CAMERON CHUBACK—For the last two decades, the United States has faced a devastating opioid crisis. More than 130 people die every day of opioid overdoses, and approximately 400,000 deaths in total have occurred since the crisis’s inception, 47,000 of which came in 2017 alone. Moreover, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that […]
Please join us in congratulating UMLR Alumni Eva M. Spahn, JD’11 and Scott E. Byers, JD’09, for becoming shareholders of their respective firms, Greenberg Traurig and Carlton Fields. Ms. Spahn, is a member of Greenberg Traurig’s Litigation Practice. She handles complex commercial and class action matters in various forums, including state and federal courts in multiple U.S. jurisdictions, as well […]
There is nothing we enjoy more than celebrating the achievements of the members of our family. Today we are especially proud to announce that our amazing leader and EIC, Elizabeth Montano, has been named a “2019 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award” winner. This honor is given to only 10 articles from entries submitted by the nation’s […]
It is with profound sadness that we inform the passing of Gail D. Serota, JD ’79. Gail was an esteemed partner at the law firm Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, onetime councilwoman for the Village of Pinecrest and president of the Sisterhood at the Bet Shira Synagogue, as well as a Reid Scholar, and a […]
This article was originally published on the Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review website, and features an interview with UMLR candidate Angel Sanchez. We would like to thank Ms. Fate and the Harvard CR-CL Law Review for allowing us to share this post. REBECCA FATE* (guest writer)—In the upcoming November election, Floridians will have the opportunity […]
