writes Chapter in Book Justice Outsourced

The chapter focuses on the complex relationship between welfare recipients and public assistance systems.

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2022/10/professor-bernard-perlmutter-writes-chapter-in-book-justice-outsourced.html


Family Law

Professor Kele Stewart Publishes Article on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

The Columbia Journal of Race and Law recently published Professor Kele Stewart’s article “Re-Envisioning Child Well-Being: Dismantling the Inequitable Intersections among Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Education.”

https://news.miami.edu/law/stories/2022/09/kele-stewart-publishes-article.html


No more news to load

loading



Y


Y






Y



Y


Top