Faculty and Staff News

Professor Tim Canova
Was a panelist on a live online town hall in support of public banking in Florida, hosted by the Public Banking Institute on October 8, 2020.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Published, Cruzan’s Legacy in Autonomy, 73 SMU L. REV. 27 (2020) LINK

Moderated the Federal Practice Preview Series, “NSU Federal Bar Association Health Law & Ethics in 2020,” on November 5, 2020.

Associate Dean for Faculty And Student Development & Professor of Law Olympia Duhart Partnered with Dean Elena Maria Marty-Nelson to host and moderate the presentation by Paulette Brown, “Left Out and Left Behind: The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal Careers for Women of Color,” on October 10, 2020 via Zoom. Video Link

Professor Jon M. Garon
Presented at the 5th Academic Days on Open Government and Digital Challenges at Panthéon Sorbonne University, Paris, “Media Bias & Social Media Regulation: Governmental Approaches to Content Integrity,” on November 4, 2020.

Professor Areto A. Imoukhuede
Presented as a guest lecturer at Barry University in Miami, FL, “Constitutional Structure, Rights and the Athlete,” October 27, 2020.

Professor Ishaq Kundawala
Interviewed by Dean Olympia Duhart for a Society of American Law Teachers podcast on teaching social justice in the classroom. The podcast, “Using Data to Teach Social Justice,” is available HERE and talks about teaching bankruptcy, student misconceptions about consumer bankruptcy, and the value of using objective data to highlight social justice issues in the classroom.

Professor Kenneth L. Lewis, Jr.
Published, International Diamond Laws and Africa: Purportedly Helping African Nations By Preventing Them From Exporting Precious Natural Resources, 2 CTS. & JUST. L.J. 171 (2020). LINK

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
As part of her national service, in October and early November, Associate Dean Marty-Nelson served as the Site Team Chair for a comprehensive law school site evaluation visit. The site team is responsible for submitting to the Council of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Legal Education a complete report that addresses the factual information relevant to each of the ABA Standards so the Council can determine whether a law school is in compliance with the Standards.

Partnered with Dean Olympia Duhart to host and moderate the presentation by Paulette Brown, “Left Out and Left Behind: The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal Careers for Women of Color,” on October 10, 2020 via Zoom. Video Link

Professor Tim Canova
Presented at the Claremont Institute’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence virtual Constitution Day symposium on “Elections Law and Election Fraud,” on September 17, 2020.

Director of Caribbean Law Programs and Professor Jane E. Cross
Interviewed and quoted in the article, “Some Older Americans Committed to Voting in Person Due to the USPS Crisis,” by ABC News published online on September 8, 2020. LINK

Published, Hassle-Free Travel: Myrie v. Barbados and Freedom of Movement in CARICOM, 8 PENN. ST. J.L. & INT’L AFF. 536 (2020). LINK

Published, Time for Greater Change: The Bar Exam in Black and White, 3 ACCESSLEX RAISING THE BAR 2 (Fall 2020). LINK

Participated in:
Association of Legal Writing Directors’ Leadership and Development Committee, Virtual Front Port on “Integrating Social Justice in the Legal Writing Classroom: Competing Demands and Challenging Conversations,” Opening and Closing Remarks on July 27, 2020.

SALT’s Social Justice in Action Virtual Series, “Incorporating Anti-Racism Frameworks into Core Law School Classes,” presentation on Lessons Learned Teaching Commercial Law on July 30, 2020.

SEALS 2020 Conference:
• Workshop on Online Education: “Developing Content for Online Courses” Tools of the Trade on July 31, 2020.
• Writing Connections: Discussion Group: “Faculty Status - Unpacking Our Past and Envisioning Our Future” on August 5, 2020.

Training session for the Teaching Tips Series – Online Edition for NSU College of Law:
• “Live or Memorex,” with Professor Heather Baxter on July 14, 2020.
• “Better PPTs,” with Professors Elena Marty-Nelson, Heather Baxter on July 21, 2020.

Selected for:
• Member of the Governing Board of the Legal Writing Institute’s Sirico Scholars’ Workshop
• Member of the Association of Legal Writing Directors 2021 Program Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on Innovative Programming.

Professor Michael Dale
Published the op-ed, Do Black Lives Matter? Look at Florida Children in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, in the September 29, 2020 issue of the Sun-Sentinel LINK

Associate Dean for Faculty And Student Development & Professor of Law Olympia Duhart
Published, Pandemic Bar Exam Challenges Exacerbate Barriers for First-Generation Law Students, 3 ACCESSLEX RAISING THE BAR 2 (Fall 2020). LINK

Moderated “Engaging in Anti-Racism Work for the Long Haul: Avoiding Fatigue and Burnout,” sponsored by the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) on September 18, 2020. More than 140 people attended the event. LINK

Co-organizer for the 8th annual “Writing and Wellness” event for the LRW Student Outreach Committee on October 1, 2020 that featured strategies from experts designed to help students manage the stress related to memo-writing. Experts shared tips and instructed students on chair yoga poses, fitness, nutrition, and mediation. The event was co-hosted by Professor Camille Lamar.

Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown
Presented, “Women Who Changed the Law: From the Kitchen to the Court,” to the NSU Chapter of American Association of University Women (AAUW) on September 17, 2020.

Professor Richard Grosso
Published the op-ed, Kill These 3 Toll Roads to Nowhere Before they Do Real Harm, in the September 5, 2020 issue of the Tampa Bay Times. LINK

Interviewed for the topic, Environmentalists Thought They Stopped An Airport Near The Everglades Decades Ago. Could Amazon Put It back In Play?, by WLRN Jenny Staletovich on September 30, 2020 LINK

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
Was quoted in the following:

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (8/8) in a story about Governor DeSantis’s objections to the state’s new Medicaid contract.

Gambling Compliance (8/10) in a story about how the 2020 presidential election might affect the future of gambling in the United States.

Palm Beach Post (9/10) in a story about the fight to place Judge Renatha Francis on the Florida Supreme Court.

Palm Beach Post (9/15) in a story about Governor Ron DeSantis’s decision to name Judge Jamie Grosshans to the Florida Supreme Court.

Daily Business Review (9/18) in a story about an Orlando legal malpractice lawsuit in which the law firm of Carlton Fields is seeking $80,000 in legal fees for acting as a fact witness.

Orlando Sentinel (9/20) in a story about the appointment of Judge Jaime Grosshans to the Florida Supreme Court.

Florida Bulldog (9/20) in a story about Judge Francis’s chances of being appointed to the federal bench.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (9/22) in a story about Governor Ron DeSantis’s plan to crack down on violent protesters.

Casino.org (9/23) in a story about Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s gambling decisions.

Florida Record (9/23) in a story about Judge Barbara Lagoa’s chances of being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (9/24) in a story about the rise of the Federalist Society in Florida.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (9/29) in a story about a police stand-off involving former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (9/30) in another story about Brad Parscale.

Appeared on the Canadian Broadcasting System’s nightly TV news program “The National” (7/21) in a segment on the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal. The segment can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlrbLAWqFvI (I appear at 3:54 and 7:23).

Interviewed by radio station WLRN—91.3 FM (9/24) regarding the Florida Supreme Court’s Barnett and Guttenberg opinions (both involve sovereign immunity).

Favorable Reviews for:
Constitutional law book at 94 Florida Bar Journal 51 (July/August 2020).

Florida legal malpractice book at 10 St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice and Ethics 342 (2020).

Nazi gambling book 10 UNLV Gaming Law Journal 283 (2020).

Associate Dean of International Programs & Professor Shahabudeen Khan
Presented at the Broward County Crime Commission Societal Violence Webinar on “The Emotions and Legalities of Stand your Grown and Self-Defense,” on September 20, 2020.

Professor Kenneth L. Lewis
Chaired the City of Lauderhill’s Planning and Zoning Board Meeting in September 2020. In October 2020, I reviewed and analyzed the Proposed Ordinance regarding amortization of Scrap Metal Businesses as a nonconforming use in the City of Lauderhill.

Included in Marquis Who’s Who In American 2020-2021.

Retained pro bono to and reviewed sports marketing contact between a young Florida athlete and a well-known national/international sports marketing agency.

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Spearheaded a collective response letter to the director of the Office of Management and Budget on the critical importance of diversity and inclusion training in federal agencies. The submission was signed by more than 150 law professors and Deans. LINK

Panza Maurer Law Library Assistant Director, Operations and Collections Beth Parker
Published, Law School Exams during a Pandemic – One Law School’s Experience, SSRN (WPS): 16 Law Educator: Courses, Materials & Teaching eJournal 34 (Sept 2020) LINK forthcoming in SEATTLE J. OF TECH., ENVTL & INNOVATION L., Vol. 11, Issue 1 (2020). Featured in TaxProf Blog.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor Debra Moss Vollweiler
Published, If you Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em: Institutionally Managing Law Students as Consumers forthcoming, 40.1 PACE L.REV (Fall 2020).

Panelist for the LSAC/AALS Joint Forum on Online Bar Exams in August 2020.

Professor Catherine Arcabascio
Published A Genetic Surveillance State: Are We One Buccal Swab Away From a Total Loss of Genetic Privacy? 63 HOW. L.J. 117 (Winter 2020).

Professor Ronald Brown and Professor Emeritus Joe Grohman
Published for The Center for Computer Assisted Instruction (CALI) lesson, Notice and Knowledge in fall 2020.

Embarked on a long-term project for CALI, designing tools to determine if CALI lessons have achieved their learning objectives.

Continue to serve on the CALI Editorial Board.

Professor Jessica Garcia Brown
Moderator and Faculty Panelist on the NSU Law 2020 “Professionalism Panel Discussion,” August 14, 2020.

Co-Presenter/Trainer, NSU College of Law fall 2020 Adjunct Training, August 13, 2020.

Panelist, “Hispanic Unity of Florida Entrepreneur Summit 2020, Bankruptcy, Contract Renegotiations & Other Legal Tools to Survive,” August 5, 2020

Facilitator of CLE panel with Judge Mindy Solomon and Judge Natasha DePrimo for Broward County Traffic Hearing Officers, “Taking a Fresh Look at Civil Traffic Evidence,” August 4, 2020.

