American and Caribbean Law Initiative meets at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center
The ACLI meeting at the Tampa Law Center included presentations by students in the William Reece Smith Jr. Courtroom. (L-R): Florida Assistant Attorneys General Katie Ashby and Kiersten Jensen and attorney Shaheen Nouri. Photo by Frédéric Boidin.
The American and Caribbean Law Initiative met at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center on Nov. 9 as part of a three-day event with students, faculty, and four international law school deans participating.
Professor of Law Dorothea Beane facilitated the program, bringing American and Caribbean faculty and students together to work towards solving legal problems. Stetson LL.M. and J.D. students participated.
“It’s a collaborative learning program that allows Caribbean and U.S. law students to work together,” said Professor Beane, vice president-elect of the ACLI.
Fabrizio Gugliuzza, a student in Stetson’s LL.M. program, said, “It was a really nice experience. I worked with students from Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Cayman Island, and Jamaica. We used U.S. law for the cases and it was interesting to learn the students’ points-of-view and learn more about their courts and the link they still have with England.”
An American law school hosts the ACLI in the fall, and a Caribbean law school hosts in the spring.
The Office of the Florida Attorney General presented awards to the students following their presentations.
The ACLI met at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center on Nov. 9. (Front Row L-R): Associate Dean Darryl Wilson, Professor Jane Cross, Professor Dorothea Beane, Professor Susan Charles, Professor Raquel Williams, Dean Tonya Galanis, Professor Yolande Whitely, Dean Mitchell Davies, Dean Miriam Samaru and Professor Phyllis Kotey. (Back Row L-R): Katie Ashby, Kiersten Jensen and Shaheen Nouri. Photo by Frédéric Boidin.
Several law schools across the Caribbean and in the U.S. participate in the ACLI, including:
- Eugene Dupuch Law School, Nassau, Bahamas
- Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- Hugh Wooding Law School, Tunapuna, Trinidad and Tobago
- Norman Manley Law School, Kingston, Jamaica
- Nova Southeastern University Shepherd Broad Law Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport, Florida
- Truman Bodden Law School, George Town, Cayman Islands
The ACLI is a membership organization whose mission is to advance the common interest of its members in the growth and development of the Caribbean Basin by facilitating collaborative relationships and by strengthening its legal development and institutions. Stetson hosted the first ACLI in Florida in 2006.
Professor Beane co-directs Stetson’s Institute for Caribbean Law and Policy along with Associate Dean Darryl Wilson, secretary of the ACLI. The Institute provides a scholarly, professional foundation for the coordination of activities mutually beneficial to law students, law faculty, and the bar as well as the greater legal communities both domestically and throughout the Caribbean. These activities include educational exchanges, training, development and internship opportunities that take advantage of past and current relationships, including those related to the dynamic legal environment presently evolving in the Caribbean.
Post date: Nov. 15, 2018
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