Category Archives: Insights

LawWithoutWalls: A Global Response to Legal Education Reform Rooted at Miami Law

BY GREG FONTELA — In many ways, legal practice in America has evolved over the years.  While there is a strong base upon which it has grown, the way in which legal representation has been organized and delivered has evolved with advancing technology, changing markets, and developing societal values.  This is not to say that […]

SCOTUS Seems to Favor Michigan’s Affirmative Action Ban

BY DANIELLE COUPET — In true legal fashion, let’s start with a hypothetical. Suppose we have two applicants to the University of Michigan: Tom and Tyra. Tom is a premiere football quarterback, whose father also just so happened to play football at the University of Michigan. Tyra is an African-American woman, hoping to be the […]

Chalk Wars: The Continuing Struggle for Expression

BY TREY DAHL — “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Since the Occupy Wall Street movement […]

The Legal Dangers of High School Dating

BY ANAILI MEDINA — High school: a place to meet people? Make friendships? Make mistakes? Or get into relationships that last, end, or get you in jail? High school students usually span from ages fourteen to eighteen. Freshmen and seniors may have elective classes and/or play sports together. They may have common friends and common […]

I Lost My Cite in the Web!

BY DAN WOLFE — Arguably one of the greatest revolutions of our time, the Internet continues to find ways to make our lives easier every day. This author remembers when his fifth-grade teacher first allowed his class to use Internet sources for history reports. Even at ten years old, this author could appreciate how much […]