On March 27, Barry University School of Law welcomed scholars from across Central Florida for the Central Florida Legal Scholarship Colloquium, organized by the Faculty Development Committee under the leadership of Professor Jason Buhi. The daylong event brought together faculty from Barry University School of Law, Florida A&M University (FAMU) College of Law, and Nova Southeastern University (NOVA) Shepard Broad College of Law for a vibrant exchange of legal scholarship spanning four panels.

Panel 1 – Environment and Cultural Heritage featured Margaret Stewart (Barry), Kara Consalo (FAMU), Jason Buhi (Barry), and Cynthia Ramkellawan (FAMU), with presentations ranging from the ICJ advisory opinion and conservation easements to the legal dimensions of Greenland’s territorial status and the cultural significance of the Kohinoor Diamond.

Panel 2 – Civil Rights and Equity brought together Mark Dorosin (FAMU), Nadia Ahmad (Barry), Mark Consalo (NOVA), and Denise Cespedes (FAMU), addressing topics from the Postal Service’s role in the civil rights struggle and Muslim American advocacy to dementia and the constitutionality of punishment and the weaponization of feminism.

Panel 3 – Criminal Law, IP, and Expression included Ali Tal-Mason (Barry), Haley Mendola (Barry), Rhonda Reaves (FAMU), and Salvatore Gianino (Barry), exploring penal labor and abolition, Sixth Amendment structural errors, self-presentation rights, and independent creation in IP law.

Panel 4 – Taxation and Pedagogy featured Samuel Kan (Barry), Stephen Durden (Barry), and Areto Imoukhuede (FAMU), with presentations on bankruptcy protections, Internal Revenue Code interpretation, and innovative online legal pedagogy.

Dean Samuel Kan delivered the closing remarks. Barry Law is proud to foster cross-institutional collaboration and legal scholarship that addresses the most pressing issues of our time.

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