Co-Presenter, “Teaching Tips Online Edition, Zoom Breakout Rooms and Collaborative Tools,” July 28, 2020.

Co-Presenter, along with Chief Magistrate Tom Wich, on a CLE for Broward County Traffic Hearing Officers, “Sharing the Road: Pedestrians, Bicycles, and Everything in Between,” July 7, 2020.

Professor Richard Grosso
Is a member of the Board of Directors of the Florida Conservation Voters organization.

Professor Donna Litman
Published casebook with Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, and Jani Maurer, FLORIDA WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES: CASES AND MATERIALS (4th ed. 2020). LINK

Authored commentary on Egelhoff v. Egelhoff, 532 U.S. 141 (2001): Commentary in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN TRUSTS & ESTATES OPINIONS 149 (forthcoming Sept. 2020). LINK

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Published casebook with Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, Donna Carol Litman and Jani Maurer, FLORIDA WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES: CASES AND MATERIALS (4th ed. 2020). LINK

Published chapter on Via v. Putnam, 656 So. 2d 460 (Fla. 1995): Judgment in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN TRUSTS & ESTATES OPINIONS 100 (2020). LINK

Book under contract with Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod and Cambridge University Press, FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN PROPERTY OPINIONS (forthcoming 2020).

Published, “Why Not Me?”: Intersectionality in Law School Leadership, 23 U. PA. J. L. & SOC. CHANGE 65 (2020). LINK

Professor Jani Maurer
Published casebook with Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod, Gail Levin Richmond, and Donna Carol Litman, FLORIDA WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ESTATES: CASES AND MATERIALS (4th ed. 2020). LINK

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Accepted an invitation to participate in a winter, 2021 symposium, sponsored by the Vermont Law Review, Analyzing the 45th Presidential Administration of the United States. Professor Mintz agreed to write a law review article focusing on ways to revitalize EPA’s enforcement programs following the Trump administration and (pandemic permitting) participate in the symposium in person in Vermont.

Published a blog piece on the website of the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) regarding trends in EPA enforcement during the pandemic.

Peer reviewed an essay titled, Re-envisioning EPA for the Journal of Public Health Policy, a professionally edited journal published in the Netherlands.

Submitted a chapter for a book by former EPA enforcement officials that will focus on restoring EPA’s regulation and implementation of federal pollution control statutes.

Participated three discussion sessions at the annual 2020 SEALS conference. Moderated and co-organized “Sustainable Development,” presented on “Newer Law Professors Workshop: Scholarship Fundamentals: Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar,” and served as a mentor for an assistant professor at the Mississippi College School of Law in the “New Scholars Workshop: Energy, the Environment, and Technology.”

Completed update to the two-volume treatise, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY (forthcoming 2020). LINK

Published an op-ed article in the June 15, 2020, issue of the Sun-Sentinel, Misguided Health Policy Foments Confusion, Risk, and Disunity.

Wrote an essay on the future of EPA enforcement to be included in a forthcoming CPR White Paper regarding climate change.

Quoted in nine periodicals regarding the weakening of EPA environmental regulations under cover of the COVID-19 Pandemic. (These periodicals included the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Utility Drive, The Verge, The Hill Online, AlterNet, S&P Global, Common Dreams, and EcoWatch.

Participated in a three-day "Zoom Retreat" of the Board of Directors of the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) in which the future direction of the organization was extensively discussed.

Participated in a half-day meeting of the board of the Everglades Law Center, a non-profit public-interest environmental law firm.

Took part in a meeting of the board of legal advisers of Quiet Communities, a national not-for-profit organization, based in New York, that works for the passage of local legislation to curb noise pollution.

Interviewed by the Wall Street Journal on an article comparing the environmental records of the Obama and Trump administrations.

Participated in a forum, to be converted to a podcast, that was sponsored by the politically conservative Federalist Society on the topic of the constitutional aspects of citizen suits under the Clean Air Act. Panelists included Professor Richard Epstein and Eric Groten, a litigation partner in the law firm of Vinson and Elkins.

Co-drafted and solicited faculty and emeriti signatures on a letter to NSU President George Hanbury urging him to remove “Thomas Jefferson Place” signs that had been posted around the campus.

Offered comments on a draft CPR report, now in final form, that urged Congress to add a citizen suit provision to the federal Occupational and Safety Act.

Professor Emeritus Michael Richmond
Published an op-ed article in the August 15, 2020, issue of the Sun-Sentinel, Fix Infrastructure by Offering a Hand Up, not a Hand Out.

Professor Heather Baxter
Panelist with Professors Jane Cross, Camille Lamar Campbell, and Kate Webber-Nuñez on “Charting New Territories: Giving Effective Feedback in an Online Environment,” during the William & Mary Virtual Conference for Excellence in Teaching Legal Research & Writing Online held on June 18 and 19, 2020.

Presented Intro to Appellate Advocacy, NSU Moot Court Workshop Series held on June 23 and 24, 2020.

Served on the NSU Law Fall 2020 Task Force, Teaching and Orientation Working Groups.

Was the Document Editor on Guidance for Conducting Moot Court Competitions 2020-2021.

Panelist with Professor Jane Cross on “Live or Memorex” NSU Law Teaching Tips, July 14, 2020.

Panelist with Professors Jane Cross and Elena Marty-Nelson on “Better PPTs,” NSU Law Teaching Tips, July 21, 2020

Moderated the Discussion Group “Making Moot Court Matter: Best Practices and Ongoing Challenges” and “Time Hacks for Teaching Legal Writing: Ways to be More Efficient in the Classroom and Beyond” at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2020 Annual Conference.

Presented Adapting to Technology to Teach Appellate Advocacy at the Training Advocates Conference 2020: Our Virtual Reality on August 8, 2020.

Professor Camille Lamar Campbell
Discussant, “Best Practices for Online Instruction and Assessment” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Published Today’s Crusades: A Therapeutic Jurisprudential Critique of Faith-Based Civil Rights in Health Care, 13 ALB. GOVT. L. REV. 1 (2020). LINK

Moderator, “Designing your Teaching Package” and “Current Topics in Bioethics and Public Health” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Megan Chaney
Was cited in the Business Law Prof Blog concerning her presentation at the 2020 SEALS conference on the topic of Jeffrey Epstein and Equity in Trust Law and Corporate Law. LINK

Was elected as the first secretary of the new National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators. The NALAE represents the interests of legal advocacy educators and any person who is engaged in teaching trial advocacy, appellate advocacy, alternative dispute resolution, client counseling, or any other skills related to litigation and trials, at the law school level.

Discussant, “Inter-topical Problem-solving: The Curious Case of the State of Jeffrey Epstein” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Doug Donoho
Published THE MODERN LAW OF TORTS: A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH (2020) Book Info
The Modern Law of Torts takes a very different approach to the role of cases. Each chapter starts with, and includes throughout, significant narrative explanations, laced with illustrations and guidance, rather than simply relying on a set of edited cases. Learning goals and outcomes are expressed for each chapter, followed by a clear pattern of assignments and problems that track those goals.

Associate Dean for Faculty And Student Development, Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program & Professor Olympia Duhart
Published an essay, Love in the Time of Coronavirus, in the August 2020 issue of the Legal Writing Institute LWI Lives “Shelter-in-Place Edition.”

Participated in several panels and discussions at the Virtual SEALS Conference this summer. Duhart was a discussant in “Law School as Experience: Teaching Skills, Values, and Knowledge Throughout Legal Education” and “The ‘Ethics’ of the Law School Classroom.” She also presented on Formative Assessment and Active Teaching during the panel, “Designing an Effective Law School Course” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Duhart was elected to serve on the national board for the Association of Legal Writing Directors. Her term started Aug. 1, 2020. Founded in 1996, ALWD is a non-profit professional association with members representing more than 150 law schools throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.

Duhart is also serving as a producer for the SALT Teaching Social Justice Podcast, which launched Aug. 7, 2020. The series will feature interviews with great teachers from around the country discussing the ways to integrate social justice issues in the law school classroom. On July 30, 2020, Duhart also hosted and co-moderated SALT’s Virtual Series on Social Justice in Action. The topic for the discussion was “Incorporating Anti-Racist Frameworks in Core Law School Classes.”

Professor Jon M. Garon
Discussant, “Online & Hybrid Learning Pedagogy Best Practices and Standards Development,” “Best Practices for Online Instruction and Assessment,” “The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),” and “Privacy in an Internet Era.” Presented during “Free Speech in an Era of Artificial Intelligence” and moderated “Law School Governance Surrounding Online Implementation” and “Master Class for Experienced Online Educators” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Areto Imoukhuede
Invited panelist for “NSU Town Hall and Roundtable on Eradicating Racism” organized by the College of Law Diversity and Research Deans and held on virtually on June 10, 2020.

2020 John Mercer Langston Writing Workshop organizing committee member. The University of California, Berkeley, hosted the workshop virtually on June 9-10, 2020.

Associate Dean of International Programs & Professor Shahabudeen Khan
Panelist, “Making Moot Court Matter - Best Practices and Ongoing Challenges” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Kate Webber Nuñez
Discussant, “Best Practices for Online Instruction and Assessment” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Florence Shu-Acquaye
Accepted for publication, Medical Marijuana: Implications of Evolving Trends in Regulation, 46 U. DAYTON L. REV. 1 (Fall 2020) (forthcoming).

Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs Susan Stephan
Conference panelist, “Master Class for Experienced Online Educators,” SEALS 2020 Conference Program (virtual), August 1, 2020.

Moderator, “Accreditation, State Regulation, and Variance Usage in Online Legal Education,” SEALS 2020 Conference Program (virtual), July 31, 2020.

Professor Marilyn Uzdavines
Discussant, “Current Trends in Health Law & Health Policy” at the SEALS 2020 Annual Conference.

Professor Timothy Arcaro
Elected as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Florida Legal Services Corporation for the 2020-2021 term.

Professor Brion Blackwelder
Published, Building a National Ocean Policy Confronts Deconstruction of the Administrative State, 33 TUL. ENVTL. L.J. 93 (2020).

