BY CUSHLA TALBUT — In the 1873 case of Bradwell v. Illinois, Justice Joseph Bradley famously held that the Illinois Bar was within its rights to deny admission to a woman, Myra Bradwell, solely on the basis of her gender. In an infamous and oft-quoted passage, Justice Bradley pondered the role of women and the […]
Check out UMLR Eleventh Circuit editor Brian Stewart’s mind-bending piece on the illusion of time, published in the current issue, here.
BY LACEY STUTZ — On September 5, 2012, Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant for John Errol Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson, who has been on death row for thirty-four years, was convicted and sentenced to death for eight counts of first-degree murder in 1978. Six of the murders were execution-style killings that occurred during […]
BY ZACH LUDENS — In a decision to be reviewed by United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit last month found a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) unconstitutional in Windsor v. United States. DOMA, enacted in the face of the 1996 U.S. Presidential election, defined the terms marriage […]
On February 15 and 16, 2013, the University of Miami Law Review will host its annual academic symposium. This year, the symposium will hone in on the evolving legal responses to new challenges raised by social media. Our symposium will approach this expansive subject through panel discussions featuring leading academics, practitioners, and judges, as well […]
