Real Estate Law

**List is not exhaustive and is intended to provide examples of past externships and internships.

• AB Capstone (New York, NY)
• Akerman LLP
• Alvarez Arrieta & Diaz-Silveira LLP
• American Liver Foundation
• Berger Singerman LLP
• Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
• Broward County Attorney's Office, Finance, Real Property, and Housing Development
• Carlton Fields P.A.
• City of Miami, Office of the City Attorney
• Everstream Solutions (Cleveland, OH)
• Fortune International Group
• Goldman Properties
• Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
• Greenspoon Marder LLP
• Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (Chicago, IL)
• Hogan Lovells
• Holland & Knight LLP
• Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
• Jones Day
• Katz Barron
• Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
• Miami Association of Realtors
• Miami Beach Community Development Corporation
• Mombach, Boyle, Hardin &
• Simmons, P.A.
• Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez P.A.
• Sacher Zelman Hartman, P.A.
• Sherman & Howard LLC (Atlanta, GA)
• Shutts & Bowen LLP
• Siegfried, Rivera
• Stearns Weaver Miller
• Tenzer Arrieta PLLC
• The Related Group
• TSG Group

The faculty teaching Real Estate Law and Real Property Development courses are among the most prominent and respected authorities and practitioners in the field - all subject matter experts, partners and managing partners of prominent law firms, general counsels of major real estate companies from across the U.S., and leading municipalities’ attorneys.

• Brian S. Adler: Land use, zoning and permitting in the development process
• Ross J. Altman: Construction law, drafting and negotiation of architect’s and contractor’s contracts
• Suzanne M. Amaducci-Adams: Hospitality, marina and hotel acquisition, finance and development
• Ralph B. Bekkevold: Real estate, finance, banking, workout and business transactions
• Charles Bohl: Mixed-use development and the public process for planning and community design
• Joni Armstrong Coffey: Land use and entitlements, development, local government advocacy, public-private partnerships, and government contracts
• Anthony De Yurre: Land use and zoning, large scale mixed-use development, and public private partnerships
• Shahrzad Emami: Affordable Housing and Community Development
• Jason S. Gibson: Retail, office, and industrial leasing
• John Halula: Mortgages, syndicated loans and other financing
• Joseph D Harbaugh: Negotiation skills
• Joseph Hernandez: Acquisitions, development, financing, leasing, and joint ventures
• Lauren M. Hunt: Land security and finance transactions
• Amir A. Isaiah: Receivership, fiduciary services, and litigation 
• Michael T. Lynott: Commercial leasing
• Betsy McCoy: Developer’s counsel, business and commercial litigation
• Thomas F. Nealon III: Bankruptcy, creditors' rights litigation, REMIC tax matters, real estate purchase and sale transactions
• Howard E. Nelson: Environmental law, wetland matters including issues related to protected and sensitive wetlands, preservation efforts and enforcement defense
• Marshall R. Pasternack: Real estate tax, limited partnerships, joint ventures
• Patricia Redmond: Bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, and Director, Bankruptcy Clinic
• Franchesca Rhodis: End-buyer closings for large condominium projects, document drafting
• Vivian N. Rodriguez: Real estate tax law
• Steven Siegfried: Construction law
• William Sklar, J.D. '80: Adjunct Faculty, Robert Traurig-Greenberg Traurig LL.M. in Real Property Development Director, Miami Law Ralph E. Boyer Institute on Condominium Law  Of Counsel, Carlton Fields Task Force Chair, Florida Condominium Law and Policy on Life Safety
• William P. Sklar is an expert in planning, drafting, and the development of residential, commercial, and complex mixed-use condominiums and planned developments.

Ralph E. Boyer Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development  – Our students are invited yearly to participate in the Ralph E. Boyer Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development, one of the leading conferences on current issues affecting condominiums and planned developments.

U-Talk Real Estate Lecture Series - this is an initiative of the Advisory Boards from University of Miami's School of Architecture MRED+U Program, Miami Herbert Business School Real Estate Programs, and Miami Law’s LL.M. in Real Property Development, and features in-depth conversations with influential leaders on the transformations currently reshaping every sector of the real estate industry.

Through site visits to real estate projects, students gain first-hand knowledge from the various perspectives of participants, including experts in zoning, environmental issues, architects, developers, lenders or tenants.

Our students are regularly invited to exclusive speed networking events with real estate industry leaders.

Students from Miami Law, Miami’s School of Architecture, and Miami’s Business School regularly gather with industry leaders in small roundtable settings and discuss topics of interest such as Technology in Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Land Use & Zoning, Marketing, Glass Ceiling/Life Balance Issues, and many others.

Initially founded to bring together women in real estate, today CREW Network is the premier business network for real estate professionals of all genders, with over 12,000 members worldwide. In partnership with its Miami chapter of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) we annually co-host a UCREW event that brings together real estate industry professionals and students for conversation and networking.

Throughout the year guest lecturers and panelists from across the country visit classes or participate in special sessions to discuss cutting edge real estate issues and give students the opportunity to ask questions and apply the knowledge they are acquiring in the classrooms to real life situations.