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Professor Caroline Mala Corbin Publishes Articles in Law Reviews

(Posted: 05-10-13) Professor Caroline Mala Corbin presented her article on "Compelled Disclosures" at the Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference at Yale Law School. The article will be published by the Alabama Law Review. Her essay "The Contraception Mandate," previously published online, was selected for publication in the Northwestern University Law Review. Professor Corbin teaches U.S. Constitutional Law I, U.S. Constitutional Law II, First Amendment, and Feminism and the First Amendment.

Professor James Nickel Presents Paper on Human Rights

(Posted: 05-10-13) Professor James Nickel presented a paper, "The Indeterminacy of Human Rights—Is it a Bad Thing?," at a conference at the University of San Diego Law School. The conference topic was "The Status of International Law and International Human Rights." Professor Nickel holds a joint appointment in the Philosophy Department and the Law School. He teaches and writes in human rights law and theory, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and constitutional law.

Clinic Directors Present at Innocence Conference

(Posted: 05-10-13) Sarah Mourer, Director of Miami Law's Death Penalty Clinic and Innocence Clinic and Craig Trocino, Associate Director of the Innocence Clinic, recently presented at the 2013 Annual Innocence Network Conference on "How to Prevent Student and Director Burnout in Innocence Projects." Professor Mourer teaches Substantive Criminal Law and is the faculty advisor for the University of Miami Wrongful Convictions Project. She also teaches in and directs the University of Miami Clinical Placement Program. Trocino is an experienced AV rated appellate litigator having been counsel of record on more than 200 direct appeals and extraordinary writs. He has served as the co-director of the Florida Innocence Project from 2002-2004 and has taught classes in post-conviction litigation and federal sentencing.

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