Christine Cerniglia, Developed a Landlord/tenant law course and externship in partnership with a community partner and adjunct professor. The one credit course taught by the adjunct professor will provide an overview of Florida specific landlord/tenant law. The externship is an opportunity for students to understand the context of eviction law while placed in a legal aid office navigating the current issues involving eviction moratorium and mediation programs, Landlord/Tenant Law, December 2021
Teaching Innovations
2021
Judith Scully, Designed and taught a new course on Covid 19 Issues impacting the criminal legal system and human rights, Covid 19 Impact on Criminal Legal System and Human Rights, June 2021
Judith Scully, Designed and taught a new practicum course on Compassionate Release Appellate Briefs in collaboration with Professor Ellen Podgor and staff attorneys from the Florida Federal Defenders Office. Students, under the supervision of Federal Defender attorneys, helped to draft federal appellate briefs for individuals currently incarcerated seeking compassionate release from prison, Compassionate Release - APPEALS - practicum, January 2021
Judith Scully, Presented an all star line- up of guest speakers and activities for my Social Justice Advocacy class that included high profile lawyers such as Chase Strangio from the ACLU, Nora Benavidez from PEN, Purvi Shah from Movement Law Lab and Alana Greer from the Community Justice Project. In total the class included interviews of a dozen lawyers from all segments of the social justice advocacy and the law realm including economic development and property issues. Students were required to ask questions and keep a daily journal about the issues introduced by our guest speakers. They were also required to write three 5-10 page essays on issues discussed throughout the semester and to share their research with the entire class. The course includes a two day class discussion on Trauma — its impact on the brain, how to develop resiliency to diminish the impact of trauma, how trauma manifests itself in the legal profession, how to manage secondary trauma and the trauma of our clients; and finally, the significance of self care and professional assistance in dealing with trauam. The two sections on Trauma concluded with students creating their own self care plans to manage themselves as they prepare to enter the legal profession as a social justice advocate. The last day of class included a discussion of how can lawyers justify working in an unjust system, Social Justice Advocacy and the Law, January 2021
2020
Mark Bauer, I created an entirely new Administrative Law course combining synchronous and asynchronous remote instruction. In total I recorded close to 30 hours of asynchronous content. In addition to asynchronous content, students met weekly synchronously in three groups of 20 for one hour (each) to review the major points of the week and to participate in a problem solving workshop. Students were required to submit weekly homework assignments focusing on the week’s substantive content (that was used as a problem solving exercise during the workshops), record and submit a video explaining the work of a single federal agency, and to research and choose a Proposed Rulemaking and then to draft and submit a comment. I graded and provided written comments on all homework assignments, Administrative Law, August 2020
Mark Bauer, I revised Consumer Law so that it was almost an entirely new course in order to meet the demands of hybrid in-person, synchronous, asynchronous, and dual-delivery instruction (all in the same Fall semester course). Students were required to submit 2-3 problem sets over the semester, with the proposed answer submitted in video. I edited and supplemented all videos with additional video content of my own creation, Consumer Law, August 2020
Judith Scully, Designed and taught a new practicum course on Compassionate Release Petitions in collaboration with Professor Ellen Podgor and staff attorneys from the Florida Federal Defenders Office. Students, under the supervision of Federal Defender attorneys, represented individuals currently incarcerated seeking compassionate release from prison, Compassionate Release Practicum, August 2020
Mark Bauer, I created asynchronous content reviewing estates and future interests for Professor Morgan for Trusts and Estates, Trusts & Estates, July 2020
Mark Bauer, Created an almost entirely new Financial Advocacy course in June 2020. Previously course was held in-person over one weekend two or three times each year. I created and recorded approximately 20 hours of asynchronous content and redesigned the course to be taught over three weeks. Other changes included new homework assignments (which I evaluated) and discussion boards. Each time the class is taught it is divided into groups of 15-20 students, with each student required to create one post and respond to two other posts each week. I participate and moderate all conversations on the discussion boards. After offering the course in Summer 2020, I rerecorded some content and added additional content before the course was offered again in Fall 2020, Financial Advocacy, June 2020