Category Archives: U.Miami

Kele Stewart, an Associate Professor of Clinical Legal Education here at U.M., has been named a Fulbright Scholar.

Kele will spend a year in Trinidad, based at Hugh Wooding Law School where she will study the implementation of the child welfare system in Trinidad and establish a child advocacy clinic at Hugh Wooding.

I would like to hire one full-time or two part-time summer research assistants for the coming summer. UM 1Ls are as welcome to apply as are UM 2Ls. In either case, if it works out, you could continue on a part-time basis during the school year if you wanted to.

It would be best if you could start very soon after exams finish. If you wanted to, you could take a break at some time in the summer.

About half the job (or the job for one of the part-timers) primarily involves helping me edit and manage Jotwell.com. The other half (or the other job) primarily involves assisting me with legal research relating to papers I am writing on privacy and on Internet regulation. Both jobs may entail a bit of occasional scut work as the law school is making me move all my files to make way for new construction on the third floor.

Both jobs require someone who can write clearly, and is well-organized. If you happen to have some web or programming skills (some or all of WordPress, HTML, MySQL, Perl, Debian), that would be a plus but it is not in any way a requirement.

The pay of $13 / hr is set by the university, and is not as high as you deserve, but the work is sometimes interesting.

If this sounds attractive, please e-mail me the following with the subject line SUMMER RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2011 (in all caps), followed by your name:

1. A note telling me
   • How many hours you’d ideally like to work per week
   • When you are free to start.
   • Your phone number and email address.
2. A copy of your resume (c.v.).
3. A transcript of your grades (need not be an official copy).
4. If you have one handy, also attach a short NON-legal writing sample. If you have none, I’ll accept a legal writing sample (whatever you do, though, please don’t send your LRW memo).

Seems like UM has decided to install a web of spy security cameras on campus.

IQinVision, market leader in high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras, today announced the University of Miami, Florida, has installed over 350 IQinVision megapixel cameras throughout its main campus in order to create a safer environment for students, staff, and visitors. The University of Miami is a private research university with more than 15,000 students.

The university had maintained video surveillance for a number of years, but as Jose Ruano, Executive Director of IT Security, explained, “Our challenge was that a university is very de-centralized. We had so many legacy analog systems, and we were looking to bring it all together into a unified system that we could manage in a centralized manner.” Campus Police are responsible for monitoring video and investigating any incidents, but as Ruano pointed out this was made very difficult by the many disparate systems.

In order to integrate all the different video systems into a single unified system, Ruano and colleague Steve Weatherly, Senior Security Engineer, knew the university needed to upgrade to IP. “It was much more economical to upgrade our cameras and run them over the IP network than laying coax,” recalled Weatherly

(via IPSecurityWatch.com – Article – University of Miami installs over 350 megapixel cameras.)

I wonder whether the U. has thought this through carefully:

• Are there rules about siting them so they cannot see into dorm rooms or offices? (This is particularly important for cameras that can be aimed or operated remotely)
• Who has access to the feeds?
• How long are the images stored?
• Are there policies in place as to how to respond to subpoena requests? Will people captured in the images be given notice before their images are shared?

Any other issues I should put on my list before I go asking questions?