August 2019

Special Orientation & Welcome Back newsletter

Law School Financial Resources

As part of a partnership with AccessLex and the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, we are expanding the financial planning resources for all students. Carefully managing your student loans is critical to your long-term repayment plans and financial health. The MAX by AccessLex program will be integrated into the first-year Legal Study Skills program and available for all students.   MaxOnline for law school financial framework MaxOnline provides a framework for making good financial decisions specifically designed for law students. MAX by AccessLex teaches personal finance in a way that complements the skills that legal education values and builds on. Complete personal finance lessons, and earn credit toward Max Online scholarship drawings for 1L, 2L, 3L and 4L students. Register at https://www.accesslex.org/maxonline   LEX Talk Money! Podcast AccessLex Institute’s personal finance podcast is designed for the grad/pro community. Our most recent episode focuses on tips and strategies to de-clutter your finances. Always valuable advice – at your desk or on the go. Listen now.

Sharon & Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp

The Shepard Broad College of Law and the Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic are hosting the second annual Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp . To review the 2018 Course Agenda and Class Materials, please   click here. This free program is designed to immerse entrepreneurs in the skills and disciplines needed to successfully launch a start-up business, with particular focus on those companies built on research, design, or innovation. The program will include both an online component and a two-day workshop open to all NSU students, faculty, staff, and to the general public. Tickets are also available for a VIP reception and VIP seating. The program will explore many of the essential steps for developing new products and companies, such as: Ideation and Research Business Planning Financial Planning and Market Analysis Patents and Patentability Non-patent based Intellectual Property, including Trademarks, Trade Secrets, and Copyrights Legal Issues for Start-Ups, including Business Legal Structures, Ownership Models, and Employment Structures Business Funding and Finance: Angels, VCs, and Lenders Risk and Process Management Many More This intensive training is on the NSU Davie campus at the Shepard Broad College of Law.

Bootcamp RSVP

In mid-July, NSU Law launched the NSUcyberlaw Blog. The NSUcyberlaw Blog provides focus on the overlapping hot topics in law, technology, cybersecurity, privacy, free speech, media, and similar issues of interest. The blog is intended to bring together significant ideas and resources on the intersection of law, science, and technology, including all aspects of data privacy and intellectual property. In the first month, the blog has featured information on cryptocurrency, data breaches, social media, FTC regulation, digital publishing, and protection of critical infrastructure. For more information, contact Dean Jon M. Garon via email or directly through the blog site NSUcyberlaw.

On-Campus Interviews have increased 50% since 2016

Each Fall and Spring NSU Law’s Office of Career Services and Professional Development (OCS) hosts the On-Campus Interview Program (OCI). This recruiting program allows employers to interview preselected NSU Law students for summer associate, law clerk and permanent employment positions.   Through targeted marketing and employer outreach, NSU OCS has dramatically increased employer participation and student engagement by 50% over the past two years. Some notable additions to OCI include Cole, Scott & Kissane; Shook, Hardy and Bacon; GrayRobinson and Kelley Kronenberg. Rising 2L, 3L and 4L students are provided group and individual counseling to review their cover letters, resumes and to plan for summer and permanent employment. A practice interview program is also held in August with alumni serving as mock interviewers to assist students in preparing for OCI interviews.   If you are interested in learning more about OCI, please contact law-careerdevelopment@nova.edu .    We always welcome employers to place job postings in our employment database Symplicity , where students and alumni review positions and have access to helpful career resources.

NSU Law Alumni give back as Practice Interviewers

The Office of Career Services and Professional Development (“OCS”) held the Fall 2019 Practice Interview Program on August 7, 2019. NSU Alumni interviewers performed practice interviews for 2L and 3L students who registered to participate in the Fall On-Campus Interview Program. The interviewers met with each student for 30 minutes and provided verbal feedback. If you wish to volunteer for the next Practice Interview Program, please contact Assistant Dean Janice Shaw at jshaw1@nova.edu or 954-262-6227.