Professor Camille Lamar Campbell
Published, Getting at the Root Instead of the Branch: Extinguishing the Stereotype of Black Intellectual Inferiority in American Education, a Long-Ignored Transitional Justice Project, L. & INEQ., Summer 2020, at 1. LINK

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Published with L. Syd Johnson, All Things Considered: Surrogate Decision-Making on Behalf of Patients in the Minimally Conscious State, CLINICAL ETHICS (2020). LINK

Professor Jane Cross
Discussed legal educators role can take in confronting racism during the July 10, 2020 NSU Law Virtual Town Hall on The Role of the Lawyer in Eradicating Racism: Rights, Responsibilities and Resilience.

Panelist with Professors Heather Baxter, Camille Lamar Campbell and Kate Webber-Nuñez on Charting New Territories: Giving Effective Feedback in an Online Environment during the William & Mary Virtual Conference for Excellence in Teaching Legal Research & Writing Online held on June 18 and 19, 2020.

Co-organized and co-facilitated with Professor Kenneth Lewis, Jr. and Caribbean Law Student Association President, Claude Crevecoeur, the discussion panel Intersection of the Caribbean Diaspora and the Black Lives Matter Movement. This panel was part of the NSU Student Care Team’s series on Navigating Today’s America: Race, Racial Trauma, and Well-Being. RECORDING LINK

Published, with Professor Robert M. Jarvis, Casino Gambling in the Caribbean, 24 GAMING L. REV. 337 (2020). LINK

Authored a chapter on The Vestiges of Colonial Constitutionalism to be published in September 2020 in the OXFORD HANDBOOK OF CARIBBEAN CONSTITUTIONS. LINK

Selected to serve on the Governing Board of the Sirico Scholars’ Workshop.

Professor Michael Dale
Program director for two National Institute for Trial Advocacy online three-day trial skills training programs through Zoom for FEMA lawyers from around the country at the end of July and in mid-August. Among the issues to be covered are preparing witnesses to testify, putting exhibits into evidence, impeaching witnesses with prior inconsistent statement(s), refreshing recollection, and of course, direct and cross examination.

Professor Michael Flynn
Published an op-ed Scams, Scams, Everywhere Scams and Covid-19 in the June 25, 2020 issue of the Sun Sentinel.

Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown
Appointed to The Florida Bar Law Related Education Committee for 2020-2021 to promote effective law related education programs in grades K-12 of Florida’s schools, with an emphasis on teaching young citizens respect for the legal system.

Accepted for publication, Aging in the 21st Century: Establishing a Uniform Protection of Elderly Persons in the United States Through an International and Comparative Law Analysis, CARDOZO INT’L & COMP. L. REV. (forthcoming).

Accepted for publication topic: How the pandemic affected the elderly living in nursing homes, the "why," and what could have been done to legally protect this population, ACTEC L.J (forthcoming).

Professor Jon M. Garon
SSRN has listed Professor Garon’s recent paper, Towards a Conceptual Framework of Entertainment Law for the Twenty-First Century as part of a Top Ten download list.

Accepted for publication, Towards a Conceptual Framework of Entertainment Law for the Twenty-First Century, 102 J. PAT. & TRADEMARK OFF. SOC'Y (2021) (forthcoming). LINK

Quoted in the medialine.com article, Israeli Contact Tracing App Raises Privacy Concerns in US. LINK

Published, A SHORT & HAPPY GUIDE TO PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY LAW (2020). LINK

Professor Robert Jarvis
Published:
Abram I. Elkus: The New York Yankees’ First Lawyer, 108 KY. L.J. 467 (2020). LINK

Judges and Gambling, 10 UNLV GAMING L.J. 1 (2020). LINK

Co-author with Professor Jane E. Cross, Casino Gambling in the Caribbean, 24 GAMING L. REV. 337 (2020). LINK

Quoted:
Palm Beach Post (4/16) in a story about the Eleventh Circuit’s decision denying relief to the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (4/23) in a story about a Palm Beach class action lawsuit that seeks damages from China for COVID-19.

Gambling Compliance (4/28) in a story about how COVID-19 is likely to affect Florida’s casinos.

Palm Beach Post (5/2) in a story about a federal lawsuit challenging Governor Ron DeSantis’s COVID-19 closures.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (5/5) in a story about Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony’s fitness for office.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (5/9) in a story about the upcoming Broward Sheriff’s election.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (5/10) in another story about Sheriff Tony’s fitness for office.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (5/12) in another story about Sheriff Tony’s fitness for office.

South Florida Business Journal (5/20) in a story about the likely long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the legal profession.

Palm Beach Post (5/27) in a story about Governor DeSantis’s two new appointments to the Florida Supreme Court.

Miami New Times (6/12) in a story about police brutality.

TV Appearances
WPLG Channel 10 (ABC) 5:00 p.m. News (4/21) in a segment about this Fall’s race for Broward County Sheriff.

WTVJ Channel 6 (NBC) 6:00 p.m. News (5/11) in another segment about this Fall’s race for Broward County Sheriff.

Received the 2019 Excellence in Writing Award from The Florida Bar Journal for his article Flying Baseballs, Injured Fans, Uncertain Liability: Why Legislative Action Is Needed in the Sunshine State.

Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Professionalism and ASP Professor of Practice Susan Landrum
Accepted for publication, Best Practices and Practical Tips for Designing Accessible Hybrid and Online Law School Courses for Students with Disabilities, THE LEARNING CURVE (forthcoming Spring 2020).

Panelist on the Intersections Between Deliberate Online Pedagogy and Emergency Remote Learning, CALIcon 2020: Law School in the Time of Pandemic in June 2020.

Conference Panelist on the Lessons Learned from Pre-COVID Online Teaching, Virtual Academic Support Conference in May 2020.

Professor Catherine Arcabascio
Was quoted in the Independent online news publication concerning the murder charge of Derek Chauvin. LINK

Professor Randolph Braccialarghe
On June 30, Professor Braccialarghe completed his term as Chair of the Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics committee and, after serving six years on the committee, including as vice-chair, he is term-limited off of the committee.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Was a co-author on the Inside Indiana Business opinion article, Get Your Advance Directives in Place Now. LINK

Professor Jon M. Garon
Was quoted in Gizmodo.com concerning the intellectual property issues of artificial intelligence duplication and programming of digital art. LINK

Was interviewed for an article by WorldAtlas.com on the reasons why Florida is listed as one of "The 10 Most Cyber Crime Prone States." LINK

Was quoted for an article in Gizmodo.com concerning the copyright use of images on Instagram by for-profit news organizations. LINK

Associate Dean of International Programs & Professor Shahabudeen Khan
Publication Employers Beware: What Are Employers' Obligations and Rights Given New Marijuana Legislation is listed at Belmont Law Review as one of the " Most Popular Papers."

Professor Kenneth Lewis, Jr.
Participated in the City of Lauderhill food distribution along with the City of Lauderhill Chief of Police and Lauderhill's Park and Leisure Department.

The Nova Law Black Alumni Association collected donations from Kenneth L. Lewis, Jr. (President and Class of 2004); Melva Harris Rozier (Vice President and Class of 2003); Latavia Evert (Board Member and Class of 2017); and Jasmine Jackson (Member and Class of 2018). Those donations will be given to BLSA and used to help a student member of BLSA, who, as a result of the ongoing pandemic, has experienced adverse financial effects.

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Was interviewed for an article in UtilityDive.com concerning President Trump's executive order directing federal agencies to ease regulations on industry. LINK

Was quoted in 17 media outlets over the past 5 weeks in articles that focused on environmental regulatory rollbacks, penalty reductions, and the decline of EPA enforcement. Publications include Government Executive, The Guardian, Elektrek, Common Dreams, The Inquisitr, the Engineering News-Record, Greenwire, Climate Wire, S and P Global, The Verge, Ecowatch, Global Environment Forum, Daily Kos, The Architects's Newsletter, Red, Green & Blue and in two separate articles in E and E News.

Published, They Threw Up Their Hands: Observations on the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Unsatisfying Opinion in Juliana v. United States , 38 J. of Energy & Nat. Resources L. 201 (2020).

Professor Michael Masinter and Professor Michael Richmond, both with 42 years of service to NSU Law will be retiring at the end of the month. We are so thankful for their service and commitment to the College of Law and their dedication to the students.

Professor Heather Baxter
Co-authored the chapter: Innovations Inside and Outside the LRW Classroom in the Legal Writing Sourcebook published by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The Sourcebook is the primary reference source for those designing, directing, and teaching in legal writing programs.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Served as a judge for two 2020 nationwide scholarly paper competitions sponsored by the Law and Society Association. One was to determine the undergraduate student paper that best represented outstanding law and society research, and the other was to determine the graduate student paper that best represented outstanding law and society research.

Associate Dean for Faculty And Student Development, Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program & Professor Olympia Duhart
The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar notes the publication of the long-anticipated third edition of the Legal Writing Sourcebook. The Sourcebook is the primary reference source for those designing, directing, and teaching in legal writing programs. Associate Dean and Professor Olympia Duhart served on the Executive Steering Committee for the book. Professor Duhart also co-authored two chapters: Pedagogical Methods in First-Year Courses and Ensuring Quality Instruction. Professor Duhart serves on the Publications Committee for the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.

Professor Jon M. Garon
Published, Entertainment Law and Practice (3d ed. 2020) LINK
This casebook provides a comprehensive survey of the primary entertainment law practice areas, including motion pictures, music, social media, television, and cultural arts. It addresses both the practical aspects of entertainment and the fundamental underpinnings of entertainment law.

Professor Marilyn Uzdavines
Participated as a video panelist in an Interprofessional Education (IPE) activity with colleagues from the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences and the NSU College of Psychology and College of Pharmacy. The panel discussion will be used as part of a grant titled, “Opioid Curriculum Integration Initiative,” and will also be used in classrooms throughout NSU’s various colleges. Professor Uzdavines discussed the benefits of having a lawyer as part of the interprofessional team when caring for patients taking opioid medications and also discussed the legal and regulatory barriers that are preventing the comprehensive adoption of an interprofessional approach to healthcare practice.

Associate Dean for Faculty And Student Development, Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program & Professor of Law Olympia Duhart
Published, Emotional Appraisals in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Maria, 54 Wake Forest L. Rev. 973 (2019) addresses federal government responses to vulnerable populations after hurricanes. LINK

Published, Advancing Technology and the Changing Conception of Human Rights, 55 Gonz. J. Int’l L. 331 (2020) (with Steven I. Friedland) explores the ways in which the Parkland Activists accelerated their work through social media. LINK

Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown
Was the faculty keynote speaker at the Shark Preview Honors Reception on March 13, 2020.

