Barbara Bernier

Professor of Law
Phone: 407-254-3244
Email: barbara.bernier@famu.edu

Barbara Bernier comes to the FAMU College of Law from the Rogers Williams University School of Law in Rhode Island. She has also taught on the faculties of the University of Richmond, the University of the District of Columbia, Howard University and Temple University. Professor Bernier was a visiting scholar at the Harvard University School of Divinity, where she studied the interconnections of law and the underdevelopment of female-centered religions. She teaches constitutional law, international human rights, property, and Constitutional Rights of Women. Professor Bernier holds an LL.M from Temple University, a J.D. from Howard University, a M.S.W. from Adelphi University and a B.A. from the State University of New York.

 

 

Office Hours: Assistant :
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Courses taught by Professor Bernier : Links:
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      The Terry McMillan
       Full Publications List
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Publications by Professor Bernier:

  • Unholy Troika: Gender, Race and Religiosity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign, 15 Duke Jour. Of Gender Law and Policy 275 (2008)

  • Including African-Americans in the Rebuilding of New Orleans:  Minority-Owned Businesses and Minority Employees Should Be Recruited, and Use of Eminent Domain Power Must Be Scrutinized, www.FindLaw.com (2005).

  • Balance Cultural Cemeteries, Land Development in Florida, Other Views Orlando Sentinel (2005).

  • The Terry McMillan Divorce Case: Will She Get an Annulment? Will He Split Her Book and Film Money, www.FindLaw.com (2005).

  • The Patriot Act, www.wmfe.com Video Clip (2004).

  • Assimilation or Liberation: Post Modern American Women – Speech and Property Law, 9 Roger Williams University Law Rev. 521 (2004).

  • Sugar Cane Slavery in the Americas-Bateyes and Civil Rights in the 21st Century, 9 New England School of Law Journal of International and Comparative Law 17 (2003).

  • The Praxis of Church and State in the (Under) Development of Women’s Religion from France to the New World, 7 William and Mary Women’s Law Journal 659 (2001).

  • The Creed According to the Legal Academy: Nihilistic Musings on Pedagogy and Race Relations, 6 Washington and Lee Journal of Race and Ethnic Ancestry 27 (2000).

  • Dear Daughters, Dear Sisters, Karen Clanton, Ed. P. 240, The Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession and the Commission on Women in the Profession, ABA Publication (2000).