Special thanks to our alumni volunteers: Yineth S. Aslan (JD 2016), Michael Pascucci (JD 2009) in photo above and to Marc A. Marra (JD 2011) and Randi Klayman Lazarus (JD 1983)

Washington, D.C. - Supreme Court of the United States

On March 23, 2020 NSU Law alumni will have the opportunity to be admitted before the United States Supreme Court. This is an exceptional opportunity to appear before the Supreme Court, but very restricted in size.   If you wish to be included or to join the wait list for our next swearing-in before the Supreme Court, please contact Karen Rose at kr550@nova.edu (954) 262-6303. Members of the Supreme Court bar are eligible to attend the Oral Arguments of the Supreme Court without tickets. Prior attendees of this event are invited to join our delegation. All Law alumni and special guests are invited to the Supreme Court reception in Washington, D.C. on March 22, 2020.

NSU Law Fall 2019 Events

NSU International Arbitration Society Panel & Networking August 23, 2019 NSU Law RSVP CLE Credits Pending Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp September 5-7, 2019 NSU Law RSVP

Mentoring Breakfast In-House Counsel Legal Career Panel September 20, 2019 NSU Law RSVP Bar Induction Ceremony (date tentative) September 16, 2019 NSU Don Taft Arena RSVP Coming Soon

Immigration Legal Screening Clinic October 19, 2019 NSU Law More Information

Upcoming Events - All the Details

8-23-19 NSU International Arbitration Society panel & networking NSU Law students and attorneys from the International Arbitration and Litigation community will gather to network. A panel of attorneys from the Miami International Arbitration Society and local law firms will discuss topics related to International Arbitration. RSVP

9-5-19 to 09-7-19 Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp This free program is designed to immerse entrepreneurs in the skills and disciplines needed to successfully launch a start-up business, with particular focus on those companies built on research, design, or innovation. The program will include both an online component and a two-day workshop open to all NSU students, faculty, staff, and to the general public. Tickets are also available for a VIP reception and VIP seating. The program will explore many of the essential steps for developing new products and companies.  More Information & RSVP

9-20-19 Mentoring Breakfast - In-House Counsel Legal Career Panel Join us for this exciting program featuring distinguished alumni panelists from the aviation, healthcare and technology industries who will discuss their experience working as in-house attorneys.  NSU Law alumni will speak about the unique challenges and benefits of their practice and provide valuable insights into the in-house counsel career path. Following the panel, attendees will have an opportunity to network with the panelists and alumni. RSVP

10-19-19 Immigration Legal Screening Clinic Participants will have the opportunity to receive a free consultation with an immigration attorney. This free consultation will be used to determine whether participants in the clinic are eligible for any immigration relief and legal representation. More Information & RSVP

Faculty News

Professor Heather Baxter Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the discussion group, “Restructuring Legal Education.”

Robert Beharriell, Research and Reference Services Librarian, Panza Maurer Law Library Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the discussion group, “Providing Non-Traditional Library Services: A Bridge Too Far or Part of a Responsive Relationship.”

Professor Timothy A. Canova Canova delivered a presentation, “Growing a Plant Based Economy,” at the Florida Fruit Festival on August 10, 2019 in Loxahatchee, Florida.

Professor Kathy Cerminara Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Aspiring Law Teachers Workshop, “Designing Your Teaching Package” and the Health Law Workshop, “Health Law Year in Review: Health Care Delivery.”   Will be a panelist for the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Professional Advisory Committee and The Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council seminar, “Schiavo Revisited: End of Life Decisions – Where are we Now?” on August 27, 2019.

Director of Caribbean Law Programs & Associate Professor of Law Jane E. Cross  Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Writing Connections Workshop, “Teaching and Writing as Resistance.”

