Monday 10:30 am | Room 255
Program Assistant is Daexia Modeste, Phone: (407) 254-3297, daexia.modeste@famu.edu
First Amendment (LAW 6511-301): Monday and Wednesday - 8:45am - 10:15am
Race and the Law (LAW 6814-301): Tuesday - 3:45pm - 5:45pm
Areto Imoukhuede is a Professor of Law at FAMU College of Law. He earned his J.D.
at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was awarded the Dean’s Certificate
for Outstanding Service. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University
where he was awarded the Golden Bear Award for Financial Acumen.
Professor Imoukhuede mainly researches U.S. constitutional law issues, focusing on
education law and homeland security. He has presented his research across the nation
and overseas, including in Greece and Italy.
In addition to U.S. Constitutional Law and advanced courses on constitutional theory,
he teaches administrative law and education law. Professor Imoukhuede has extended
his teaching mission internationally, teaching courses on International Justice and
the Human Right to Education in Spain, Italy, and at the Hague in the Netherlands.
He is one of the founders of the John Mercer Langston Black Male Writing Workshop.
He has also served the academy as a site inspector for the ABA law school accreditation
process. Professor Imoukhuede was chair of his past institution’s retention, promotion
and tenure committee and has taken on that role at FAMU. He has also notably served
on strategic planning, ABA Self-Study, and program review committees.
His federal service includes work as Investigative Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Homeland Security. He interned with the U.S. DOJ Antitrust Division and
was a Congressional Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he conducted
extensive research on U.S. education policy.
Professor Imoukhuede is a proud Eagle Scout.
- Legal Theory and Philosophy
- Race and Social Justice
- Democracy and Education
- Sci-Fi Books and Movies
- Cycling (Please be kind to us bicycle riders!)
- Hiking
- Juris Doctor
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
- Bachelors in Economics, Minor in Political Science
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- U.S. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law
Professor of Law, 2021-present
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law,
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, IL
Visiting Professor of Law, 2016-2017
- INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
International Institute of Social Studies – The Hague, The Netherlands
Visiting Professor, Summer 2019
Roma Tre University, Law Department – Rome, Italy
Visiting Professor, Summer 2015 and 2017
University of Granada Law School – Granada, Spain
Visiting Professor, Summer 2014
University of Barcelona, Faculty of Law – Barcelona, Spain
Visiting Professor, Summer 2013
- PRESENTATIONS
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) College of Law – Orlando, FL
Panelist (September 29, 2021)
Let’s Talk About Civil Rights: The Texas Anti-Abortion Law
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Panelist (February 19, 2021)
Public Education, Zero Tolerance, and the Victims of the School to Prison Pipeline
Washington University – Saint Louis, MO
Invited Speaker (January 28, 2021)
Education, Equality, and Privilege
Albany Law School – Albany, NY
Invited Speaker (November 18, 2020)
Affirmative Action and the Walk Away from Racial Equality
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Invited Speaker (November 10, 2020)
The Walk Away from Racial Equality
Barry University – Miami, FL
Invited Guest Lecture (October 27, 2020)
Constitutional Structure, Rights, and the Athlete
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Invited Panelist (June 10, 2020)
Roundtable on Eradicating Racism
Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2019 Annual Conference – Boca Raton, FL
Invited Discussant (July 29, 2019)
Congressional Control over Military Offices
Southeastern Association of Law Schools 2019 Annual Conference – Boca Raton, FL
Invited Speaker and Panelist (July 28, 2019)
Equality, Equity and Adequacy in Education: Critiquing Federal and State Definitions
American University – Washington DC
Invited Speaker (March 22, 2019)
Fake Equality: Affirmative Action and the Rebirth of Separate but Equal
American University – Washington DC
Invited Speaker (March 22, 2019)
Feudalism and the Future
Loyola University Chicago School of Law – Chicago, IL
Invited Speaker (November 3, 2018)
College Admissions and Supremacist Attitudes
University of Arkansas School of Law – Fayetteville, AR
Invited Speaker (November 2, 2018)
New Scrutiny for the Right to Public Education
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Los Angeles, CA
Invited Speaker (July 7, 2018)
Implementing a Right to Public Education
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) – Los Angeles, CA
Invited Lead Commentary Presenter (July 6, 2018)
Russian Election Interference, Race, and U.S. National Security
Law and Society Association –Toronto, Canada
Invited Speaker and Panel Chair (June 9, 2018)
Liberal Equality and the Rebirth of Separate But Equal
American Research Association (AERA) – New York, NY
Invited Presidential Panelist (April 14, 2018)
Enforcing a Right to Public Education
Albany Law School – Albany, NY
Invited Speaker and Panelist (March 9, 2018)
The Right to Public Education and the School to Prison Pipeline
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law – Fort Lauderdale, FL
Invited Panelist (August 31, 2017)
Hate Speech and Our Community Response
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law – Philadelphia, PA
Invited Lead Commentary Presenter (July 8, 2017)
Children of a Lesser Court
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law – Philadelphia, PA
Invited Speaker (July 7, 2017)
The Walk Away from Racial Equality
Roma Tre University Law Department – Rome, Italy
Invited Speaker and Panelist (May 24, 2017)
Gun Control and Gun Rights: Trans-Atlantic Views
University of Illinois College of Law – Champaign, IL
Invited Panelist (April 18, 2017)
Certain Uncertainty: Higher Education in the Trump Era
University of Illinois College of Law – Champaign, IL
Invited Speaker (March 2, 2017)
Intersectionality and Privilege
University of South Carolina School of Law – Columbia, SC
Invited Speaker (February 16, 2017)
Public Carry of Handguns Under the Second Amendment
University of Illinois College of Law – Champaign, IL
Invited Speaker (November 17, 2016)
The Duty to Provide Public Education
Loyola University Chicago School of Law – Chicago, IL
Invited Speaker (November 3, 2016)
- John Mercer Langston Writing Program Tenth Anniversary Award (2019), John Mercer
- Langston Writing Program and Howard University School of Law
- 2019 Research Stipend, Shepard Broad College of Law
- NPOC19 Scholarship, Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference
- 2018 Research Stipend, Shepard Broad College of Law
- 2017 Research Stipend, Shepard Broad College of Law
- 2015 Research Stipend, Shepard Broad Law Center
- 2014 Research Grant, Shepard Broad Law Center
- 2013 Research Grant, Shepard Broad Law Center
- John Mercer Langston Travel Award, John Mercer Langston Writing Workshop
- 2012 Research Grant, Shepard Broad Law Center
- 2011 Research Grant, Shepard Broad Law Center
- 2010 Research Grant, Shepard Broad Law Center
- 2009 Research Grant, Shepard Broad Law Center
- Dean’s Certificate for Outstanding Service, Georgetown University Law Center
- The Washington Law Reporter Prize, Georgetown University Law Center
- Pro Bono Pledge Honoree for over 100 hours of Pro Bono, Georgetown University Law
Center
- Weinberg College Dean’s List, Northwestern University
- Golden Bear Award for Financial Acumen, Northwestern University
- Administrative Law
- Constitutional Law I
- Constitutional Law II
- Constitutional Law in First Amendment
- Current Constitutional Issues Seminar
- Power Privilege and Constitutional Law
- Race and the Law Seminar