Professor Richard Grosso
Was interviewed by WLRN and quoted in the Daily Business Review, concerning the ruling of State Road 836/Dolphin Expressway extension across Everglades wetlands. Professor Grosso was a pro bono attorney on the case representing Tropical Audubon and Friends of the Everglades in this case. WLRN Interview LINK

Professor Robert Jarvis
Published, Florida Constitutional Law in a Nutshell (2020). (LINK)

Published, Does the New York Convention Allow a Non-Party to an Arbitration Agreement to Use Equitable Estoppel to Compel Arbitration, 47 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 25 (Jan. 13, 2020) [GE Energy Power Conversion France SAS, Corp. v. Outokumpu Stainless USA, LLC, No. 18-1048]. LINK

Was quoted in the following:

1. The Guardian (London) (1/16) in a story about Gene and Sandy Ralston, an Idaho couple who search for missing bodies.
2. Gambling Compliance (1/17) in a story about the future of gambling in Florida.
3. The Guardian (London) (1/21) in a story about the Hard Rock’s new guitar-shaped hotel.
4. Washington Post (1/23) in a story about the police investigation into Gritty, the costumed mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers, who is accused of punching a 13-year-old boy during a meet-and-greet event.
5. Palm Beach Post (1/24) in a story about the nomination of Circuit Judge Renatha Francis to the Florida Supreme Court.
6. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung [Germany’s leading newspaper] (2/2) in another story about the Hard Rock’s new guitar-shaped hotel.
7. TheScore.com (2/12) in a story about pitcher Mike Bolsinger’s lawsuit against the Houston Astros, in which Bolsinger claims that the Astros’ cheating cost him a chance to continue his major league career.
8. Palm Beach Post (2/22) in a story about the extended netting being installed to protect spectators from foul balls at FITTEAM Ballpark and Roger Dean Stadium, the spring training homes of the Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Nationals.
9. South Florida Sun-Sentinel (2/22) in a story about the Multi-District Judicial Panel assigning the nation’s Zantac lawsuits to U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg in West Palm Beach.
10. Miami Herald (3/2) in a story about the propriety of Hialeah Police Chief Sergio Velázquez serving as a defense character witness in a federal tax evasion case.
11. TheScore.com (3/4) in a story about a copyright lawsuit that is pending over ownership of the Phillie Phanatic, the Philadelphia Phillies’ long-time mascot.
12. MergerMarket.com (3/10) in a story about the future of sports betting in the United States.
13. Gambling Compliance (3/25) in another story about the future of sports betting in the United States.
14. WorkCompCentral.com (3/30) in a story about the possibility of expanding Florida’s workers’ compensation to quarantined first responders.

Received favorable reviews for:

1. Gambling Under the Swastika: Casinos, Horse Racing, Lotteries, and Other Forms of Betting in Nazi Germany at 37 German Hist. 593 (2019) and 43 German Stud. Rev. 193 (2020).
2. Florida Legal Malpractice Law: Commentary and Forms at Fla. B.J., Jan.–Feb. 2020, at 65.

Was one of the signers of an amicus brief in United States v. Varner (5th Cir.) (No. 19–40016) (request for rehearing en banc), a case involving judicial respect for transsexual rights.

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Had his opinion article, EPA Regulatory Rollbacks and COVID-19 Enforcement Policy, published by the American Constitutional Society. LINK

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Published, Why Not Me?: Intersectionality in Law School Leadership, 23 U. Pa. J. L. & Soc. Change 65 (2020). LINK

Legal Research and Writing Student Outreach Volunteer working group
The Legal Research and Writing (LRW) Student Outreach Program was awarded the 2020 Group Professionalism Award by The Florida Bar in March 2020. This is the first LRW program recognized by The Florida Bar. The LRW Student Outreach Committee is comprised of LRW Faculty committed to the discipline of LRW and student-centered instruction.

Professor Heather Baxter
Published, Using Hamilton’s “Farmer Refuted” to Teach Oral Argument, 27 PERSPS. 66 (2019), https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/content/dam/ewp-m/documents/legal/en/pdf/other/perspectives/2019/fall/2019-fall-article-4.pdf

Was a panelist, Alumni Mentoring 2020 Careers in Academia, discussing the unique challenges and benefits of an academic career path, February 25, 2020.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
The Graham Media Group, Local 4 and ClickOnDetroit.com picked up Professor Cerminara’s interview on crowdfunding social media and direct fundraising campaigns to help offset out-of-pocket medical expenses by Local 10 in February 2020.
https://www.clickondetroit.com/consumer/help-me-hank/2020/03/06/experts-warn-of-hidden-dangers-when-using-crowdfunding-sites/

Hosted and moderated Health Care Policy Discussion by Professor James Hodge, Jr. in March 2020 at NSU Law.

Professor Mark Dobson
Named Professor of the Year for 2019-2020 by the NSU Law student body.

Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown
Was a panelist, Alumni Mentoring 2020 Careers in Academia, discussing the unique challenges and benefits of an academic career path, February 25, 2020.

Was co-presenter along with Dean Shahabadeen Khan and Judge DePrimo, on Managing Mental Health, Stress, and Addiction in the Legal Profession, discussing how judges, lawyers, and students can work towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a stressful profession for members of the Stephen R. Booher-American Inns of Court, February 12, 2020.

Professor Jon M. Garon
Was a panelist, Crowdfunding and Securities Regulation for Startups, Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic Outreach in February 2020.

Was a presenter, Dysregulating the Media: How the Digital Shift via Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Other Platforms Has Outpaced Regulatory Authority – and Creates Significant Privacy and Data Security Concerns, 2020 Midwest Legal Conference on Privacy & Data Security in February 2020.

SSRN has listed Professor Garon’s recent paper Dysregulating the Media: The Unintentional Deregulation of American Media a Top Ten publication on six different distribution lists.

Professor Richard Grosso
Judged several rounds of a mock oral argument along with NSU Law 2L Kamaria Binns at Nova High School’s Constitutional Law Honors Class oral argument competition in March 2020.

Director of the Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic and Professor of Law Steven Kass
Was a panelist, Crowdfunding and Securities Regulation for Startups, Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic Outreach in February 2020.

Associate Dean of International Programs and Professor of Law Shahabudeen Khan
Was co-presenter along with Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown and Judge DePrimo, on Managing Mental Health, Stress, and Addiction in the Legal Profession, discussing how judges, lawyers, and students can work towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a stressful profession for members of the Stephen R. Booher-American Inns of Court, February 12, 2020.

 

Professor James Wilets
Professor Wilets is working on creating documentation of center for human rights abuses that occurred in the everyday lives of Broward County, FL residents under Jim Crow/apartheid. The history will be a part of the Broward County’s Destination Sistrunk Welcome center, a black historical destination.

Interim Dean Debra Vollweiler
Moderated Alumni Mentoring 2020 Careers in Academia, discussing the unique challenges and benefits of an academic career path, February 25, 2020.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Interviewed by Local 10 Kathleen Corso on individuals that are using crowdfunding social media and direct fundraising campaigns to help offset out-of-pocket medical expenses.
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/02/10/as-more-turn-to-crowdfunding-to-cover-unexpected-costs-legal-experts-urge-caution/.

Professor Michael Dale
Presented at the Miami Family Law Inns of Court in Coral Gables on February 11, 2020, on The Role of Attorneys Ad Litem and Guardians Ad Litem for Children in Custody Cases.

Will be the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) program director for a three-day trial skills program for 24 FEMA lawyers in Washington, DC on April 13-15, 2020.

Will serve as the lead teacher at a NITA 5-day dependency and delinquency trial skills program at Hofstra Law School in Hempstead, New York at the beginning of June 2020.

Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown
On February 4, 2020, presented The Future Has Arrived: Traffic Laws and Regulations for Autonomous Vehicles, to Broward County Traffic Hearing Officers, discussing the traffic laws surrounding the current legal and statutory guidelines in place for autonomous vehicles (AV) with The Honorable Dan Kanner. Garcia-Brown and Judge Kanner discussed potential challenges along with the benefits that this technology creates both on the roads and in the courtroom potential legal questions and scenarios that resulted from the advent of this burgeoning technological market.

Presented on academic and scholarly opportunities at NSU to prospective undergraduate students and parents on the Shark Preview faculty panel on January 16, 2020.

Volunteered on the NSU Global Day of Service on January 25, 2020 assisting in the packing of over 450 meals for the local food bank.

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Participated in roundtable discussions on scholarship in two sessions at the AALS meeting in Washington, D.C.: Agency Action on Environmental Law in the Trump Era, and Food, Environmental and Natural Resources: Works in Progress.

Presented, Opportunities for Scholarship on Agency Regulatory Enforcement at a member-scholar meeting of the Center for Progressive Reform in Washington, D.C.

Participated in board meetings of two non-profit environmental public interest organizations: the Center for Progressive Reform and the Everglades Law Center.

Presented, Supplemental Environmental Projects As a Remedy at a scholarly conference in Austin, Texas on Complex Litigation, sponsored by the University of Texas Law Review.

Was quoted in two trade periodicals (Greenwire and Bloomberg News) regarding a request for comments promulgated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on administrative enforcement by federal agencies and departments.

Submitted questions to panelists at a Conference of the Everglades Coalition held on Captiva Island, FL.

Professor Roma Perez
Presented at the LWI conference, Teaching Legal Writing Beyond the First Year, held at Gonzaga University School of Law. Her presentation focused on integrating advanced litigation and transactional skills in the legal writing classroom and in upper-level clinical courses to engage law students, enhance their retention of these skills, and their overall legal analysis competency.

Interim Dean Debra Moss Vollweiler
Published the lead article, Law School As a Consumer Product: Beat ‘em or Join ‘em, 40 PACE L. REV. 1 (2020). https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/plr/

Professor Heather Baxter
Presented “Using the Musical ‘Hamilton’ to Teach Oral Argument,” at LWI’s One-Day Conference, Alabama College of Law, December 7, 2019.