Professor Michael Dale Completed representation of a parent in a dependency case through the law school juvenile and family clinic in the Seminole Tribal Court, May 2019.   Held NITA deposition training program at Gunster Yoakley law firm, West Palm Beach, May 2019.   Trained American Bar Association domestic violence trial skills at University of California at Irvine College of Law, May 2019.   On-site program director and teacher for Stetson College of Law, International Consortium for Global Legal Education including NSU College of Law in international law, Granada Spain, June-July 2019.   Trained National Institute for Trial Advocacy/American Bar Association immigration trial skills lawyers representing unaccompanied minors at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, July-August 2019. Biannual update to his two-volume LEXIS-NEXIS text, "Representing the Child Client," July 2019.

Professor Mark Dobson Joined over 200 other professors who signed on to an amicus brief on behalf of the defendant in Kansas v. Kahler which the Supreme Court of the United States will hear in its October term. The issue is whether the Due Process clause requires a state to have an insanity defense. Kansas is one of four states which presently does not allow a criminally accused to plead insanity. Appointed Vice Chair of the Senior Lawyers Committee of the Florida Bar. Elected to a two-year term on the Florida Bar’s Criminal Law Section.

Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development And Professor of Law Olympia Duhart Moderated at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Newer Law Teachers Workshop, “Keep It Simple: Giving Feedback in Large Classes.”   Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Newer Law Teachers Workshops, “Teaching Fundamentals: Designing an Effective Core Law School Course” and “Teaching for Deep Learning: Helping Students Pass the Bar Exam Without "Teaching to the Test."

Associate Dean for Library Services & Professor of Law Vicenç Feliú  Was a mentor for a speaker at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the New Scholars Workshops, “Health, Science, and Intellectual Property.”

Dean Jon M. Garon Published the book chapter: Jon M. Garon, How AI Affects Traditional Laws and Regulations , in The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines (Ted Claypoole, ed., American Bar Association 2019). Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the following discussion groups: “Teaching to Engage” Privacy Workshops: “Privacy in a Social Media Era” and “The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (co-sponsored by IMODEV)” Newer Law Teachers Workshop: “Deans Giving Advice to Newer Law Professors” Moderator for two Sessions on Global Legal Education Association Consortium

Professor Areto Imoukhuede   Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Constitutional Law Workshop, “Equality, Equity and Adequacy in Education: Critiquing Federal and State Definitions.”

Associate Dean of International Programs & Associate Professor of Law Shahabudeen Khan Will be a panelist on “The Emotions and Legalities of Stand Your Ground” keynote panel at the 3 rd Annual Societal Violence Conference, “Society Gone Mad,” held on August 15, 2019 in Davie, FL.   Accepted for publication: Shahabudeen Khan, Employers Beware: What are Employers’ Obligations and Rights Given New Marijuana Legislations? Belmont Law Review (Forthcoming Spring 2019).

Professor Camille Lamar Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Writing Connections Workshop, “Works-In-Progress.”

Professor James Levy Published, as Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing , Vol. 27, # 1 in July, 2019. Vetted and appointed a new Perspectives Board of Editors in May in Minneapolis, drafted and passed our first bylaws in 27 years including creating an open application process for future board membership, and was reelected as EIC for 2019-20. Teaching the Digital Caveman: Rethinking the Use of Classroom Technology in Law School , 19 Chapman L. Rev. 241 (2016), was included in the Journal of the Legal Writing Institute's Monograph Series, Volume 8, which published "timely and important articles on the topic of legal writing and technology." The article has also been cited numerous times by several authors. Presented at the biannual conference of the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) in Boston, MA in May, 2019 on the topic of "What Legal Educators Can Learn About Teaching Character in Law School From The United States Air Force Academy" based on my experience as a visiting professor of law at USAFA during the 2016-17 academic year.

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz   Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Newer Law Teachers Workshop, “Keep It Simple: Giving Feedback in Large Classes,” and the New Scholars Workshop, “Constitutional Law” and the Newer Law Professors Workshop, Scholarship Fundamentals: Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar.”

