Florida International University

The Florida International University College of Law is the law school of Florida International University, located in Miami, Florida in the United... States. The law school is accredited by the American Bar Association, and is the only public law school in Southern Florida. The FIU College of Law has consistently ranked 1st in the state of Florida with the state's highest bar-passing rates , and 1st in Florida in the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam at 96% in 2007. Florida International University worked towards the creation of a public law school in South Florida for many years, beginning with the 1986 appointment of Modesto A. Maidique as University president. Maidique met resistance from the Florida Board of Regents, which had a number of graduates of other Florida law schools, and opposed the opening of any new public law schools in the state. The establishment of this institution was finally realized in 2000, when Governor Jeb Bush pushed the project through the state legislature, along with the re-establishment of a law school at Florida A & M University. Shortly thereafter, the College of Law hired Leonard Strickman as its inaugural Dean.
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The Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine is the medical school of Florida International University, located in University Park in unincorporated... Miami-Dade County, Florida, in the United States. The College of Medicine is one of the university's 26 schools and colleges. The College of Medicine was founded by the Florida Board of Governors on March 23, 2006. Its inaugural class of 43 students entered in fall 2009 and will the first graduating class in 2013. FIU is the only public university in South Florida to have a medical school. For Fall 2010, 3,606 students applied for 43 spots. Provisional accreditation was granted to the college by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education in June 2011. Despite concerns that budget cuts by the Florida Legislature would delay the opening of the College of Medicine, the college opened in fall 2009. On June 12, 2009, longtime FIU benefactor Herbert Wertheim, announced that he would donate $20 million to the FIU College of Medicine, to be matched by state funds for a total of $40 million. Following this, the college was renamed in his honor. Funds from the donation will go to the establishment of the Dr.
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