Planned several events at AALS in Washington, D.C., including serving as the Chair of the Blackwell Award Reception Committee, which was held on January 3, 2020.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Was a reviewer for the Junior Faculty Works in Progress Session and a panelist for the Medical Humanities and the Law at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Professor Olympia Duhart, Associate Dean for Faculty & Student Development
Was a panelist for Connecting at the Crossroads: Sustaining Alliances in Touch Times at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Was a moderator for the Discussion Group: Time-Turning, Invisibility and Other Magic Mentoring Tricks at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Professor Vicenç Feliú, Associate Dean for Library Services
Was a panelist for the Becoming an Associate Dean: New Challenges the Multiple Associate Deans Model Brings to Managing Communication and Conflict Among Faculty and Administration at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Professor Jon Garon, Director of Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity and Technology Law
Was a discussant for the Online & Hybrid Learning Pedagogy Best Practices and Standards Development at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Was a facilitator for the Faculty Governance Outside the JD, Deans Program for the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Will present Datamining the Audience, at the 2020 Cyberspace Law Institute and Winter Working Meeting, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in January 2020 (based on “Dysregulating the Media: The Unintentional Deregulation of American Media.”)

Was recognized as among top 10% of Authors on SSRN by all-time downloads through the entire term of his deanship.

Professor Bob Jarvis
Co-authored, Florida Legal Malpractice Law: Commentary and Forms (Full Court Press, 2019)

Published “Gilligan Meets Admiralty,” in Christine A. Corcos (ed.), The Media Method: Teaching Law with Popular Culture (Carolina Academic Press, 2019)

Published “Legal Aspects of Airboats,” 50 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 257 (2019)

Published “Slave Gambling in the Antebellum South,” 13 Florida A & M University Law Review 167 (2018)

Published “What is the Meaning of a ‘Safe Berth’ Clause in a Charter Party?,” 47 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 13 (Nov. 4, 2019) [CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co., Ltd., No. 18-565]

Was quoted in the following news stories:

Sports Collectors Daily (7/8) in a story about the potential legal penalties faced by those who “doctor” baseball cards.

Vice.com (7/16) in a story about former Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta’s future.

Gambling Compliance (8/9) in a story about the future of gambling in Florida.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (9/12) in a story about the federal sexual assault lawsuit filed against New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (9/26) in a story about Scott Israel’s on-going attempt to win back his job as Broward County sheriff.

Palm Beach Post (10/11) in a story about Palm Beach Circuit Judge John Kastrenakes’s decision to put a man in jail for 10 days for missing jury duty.

Miami Herald (10/22) in a story about the possible removal of Broward Sheriff Scott Israel.

CDC Gaming Reports (10/24) in a story about the Seminole Indian tribe’s gambling empire.

National Law Journal Supreme Court Brief (11/5) in a story about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent spate of admiralty cases.

Miami Herald (11/12) in a story about the propriety of U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan (S.D. Fla.) appearing in traffic court to speak on behalf of her niece.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (11/15) in a story about the jailing of rapper Kodak Black.

WorkCompCentral.com (11/19) in a story about Governor Ron DeSantis’s judicial picks.

SportsBetting.Legal (11/19) in a story about the future of sports betting in Florida.

Tampa Bay Times (11/29) in a story about how Governor Ron DeSantis is reshaping Florida’s judiciary.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (12/26) in another story about the future of sports betting in Florida.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (12/28) in a story about Mostafa Hussaini, who is being prosecuted for sending threatening messages over the internet.

Professor Elena Maria Marty-Nelson, Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Public Impact
Was the NSU representative at the AALS House of Representatives Meeting at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Professor Michael Richmond
Was appointed to the Fair Campaign Practices Committee of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners.
Debra Moss Curtis 2017

Interim Dean Debra Moss Vollweiler
Was a panelist for the following presentations at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020:

Hot Topic Panel: The Class Divide: Academic and Practical Strategies for Current Law Students in Serious Financial Need

Becoming an Associate Dean: New Challenges the Multiple Associate Deans Model Brings to Managing Communication and Conflict Among Faculty and Administration (Moderator)

Building and Sustaining Alliances as an Associate Dean

Top 10% of Authors on SSRN for December 2019

Professor Michele Struffolino, Associate Dean of Students
Was a panelist for the Becoming an Associate Dean: New Challenges the Multiple Associate Deans Model Brings to Managing Communication and Conflict Among Faculty and Administration at the Association of American Law Schools 2020 Annual Conference in January 2020.

Director of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Law Clinic and Professor of Law Tim Arcaro 
Presented with Olga M. Torres, AIDD Clinical Fellow, at The Broward County School Board on December 13, 2018, on the differences between guardianship, guardian advocacy, power of attorney, and supported decision-making.

Provided expert testimony on behalf of a parent who filed a petition for the return of his abducted child from Canada under The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Canadian court accepted Professor Arcaro’s testimony, adopted his interpretation of applicable law and ordered the child to be returned to Florida last month. The child is now back in the United States and subject to child custody proceedings in Broward County. Professor Arcaro also received a very nice thank you note from the Alberta Legal Aid Society.

Published an op-ed, "We Still Don't Know the Full Story About the Ballots Destroyed in Broward County" in the Miami Herald.

Taught Family Law and International Tribunals: The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction for the NSU Law Summer Abroad Program in The Hague, Netherlands.

Professor Heather Baxter
Appointed to the 2019 Association of Legal Writing Directors Blackwell Award Reception Committee and the Chair of the Legal Writing Institute’s Teaching Resources Committee for 2018-2020.

Coached NSU Law’s NYC Bar National Moot Court Team who recently won their regional competition.

Published, Right Result, Wrong Reason: Why the Intent Requirement in Florida v. Jardines Trespasses on the Clarity of the Fourth Amendment, 51 TEX. TECH. L. REV. 217 (2019).

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

Presented “Knowing (and Interpreting) the Rules of the Game” at American University, Washington College of Law 2019 Coaches and Competitions Clinic.

Presented “Knowing (and Interpreting) the Rules of the Game” at American University, Washington College of Law 2019 Coaches and Competitions Clinic.

Presented, with Dean Olympia Duhart “Come Together: Successful Collaborations Between LRW, the Community and Student Organizations” at the New England Consortium of Legal Writing Professors on October 11, 2019

Presented, “Best Writing Practices: Mythological Edition,” at the Florida Trial Court Staff Attorneys Association Annual Conference, October 18, 2019.

Presented “Using the Musical ‘Hamilton’ to Teach Oral Argument,” at the Reimagining Advocacy Conference, Stetson University College of Law, November 9, 2019.

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 Ronald Benton Brown
Published, with Professor Emeritus of Law Joseph Grohman, by the Center for Computer Assisted Instruction (CALI) two new lessons:

1. Letters of Intent in Real Estate Transactions; aimed at advanced students taking a class in Real Estate Transactions or any business-related course or workshop.
2. Finders of Personal Property; aimed at 1-Ls taking a Property course.

Professor Randolph Braccialarghe
Was appointed Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee of The Florida Bar in April 2019, by John M. Stewart, President-Elect of The Florida Bar.

Was re-appointed to the Uniform Law Commission's Committee to Monitor Criminal Justice Reform.

Professor Tim A. Canova
Was a panelist at the July 23, 2019 Florida Advisory Committee of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

Opinion piece "Count every vote and count them all by hand" was published in the Sun Sentinel.

Delivered a presentation, “Growing a Plant Based Economy,” at the Florida Fruit Festival on August 10, 2019 in Loxahatchee, Florida.

Presented at a public forum, “Election Security & Your Vote” on December 5, 2019, at the Hollywood Beach Culture & Community Center. The non-partisan event was hosted by Canova’s community advocacy group, Progress For All, and cosponsored by Hollywood Democrats, the Broward Republican Party, Bring It Home Florida, and the Republican National Lawyers Association. The forum included leading election experts on the vulnerabilities in our election systems and discussed a number of proposals to reform future elections to ensure fairness, accuracy, and transparency.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Facilitated, with Senior Associate Director Panza Maurer Law Library Becka Rich, a bioethics discussion regarding genetics, gene editing, Nazi medical research, and research misconduct in the United States. The discussion was part of a graduate course on research ethics taught by Dr. Bob Speth, NSU College of Pharmacy, on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

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.”

Was 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.

Organized and took part in the Therapeutic Jurisprudence Scholarly Workshop, at NSU Law September 13-14, 2019.

Professor Megan Chaney
Organized and coordinated the NSU Trial Association 5th Annual Trial Advocacy Summer Institute during the week of August 5-9, 2019 at NSU Law.

Professor Phyllis Coleman
Published an op-ed, "You Can Take Your Dog with You – but Don’t Until After He Dies" in the Palm Beach Post.

Published, FLORIDA FAMILY LAW: TEXT AND COMMENTARY, 2019 STATUTES.

Director of Caribbean Law Programs & Associate Professor of Law Jane E. Cross
Co-organized and participated in a panel with Professors Latisha Nixon-Jones (SULC), Teri McMurtry-Chubb (Mercer), Brenda Gibson (NCCU), Shakira Pleasant (Miami), Saleema Snow (UDC), and Tiffany Jeffers (Penn State Dickinson). Their panel presentation took place at the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference at American University Washington College of Law (March 21-24, 2019). The panel focused on the creation of a Legal Writing Pipeline called WAR – Writing as a Resistance. The purpose of the pipeline is to foster a conducive writing environment for women of color interested in teaching legal writing and skills courses. The panel also celebrated and honored the launch of the social media movement @blackandbluebook on Twitter. The social media movement will highlight and provide resources for legal scholars of color.

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
Will be teaching at the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s Gimbel Fund Trial Advocacy Training Program for public interest attorneys from December 10 through December 12, 2018.

Taught at the National Institute For Trial Advocacy (NITA) in a two-day trial skills program over the January 12-13, 2019 weekend in Orlando for Florida legal services attorneys.

Was interviewed for National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Whitepaper, “A Guide to Transitioning from Law Student to Lawyer” in April 2019.

Attended the NITA Program Director’s Annual Meeting in Boulder, CO in April 2019.

Will teach a two-day Gunster NITA deposition program in West Palm Beach, FL and a three-day ABA domestic violence trial skills program at UC Irvine, CA in May 2019.

