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miami law appointments news August 6, 2020

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Professor Osamudia James, who previously served as vice dean for three years, assumed her new position as associate dean for diversity, equity, and community on August 1, 2020. Professor William Bratton, the incoming de la Cruz-Mentschikoff Endowed Chair in Law and Economics, begins teaching in the spring. Professors Pablo Rueda-Saiz and Jarrod Reich joined Miami Law on July 1, 2020.

august 5th virtual symposium on online legal education July 29, 2020

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The symposium is titled: Power, Privilege, and Transformation: Lessons from the Pandemic for Online Legal Education and information, including a link to register is here.

um law support for our international students July 9, 2020

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See here.

june 4 online panel on colombian peace process at um law June 1, 2020

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We hoped to have this panel in person but Covid-19 prevented that from happening. Miami Law has been discussing what we can do to facilitate the transition to justice in Colombia and this event is part of that effort. The Panel will be from 5-7 pm, and in Spanish (with simultaneous translation into English). Details are here.

teach-in for the current moment at um law this week May 31, 2020

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MiamiLaw Zoom Teach-In: Racist Police Brutality and the Role of Law, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement in the Problem and its Solutions on Tuesday, June 2nd, 12:30 to 2 pm, hosted by Dean Tony Varona & BLSA President Ronnie Graham, featuring Prof. Donna Coker, Miami Law, Prof. Charlton Copeland, Miami Law, Prof. Angela J. Davis, American University Washington College of Law (author/editor of Policing the Black Man), Prof. Osamudia James, Miami Law, and Prof. Donald M. Jones, Miami Law

To register for free, click here.

university of miami school of law and the law of covid-19 April 1, 2020

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I participated in a webinar we held the other day on covid-19 and the video is available here.

heathrow and the paris agreement February 27, 2020

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The English Court of Appeal, in a unanimous decision in Plan B Earth v Secretary of State for Transport [2020] EWCA Civ 214 (27 February 2020), has found that the process for designation of the Airports National Policy Statement: new runway capacity and infrastructure at airports in the South East of England, by the Secretary of State for Transport under section 5 of the Planning Act 2008 did not comply with the requirements of the Act. As part of the approval process for a national policy statement the Planning Act requires reasons to be given including “an explanation of how the policy set out in the statement takes account of Government policy relating to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change.” Signing on to the Paris Agreement was government policy.
 
The Court goes to great lengths to explain that it isn’t expressing views about the substance of the decision, not entering into politics but maintaining the rule of law. For example, here is the last paragraph of the judgment:
 
Our decision should be properly understood. We have not decided, and could not decide, that there will be no third runway at Heathrow. We have not found that a national policy statement supporting this project is necessarily incompatible with the United Kingdom’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions and mitigating climate change under the Paris Agreement, or with any other policy the Government may adopt or international obligation it may undertake. That is not the outcome here. However, the consequence of our decision is that the Government will now have the opportunity to reconsider the ANPS in accordance with the clear statutory requirements that Parliament has imposed.
 
The current Government has been bothered by the idea that courts in the UK have interfered in political decisions  and so it isn’t surprising to see these judges feeling the need to emphasize that what they are doing is normal rule of law stuff and not interfering in politics. But it is yet another reminder that we can’t take the rule of law for granted.

fintech opacity February 25, 2020

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The Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics has published a Report on Central Banks and Fintech Data Issues which identifies a number of issues relating to the implications of increased use of fintech for the availability of data central banks need to address their mandates relating to monetary and financial stability and the operation of payments systems. Some questions relate to financial activity by entities that are not within the regulatory perimeter for reporting to central banks, and other issues relate to data about fintech activities by traditional financial intermediaries, such as what operational, reputational, financial issues are raised by their fintech activities.  In jurisdictions where fintech is most developed central banks are actively seeking to close these data gaps.

other umlaw events on monday February 21, 2020

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In addition to the lecture on Monday evening Claudio Grossman will also talk at lunchtime (12.20-1.50 pm) in the Alma Jennings Student Lounge on the topic Seeking Justice: Reparations to Individuals for Human Rights Violations in the Inter-American System.

At the same time in Room A110 John Barkett will Report on the MIAS Task Force on Expedited Arbitration under the UNCTIRAL Arbitration Rules.

claudio grossman lecture at UM next week February 19, 2020

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Next Monday, February 24 at 6pm in Room E352,  Claudio Grossman will give the Keith C. Wold ’17 LL.M. Distinguished Lecture in Maritime & International Law  on The Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean:  The decision of the International Court of Justice in the case between Bolivia and Chile. After the lecture there will be a  reception in the Alma Jennings Student Lounge.  In order to assist with planning for the reception please RSVP to http://attend.com/grossmanlecture .