Beth Parker, Assistant Director, Operations and Collections Panza Maurer Law Library  Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Newer Law Teachers Workshop, “Keep It Simple: Giving Feedback in Large Classes.”

Professor Florence Shu-Acquaye  Published: Florence Shu-Acquaye, The Effect of Non-Compete Agreements on Entrepreneurship: Time to Reconsider? , 10 U. Puerto Rico Bus. L.J. 92 (2019).

Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs & Adjunct Professor of Law Susan Stephan Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Discussion Group: “Teaching to Engage. ”

Associate Dean of Students & Professor of Law Michele N. Struffolino Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Newer Law Teachers Workshop, “Keep It Simple: Giving Feedback in Large Classes.”

Professor Marilyn Uzdavines Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Health Law Workshop, “Health Law and Bioethics.”   Spoke at the “ Experiences in the Interprofessional Healthcare System,” on August 9, 2019 held by the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law Debra Moss Vollweiler   Presented on the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Discussion Group: “Teaching to Engage, ” and worked with prospective law teachers in evaluating their mock job talks and performing CV review and feedback.   Named top 10% author by SSRN for July 2019.   Presented “Law Incubators and Professional Identity Education” at the National Organization of Bar Counsel Conference in San Francisco, CA in August 2019.

Professor James Wilets Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Newer Law Teachers Workshop, “Keep It Simple: Giving Feedback in Large Classes.”

Student News

Selina Patel J.D. 2020 Ms. Selina Patel (3L) has accepted a judicial internship position with the Florida Supreme Court for Fall 2019. With the assistance of the Office of Career Services and Professional Development, Ms. Patel successfully applied for the position and will be serving under Justice Barbara Lagoa.  Selena is the Vice President of the First Generations Professionals Legal Society, Community Outreach Coordinator for the Public Interest Law Society and a member of the NSU Law Honors Program.

Stacy Napoleon J.D. 2021 Stacy Napoleon was a legal intern with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Miami, FL during the summer of 2019. In her position she represented her department, on the record, during immigration proceedings in front of a judge. "My internship at the Department of Homeland Security was an amazing experience after my 1L year. Through the internship I’ve enhanced both my research and oral communication skills." Stacy is a rising 2L and is involved with the Public Interest Law Society and the Immigration Law Organization.

Blaze Walsh J.D. 2021 The Christopher T. Byrd environmental Summer Fellow is named after a 2008 NSU Law alumnus that was a champion for the environment. Blaze Walsh continued in Byrd's footsteps during his internship with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), a nonprofit organization that promotes clean energy and tackles renewable energy issues throughout the Southeast United States. "I was able to help directly with the Florida Energy Efficiency and Conservation Act." Blazes research, organizational input, and communications skills provided him an opportunity to speak on behalf of SACE to pass a signed resolution from the City of Miami. "The experience was beyond anything I could have asked for as a rising 2L and I hope to continue my work with SACE in the future."

Jocelyn Rosillo J.D. 2020 Jocelyn Rosillo interned with the Broward State Attorney's Office through the Criminal Justice Field Placement Clinic this summer. Jocelyn participated in court hearings, jury trials, bench trials, and motions. "The Criminal Justice Field Placement Clinic gave me the hands-on experience I longed for. Being able to handle real cases while actively participating in a courtroom was an invaluable and incomparable learning experience." Jocelyn is a rising 3L and the Lead Technical Editor for the Nova Law Review and participates in the Moot Court Society, NSU Trial Association and Hispanic Student Bar Association.

Giving to NSU Law

At NSU Law, we are able to offer opportunities for students to   realize their potential    when our generous donors give to the law school in areas including our scholarship funds, programs, and law clinics. We are grateful to our alumni, staff, faculty, and friends whose support for our students helps us to prepare them for successful careers after graduation. Please consider  making a gift  today. To learn more about opportunities to support NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, please contact our Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship, Tiffany Garner, at 954-262-6303 or tiffany.garner@nova.edu .   Thank you!

Contact Us

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