Marie Andrews (JD 2019), a research assistant working with Professor Michael J. Dale, was the lead author for Cross-border Depositions in Canada: Process and Procedure, which was published in the NITA newsletter, The Advocate.

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 the 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.

Introduced the NSU International Arbitration Panel on August 23, 2019 at NSU Law.

Presented on the subject of expert depositions to the NSU School of Psychology graduate forensic psychology class in October 2019.

Will be leading National Institute For Trial Advocacy teacher training at the Children’s Law Center of California (CLCC) in Los Angeles, CA in November 15-16, 2019. These nine supervisors will be trained using the NITA learning by doing method. The supervisors and I will then run two trial skills training programs for 32 CLCC staff attorneys in December 2019.

Will be program director at a National Institute for Trial Advocacy three-day trial skills program in December at the Children's Law Center of California (CLCC) in Los Angeles. In November Professor Dale teamed with a second NITA instructor, to conduct a NITA teacher training program for supervising lawyers at CLCC. Together with three other long-standing NITA teachers, they will be assisting the newly trained supervisors in conducting a three-day trial skills program for 32 relatively new CLCC attorneys.

Professor Mark Dobson
Hosted the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) program Building Trial Skills: Florida 2019 at NSU Law from March 4 through March 9, 2019.

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.

Preview of Supreme Court Cases article on Kansas v. Glover, “Can Police Stop a vehicle Just because a Computerized license Plate Check Shows Its owner Has a Suspended license?”, appeared in Preview, Issue #2, Vol.47, 11/4/2019. The article is featured on the publication’s cover and the full article begins on page 9.

Director of the Legal Research & Writing Program & Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law Dean Olympia Duhart

Presented at the AccessLex conference in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 12, 2018. Her panel, entitled “First Generation Law Students: Challenges and Interventions,” examined obstacles and interventions that can be used to help first generation law students succeed in law school and practice.

Participated at the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA in January 2019.

Served as a panelist on “Building a Better Mentor: Creating High-Impact Mentoring Programs for Law Students of Color.”

Organized the 2019 Cover Workshop for the Society of American Law Teachers and the American Constitution Society titled “The Possibilities and Potential of SCOTUS Reform.” The workshop was held at AALS in New Orleans in January 2019.

Presented “Growing Grit in the LRW Classroom,” at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on March 16, 2019, with Professor Hugh Mundy of The John Marshall Law School.

Presented at the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference on March 23, 2019, at American University College of Law in Washington, D.C. Duhart also served on the National Advisory Committee for the conference; she was recognized with a service award for her work.

Presented “Emotional Appraisals in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Maria,” at the Cognitive Emotion and the Law Symposium held at Wake Forest University School of Law in North Carolina.

Is a finalist for Professor of the Year at the NSU Student Life Achievement (STUEY) awards to be held on April 16, 2019.

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."

Presented the following:
The Case for Cultural Competency: Navigating a Diverse Student Body, Faculty Training at Elon University School of Law, Greensboro, NC, Aug. 2019.

Faculty Training on Teaching Methods and Active Teaching, Eugene Dupuch Law School, Nassau, Bahamas, July 2019 (Organizer and Presenter for Full-Day Workshop).

The Voice of the Dean and the Dean’s Designee - The Difference Between Chatting, Talking, or Speaking, Associate Deans of Color Retreat, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 2019 (with Dean Mario Barnes and Dean Michele Alexandre).

Creating a Culture that Supports Teaching and Scholarship, ABA Associate Deans Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2019 (with Stuart Ford, Wendy-Adele Humphrey, Alicia Jackson and Debra Moss Vollweiler).

The Associate Deans’ Guide to Finding Balance, ABA Associate Deans Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2019 (with Cindy Archer, Enrique Armijo and Alicia Jackson).

Sword and Shield: The Disruptive Impact of Technology on Human Rights, Gonzaga Law Human Rights Conference, Florence, Italy, June 2019 (with Steve Friedland).

Whipping Up Wellness: Promoting the Well-Being of LRW Faculty and Students for a Successful Program, ALWD Biennial Conference, Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, MA, May 2019.

The Risks and Reward of Academic Leadership, ALWD Leadership Academy, Suffolk University School of Law, Boston, MA, May 2019 (with Anthony Niedwiecki and Cindy Archer).

Presented, with Professor Heather Baxter “Come Together: Successful Collaborations Between LRW, the Community and Student Organizations” at the New England Consortium of Legal Writing Professors on October 11, 2019

Professor Emerita Lynn A. Epstein
Presented, “Insights from the Authors” at Books & Books in Coral Gables on October 11, 2019, with Dean Elena Maria Marty-Nelson on their book, Empowering Negotiators: Successfully Bargaining Salary Offers, Prenuptial Agreements, and Other Stressful Life Events Using the TABLE Method (Carolina Acad. Press 2019) (ISBN # 978-1-61163-842-4).

Presented, “Insights from the Authors” at Books & Books in Coral Gables on October 11, 2019, with Dean Elena Maria Marty-Nelson on their book, EMPOWERING NEGOTIATORS: SUCCESSFULLY BARGAINING SALARY OFFERS, PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS, AND OTHER STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS USING THE TABLE METHOD (Carolina Acad. Press 2019) (ISBN # 978-1-61163-842-4).

Associate Dean for Library Services & Professor of Law Vicenç Feliú
Presented “Critical Reading for Law Students – What Library, LRW and ASP Can Collectively Do to Help Hone this Indispensable Skill,” with Sara Berman at the Southeastern Chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries Conference in Hot Springs, VA on March 23, 2019.

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.”

Was a panelist and presented “Trademark, Trade Secret, Copyright, and Publicity Rights,” for the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 7, 2019.

Professor Michael Flynn
Served as a panelist at the NSU Law Connect Plus program titled “Caps on Medical Malpractice Negligence Claims . . . Where Do We Go from Here?” along with NSU Law alumni Brent Reitman (J.D. 2010) and Sean Thompson (J.D. 2004) in February 2019.

Professor Amanda Foster
Served as special host, helped organize and was the NSU Law representative at the American College of Coverage Counsel 6th Annual Insurance Law Symposium held at NSU Law on November 1, 2019.

Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown
Completed the experiential education workshops offered by the National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE) to earn Experiential Education Academy Certification. The certification program provides foundational knowledge in the theory and practice of experiential education.

Presented “Social, Academic, and Dining Etiquette,” at the NSU Farquhar Honors College Workshop on March 25, 2019.

Participated in the Full-Time Program Civics Session during NSU Orientation “Why Civics Presentation?”

Moderator for the 2019 Professionalism Day Panel during NSU Law Orientation week.

Presented to NSU College Freshman at the First Year Experience Orientation in August 2019.

Served on a discussion panel for the Civil Field Placement Clinic students on Professional Relationships: Developing Effective Communication Skills and Professional Relationships as a New Attorney on October 17, 2019.

Dean Jon Garon
Served as moderator for the panel, “Epidemic of Online and Social Media Death Threats by Children,” at the “Kids that Kill,” Broward County Crime Commission’s 4th Annual Juvenile Crime Conference on November 8, 2018.

Published a book chapter, Reordering the Chaos of the Virtual Arena: Harmonizing Law and Framing Collective Bargaining for Avatar Actors and Digital Athletes, in The Law of Virtual and Augmented Reality (Edward Elgar Publishing 2018).

Had accepted for publication, The Empires Strike Back: Reassertion of Territorial Regulation in Cyberspace in the Journal of Law and Technology at Texas.

Presented, “Avoiding the Singularity Through Distance Education,” at the Florida Distance Learning Association in January 2019.

Served as a panelist on the Legal Issues in Technology/Delivery of Distance Education Panel at the Florida Distance Learning Association in January 2019.

Presented, “The Empires Strike Back — Cyberspace Year in Review,” at the ABA Business Law Section Cyberspace Law Institute in January 2019.

Published The Empires Strike Back: Reassertion of Territorial Regulation in Cyberspace, 3 J.L. & TECH. AT TEXAS (AUSTIN) 1 (2019) and Cyber-World War III: Origins, 7 J.L. & Cyber Warfare 1 (2018).

Presented “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society” for Broward County Bar Association Law Day on May 3, 2019.

Presented “Law, Culture, and Context for Creative Works in Emerging Media” at the Art Museum Fort Lauderdale on April 11, 2019.

Spoke at the Ripped from the Headlines Free Press Forum on June 28.

Published the novel: JON M. GARON, BURN RATE (Manegiare Publications 2019).

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.

Published The Empires Strike Back: Reassertion of Territorial Regulation in Cyberspace, 3 J.L. & TECH. AT TEX. 1 (2019).
Hosted the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 5-7, 2019.

Professor Pearl Goldman
Published the commentary, Ireland’s Vote to Remove Blasphemy from its Constitution and the Case of Asia Bibi in the December 2018 issue of JURIST Legal News & Research.

Published Legal Education and Technology III: An Annotated Bibliography, 111 LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL 325 (2019).

Director of Public Interest Law Programs, Jennifer Gordon
Serves on the following boards and organizations:
Executive Council of the Public Interest Law Section of The Florida Bar.
2019-2020 Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc.
Florida Pro Bono Coordinators Association.

Professor Emeritus of Law Joseph Grohman
Published, with Professor Ronald Benton Brown, by the Center for Computer Assisted Instruction (CALI) two new lessons:

1. Letters of Intent in Real Estate Transactions; aimed at advanced students taking a class in Real Estate Transactions or any business-related course or workshop.
2. Finders of Personal Property; aimed at 1-Ls taking a Property course.

Professor Richard Grosso
Was quoted in the March 12, 2019 issue of the Palm Beach Post, “Maggy Hurchalla’s $4.4 Million Appeal: Influential E-mails vs. Protected Speech.”

Was interviewed on WJCT All Things Considered on the Florida Lee County Commissioners' comprehensive land use plan changes.

