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Tyreek’s Terry Stop: Revising the Reasonable Suspicion Standard

By Esteban Cardona It was a normal Sunday for Tyreek Hill, until it was not. Tyreek Hill—also known as “cheetah”—a high-profile wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins.[1] He is the founder of the Tyreek Hill Family Foundation whose founding vision is to “empower kids to be the best they can be.”[2] The foundation helps funds […]

Publication of Volume 15, Issue 1

The Board of Editors of the Race and Social Justice Law Review is pleased to announce ourrecent issue publication of Volume 15, Issue 1. The online publication can be viewed at:https://race-and-social-justice-review.law.miami.edu/ Issue 1 features a foreword and article from the University of Miami Human Rights Clinic Sustainable Goals and Racial Justice in Miami-Dade County town […]

Recent BIA Decision Provides More Clarity on “PSG” Claims, But at What Cost?

by: Juanita Solis In Matter of W-Y-C-& H-O-B-,[1] decided January 2018, the Board of Immigration Appeals held that an applicant seeking asylum based on membership in a particular social group must first establish the exact delineation of a proposed particular social group before an Immigration Judge. Even for experienced immigration attorneys, however, delineating what it means […]

“Spare Change?” Florida Appellate Court Vacates Homeless Man’s Conviction After Finding Miami’s Panhandling Law to be an Unconstitutional Restriction on the Right to Free Speech

by: Misael Chacon Homelessness affects us as a society.  At the peak of the great recession in 2007, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported roughly 671,000 people were homeless on a given night in January.[1]  According to the report over half of all homeless people were found in just a handful of […]