Interviewed by Law and Disorder radio podcast on Issues of the environment, citizen advocacy, and the public’s right to know that are converging in two South Florida court cases. Professor Grosso is the 2nd interview on the program beginning at 32:35. http://ow.ly/jEs350wtzQ3

Dean Emeritus Joseph Harbaugh
Was elected to a two-year term as Chair of the Board of Florida Humanities, the Florida affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). As Chair of the Programs Committee for the last five years, Harbaugh has supervised several million dollars of funding to support programs presented to thousands of Floridians focused on literature, history, jurisprudence, philosophy, archaeology, ethics, the environment, history and criticism of the arts, and other aspects of the social sciences, which have humanistic content and employ humanistic methods. During Harbaugh’s term as Program Committee Chair, the Council developed the unique Florida Stories app, which provides free cultural, historical, and architectural walking tours of 35 communities across the state of Florida.

Professor Areto Imoukhuede
Was awarded the NPOC19 Scholarship by the Fourth National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference at American University College of Law in Washington, D.C.

Presented “Fake Equality: Affirmative Action and the Rebirth of Separate but Equal,” and “Feudalism and the Future,” at American University in Washington, DC on March 22, 2019.

Taught The Human Right to Education for the NSU Law Summer Abroad Program in The Hague, Netherlands.

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.”

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
Published:

Flying Baseballs, Injured Fans, Uncertain Liability: Why Legislative Action is Needed in the Sunshine State in the January/February 2019 issue of The Florida Bar Journal.
GAMBLING UNDER THE SWASTIKA: CASINOS, HORSE RACING, LOTTERIES, AND OTHER FORMS OF BETTING IN NAZI GERMANY (Carolina Academic Press, 2019).
A “Paucity of Details”: S.J. Crane and the Baseball Rule, 54 TORT TRIAL & INS. PRAC. L.J. ¬69 (2019).
Solving a Baseball Law Mystery: Unusual Databases for Lawyers, 21 ABA TORTSOURCE 14 (Winter 2019).
Are Punitive Damages Available When a Seaman Sues for Unseaworthiness?, 46 PREVIEW OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CASES 26 (Mar. 18, 2019) [The Dutra Group v. Batterton, No. 18-266].

Was quoted in:
Gambling Compliance (10/23/2018) in a story about the future of internet gambling.
WalletHub (10/24/2018) in a story about America’s best baseball cities.
PolitiFact (10/31/2018) in a story about government corruption in Florida.
Gambling Compliance (11/8/2018) in a story about the future of gambling in Florida.
Palm Beach Post (11/10/2018) in a story about Florida’s election recount.
PolitiFact (11/12/2018) in a story about Brenda Snipes’ record as Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections.
Gambling Compliance (11/14/2018) in a story about Florida’s vote to ban greyhound racing.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (12/29/2018) in a story about the troubled tenure of Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.
Palm Beach Post (1/6/2019) in a story about an administrative law judge’s refusal to revoke a professional guardian’s license.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (1/13/2019) in a story about the legality of Hallandale Beach’s ban on surfing.
Gambling Compliance (1/30/2019) in a story about the U.S. Department of Justice’s new Wire Act opinion.
Miami Herald (2/10/2019) in a story about new BSO chief Gregory Tony.
Variety (2/12/2019) in a story about Jose Baez, the new attorney for disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (2/25/2019) in a story about Broward Clerk of Courts Brenda Forman seeking a seat on the Florida Bar’s Board of Governors.
Gambling Compliance (3/1/2019) in another story about the future of gambling in Florida.
Sun Sentinel (4/22/19) concerning allegations between a Palm Beach judge and an attorney.
Was interviewed by Carey Codd on CBS4 News in April 2019.

Steven Kass, Director of Sharon & Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Clinic
Hosted and moderated the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 6-7, 2019.

Presented at the City of Miramar’s BizFit Workshop on legal issues for start-up businesses. NSU Law Berger Entrepreneur Clinic students, with Professor Kass, will be presenting in-depth in February 2020 to the Business Inclusion Diversity (BID) program run by the City of Miramar.

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 3rd 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).

Was interviewed by the Sun Sentinel’s Andrew Boryga in an October 21, 2019 article on stand your ground laws.

Professor Ishaq Kundawala
Was interviewed by Layron Livingston of ABC Local 10 News on the topic of bankruptcy law in April 2019.

Interviewed by ABC Local 10 Layron Livingston. His segment on contracts aired on 8-1-19.

Research and Reference Services Librarian Tarica LaBossiere
Published, First Day Adventures, for the AALL Research, Instruction & Patron Services Special Interest Section

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 B. Levy
Teaching the Digital Caveman: Rethinking the Use of Classroom Technology in Law School, 19 CHAPMAN L. REV. 241 (2016), was selected for inclusion in volume 8 of the Legal Writing Institute’s Monograph Series, which will be devoted to the intersection of legal communication and technology. The LWI Monograph Series publishes “foundational articles on subjects that are important to the teaching and study of professional legal communication.”

As Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives: Teaching Legal Research and Writing, participated in a live webinar sponsored by the American Association of Law Libraries on December 12 to discuss publishing and scholarship opportunities for law librarians. The webinar was attended by more than 100 law librarians from around the country.

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 Kenneth L. Lewis, Jr.
Presented the keynote speech at the United States Citizens and Immigration Services for newly naturalized citizens on January 27, 2019.

Was appointed to the Board of Directors of Look Through My Eyes (LTME). LTME helps the blind and the visually impaired, and LTME organizes and hosts wonderful events.

Professor Donna Litman
Presented “Trends and Hot Topics in Trusts,” at the Trust Boot Camp: Beyond the Basics sponsored by the Estate and Probate CLE Committee of the Palm Beach County Bar Association on March 26, 2019.

Was a panelist and presented “Legal Planning for Start-Ups,” for the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 6, 2019.

Will be a panelist at the December 2019 Florida Bar Business Law Section presentation of 3716 The Inc. is Finally Dry – The Update and Modernization of the Florida Business Corporation Act 2019. Alumnus Giacomo Bossa (JD 2012) is also a panelist for this presentation.

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Cambridge University Press awarded her a contract for her book entitled Feminist Judgments: Rewritten Property Opinions (Cambridge Univ. Press forthcoming 2020) (edited with Eloisa C. Rodriguez-Dod).

The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change accepted for publication her piece entitled Why Not Me?: Intersectionality in Law School Leadership, U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change (forthcoming 2020).

Her chapter was accepted for publication as Via v. Putnam—Rewritten Opinion in Feminist Judgements: Rewritten Trusts & Estate Opinions (Deborah S. Gordon et al. eds., Cambridge Univ. Press forthcoming 2020).

Presented, “Insights from the Authors” at Books & Books in Coral Gables on October 11, 2019, with Professor Emerita Lynn A. Epstein on their book, Empowering Negotiators: Successfully Bargaining Salary Offers, Prenuptial Agreements, and Other Stressful Life Events Using the TABLE Method (Carolina Acad. Press 2019) (ISBN # 978-1-61163-842-4).

Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Professionalism and Professor of Practice Chance Meyer
Presented at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA in January 2019. “Professionalism Education and the Road to Bar Passage” (co-presented with Debra Moss Vollweiler).

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Published the 2018-2019 annual supplement to his treatise, State and Local Government Environmental Liability (West Publishing, 1994),

Published an opinion article in the Sun Sentinel on the results of the 2018 midterm elections,

Spoke with a journalist at an Indiana radio station on recent trends in EPA enforcement against steel companies in the Midwest and elsewhere,

Spoke with a newspaper reporter in North Carolina regarding a Consent Agreement entered into by a large chemical company with several state agencies and an environmental NGO,

Participated as a questioner in a panel on “Responding to Climate Challenges” at “EU and the Americas,” an international conference in downtown Miami, which was organized and sponsored by the European Union Delegation to the United States,

Was recognized for being in the all-time top 10% of downloaded authors on SSRN.

Participated as a questioner in two panel discussions on “Disaster Response, Recovery and Relief in Minority Communities” at the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

Participated in roundtable scholars’ discussions on “Implications of the 2018 Midterm Elections for Environmental Protection” and “Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) Strategic Plans” at the Semi-Annual CPR Scholars’ Meeting at Loyola University of New Orleans.

Published, The President’s ‘Two for One’ Executive Order and the Interpretation Mandate of the National Environmental Protection Act: A Legal Constraint on Presidential Power, 87 UMKC L. REV. 681 (2019).

Published an opinion piece on February 16, 2019, in The Hill analyzing an EPA report on the results of its enforcement program in 2018.

Assisted attorneys on the House Energy and Commerce Committee prepare for a hearing on February 26, 2019, titled “EPA Enforcement: Taking the Environmental Cop Off the Beat.”

Presented on the current state of EPA enforcement to the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, a group of NGOs and labor unions who lobby Congress, on a range of regulatory issues, from a progressive perspective.

Participated in conversations with member scholars with the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) to develop a CPR strategy to address issues of climate change.

Has had abstracts of his articles downloaded 18,084 times and full articles downloaded 2,326 times by SSRN subscribers. His articles on Research Gate have been read 848 times.

Accepted an unsolicited offer to join the board of directors of the Center for Progressive Reform, a national organization of legal scholars who voluntarily advocate for progressive policies regarding the environment, worker safety, and other areas of regulation.

Attended a conference on EPA and the Future of Environmental Protection at American University in Washington, D.C. in April 2019 where he was a questioner on two panels: “Opportunities for Working with Business,” and “Designing EPA for the Future.”

Published Mastering Environmental Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2019) with Tracey Hester.

Published The Coming Decline of Anti-Regulatory Conservatism in the July 22, 2019 issue of the Regulatory Review

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.”

Published Civil Servant Resistance at the EPA—A Response to Jennifer Nou, 94 CHI.-KENT L. REV. 615 (2019).
Published The President’s “Two for One” Executive Order and the Interpretation Mandate of the National Environmental Policy Act: A Legal Constraint on Presidential Power, 87 UMKC L. REV. 681 (2019).

Published an opinion column in The Hill that criticized a speech by Donald Trump in which he claimed that his administration that provided successful environmental leadership.

Drafted and submitted a 2019 Update to my treatise, State and Local Government Environmental Liability that is scheduled to be released in October, 2019.

Accepted an invitation to serve as a Paper Commentator at a January, 2020 Texas Law Review-sponsored symposium on “Remedies in Complex Litigation.”

Agreed to serve as an advisor to an NGO, Quiet Communities, which advocates for regulation of noise pollution.
Met with members of the “scoping committee” of the Environmental Protection Network (EPN)—an NGO composed of former EPA officials—to help them plan an EPN report to the next administration on revitalizing EPA following the Trump era.

Coauthored with RONALD H. ROSENBERG, FUNDAMENTALS OF MUNICIPAL FINANCE (2d ed. 2019). 

Co-planned the next national member scholars’ meeting of the Center for Progressive Reform.

Agreed to allow the most recent edition of his book, ENFORCEMENT AT THE EPA: HIGH STAKES AND HARD CHOICES (rev. ed. 2012) to be translated into Chinese and released in China by the Chinese Environmental Press. 

Updated in 2019, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY.

Professor of Practice Nicole Noël
Served as faculty for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) program Building Trial Skills: Florida 2019, training practicing trial attorneys in witness examinations, introduction of evidence, and closing argument.

Professor Kate Webber Nuñez
Was a panelist and presented “Legal Planning for Start-Ups,” for the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 6, 2019.

The peer-reviewed British Journal of American Legal Studies accepted for publication her article Persuasive or Pipe Dream? The Feminist Judgments Project’s Potential Influence on Judicial Decision Making, 9 BRIT. J. AM. LEGAL STUD. (forthcoming 2020).

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.”

Senior Associate Director Panza Maurer Law Library Becka Rich
Facilitated, with Professor Kathy Cerminara, a bioethics discussion regarding genetics, gene editing, Nazi medical research, and research misconduct in the United States. The discussion was part of a graduate course on research ethics taught by Dr. Bob Speth, NSU College of Pharmacy, on Tuesday, November 27, 2018.

Professor Michael Richmond
Presented at the March 14 Faculty Symposium on “The Role of the Media: The First Amendment and Beyond” with Professor Charles Zeldon of the NSU College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Appointed to the Editorial Board of Experience, the magazine of the Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association.

Professor Emeritus of Law Marc Rohr
Published, What Are the Constitutional Limitations on Prayers at Local Government Meetings? in the May/June 2019 issue of the Florida Bar Journal.

Professor Florence Shu-Acquaye
Published, Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment, Case Law and the Department of Justice: Who Prevails in the Marijuana Legislation Debate?, 54 GONZAGA L. REV. 127 (2018/19).

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

Was a panelist and presented “Legal Planning for Start-Ups,” for the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 6, 2019.

Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs Susan H. Stephan
Received the Florida Distance Learning Association’s 2019 Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership, which was presented at the FDLA/FAMTE 2019 Conference in Altamonte Springs, Florida in February 2019.

Presented “Accessibility Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines in Online and Blended Learning,” at the 2019 Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment Virtual Conference sponsored by the University of Idaho.

Presented at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) 2019 Annual Conference in the Discussion Group: “Teaching to Engage.”

Published book chapter: Susan H. Stephan, Behavioral Advertising and Disclosures, in The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines: Understanding A.I. and the Legal Impact 93 (Theodore F. Claypoole ed., ABA Publ’g 2019).

Moderated the panel, “Business Funding and Finance: Angels, VCs, and Lenders,” for the 2019 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Bootcamp on September 7, 2019.

Presented at the Online and Hybrid Learning Pedagogy conference at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, on the topic of “Accommodations in Online and Hybrid Learning,” on September 27, 2019.

Presented “Understanding and Expanding Accessibility in Online Learning Environments,” at the 28th Annual International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) World Conference on Online Learning in Dublin, Ireland on November 5, 2019.

Associate Dean of Students & Professor of Law Michele N. Struffolino
Will present with Associate Dean Debra Moss Vollweiler, “Modeling Cooperation and Communication: A Joint Approach Between Academic Affairs and Student Services to Addressing Student Needs” at the Third Annual National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) Conference in Washington, D.C. in June 2019.

Is the inaugural recipient of the National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals CORE Four Award presented at the NALSAP event in June 2019.

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.”

Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Law Clinic Clinical Fellow Olga M. Torres
Presented with Director of AIDD Law Clinic and Professor of Law Tim Arcaro, at The Broward County School Board on December 13, 2018, on the differences between guardianship, guardian advocacy, power of attorney, and supported decision-making.

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 and Professor of Law Debra Moss Vollweiler
Presented at the Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA in January 2019.
”Professionalism Education and the Road to Bar Passage” (co-presented with Chance Meyer).
"Bridging the Divisions with Professional Identity Learning Outcomes that Encourage Cultural Competency in the Profession.”

Was appointed to the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Teaching Methods. Her term began in January 2019.

Was appointed to the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession. Her term began in January 2019.

Published, Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Learning Outcomes: Eight Ways to Make Them More Than (Mostly) Harmless, 44 DAYTON L. REV. 17 (2018).

Will present, “Building a Culture of Communication and Cooperation Among the Associate Deans at the Law School” at the 2019 ABA Associate Deans Conference in Chicago, IL in June.

Will present with Associate Dean Michele Struffolino, “Modeling Cooperation and Communication: A Joint Approach Between Academic Affairs and Student Services to Addressing Student Needs” at the Third Annual National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) Conference in Washington, D.C. in June 2019.

Was selected by Legal Writing Institute Monograph series to publish A Case, on the Screen, Do They Remember What They've Seen? Critical Electronic Reading in the Law Classroom (Debra Moss Vollweiler (Curtis) and Judith R. Karp) in the upcoming series Volume 8.

Moderated the panel "Building a Culture of Communication and Cooperation Among the Associate Deans at the Law School" and participated in the "Creating A culture that Supports Teaching and Scholarship" panel at the ABA Associate Dean's Conference in Chicago, IL in June 2019.

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.

New Article, Law School as a Consumer Product: Beat 'em or Join 'em? Was a Top Ten Download on SSRN for Legal Scholarship Education. August 2019 and featured in TaxProf Blog, August 2019.

Article, Don’t Panic! The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Learning Outcomes: Eight Ways to Make Them More Than (Mostly) Harmless, featured in the Law School Assessment Blog and The TaxProf Blog August 2019.

Named top 10% author by SSRN for August 2019.

Named top 10% author by SSRN for October 2019.

Professor James D. Wilets
Had accepted for publication, Justice Scalia Got it Right, but for the Wrong Reasons: Scalia’s Recognition of the Supreme Court’s “Southern Exception” in U.S. Constitutional Jurisprudence in the University of Miami Law Review.

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.”

Published, Justice Scalia Got It Right, but for the Wrong Reasons: Scalia’s Recognition of the Supreme Court’s “Southern Exception” in U.S. Constitutional Jurisprudence and the Connection of “Southern Exceptionalism” to “American Exceptionalism”, 74 U. MIAMI L. REV. 109 (2019), https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol74/iss1/4/.

Professor Wilets’ article on reparations based on both US apartheid and slavery as a violation of peremptory norms was a basis of, and was cited in, a submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, DC by the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center.

Professor Timothy T. Arcaro
Presented at the Broward County Bar Association CLE event Evidence for Litigators on March 16, 2018 with NSU Law 2006 alumnae Meghan Maroney Clary and Huda Ajlani Macri.

Presented at the Juvenile Certification Review Training in Orlando, Florida on April 19, 2018.

Accepted an offer to publish his article Think Fast: Post Judgement consideration in Hague Child Abduction Cases in the Suffolk University Law School Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy.

Worked with the NSU Children and Families Law Clinic to successfully prosecute a Petition for Return under The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, reuniting a left-behind parent in Spain with his ten-year-old daughter. The final judgment was entered after a ten-month abduction, during which our client was unable to exercise his timeshare rights with his child. The case was referred to the NSU Children and Families Clinic on a pro bono basis from the U.S. State Department Office of Children’s Legal Issues.

Presented Engaging Post-Millennials Through Clinical Programs at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Was a Discussant on the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Discussion Group Specialized Legal Education – Institutes, Certificates, and Programs in the Legal Education Marketplace.

Hosted with the Children & Families Law Clinic on August 7, 2018 a group of Latin American visitors from the International Visitor Leadership Program, sponsored by the U.S. State Department in conjunction with the Clinic’s work on The Hague Abduction Convention. The visitors included judges, lawyers, and law enforcement professionals from Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina. The Clinic had worked with the program’s local coordinator, Global Ties Miami, in the past when a similar meeting took place with representatives of the Japanese legal community. Professor Arcaro discussed his work with the Hague Convention and how family law, human rights, and immigration law intersect through the provision of legal services by legal interns in the Clinic.

Published the lead article Think Fast: Post Judgment Considerations in Hague Child Abduction Cases in the Suffolk Journal of Trial & Appellate Advocacy, Volume XXIII, 2017-18, Issue 2.

Professor Heather Baxter
Nominated for NSU Student Live Achievement Awards for Co-Curricular Advisor of the year.

Was a speaker on the 2018 SEALS Writing Connections Workshop Connecting with Citations: Connecting Students and Law Professors to a Plurality of Legal Citation Approaches.

Presented “Write Right: Ten Tips to Help You Be Your Own Best Editor” at Paralegal Association of Florida-Brevard Chapter on April 21, 2018.

Presented “Teaching Workshop: Going Back to School with New Ideas,” at the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Biennial Conference on July 12, 2018.

Presented Intro to Appellate Practice at the NSU Moot Court Brief Writing Workshop on August 3, 2018.

Presented Moot Court Judging: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly at American University, Washington College of Law’s 2018 Coaches and Competitions Clinic on August 11, 2018.

Presented with Professor Camille Lamar, Critiquing Methods Roundtable on at Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Biennial Conference July 13, 2018.

Presented with Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law Dean Olympia Duhart, Maximize Your Writing And Oral Advocacy Skills: Thoughts from Appellate Judges and Law Professors at the Broward County Bar Association Appellate Practice Section CLE on April 4, 2018, along with Fourth DCA judges Judge Conner, Judge Damoorgian, and Judge Forst.

Professor Randolph Braccialarghe
Accepted the appointment to the Unregulated Transfer of Adopted Children Study Committee by Uniform Law Commission President Anita Ramasastry.

Was appointed by Florida Bar President Michelle Suskauer to the Vice Chair of the Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee.

Was interviewed by the Daily Business Review for a story concerning disciplining judges and its implications to the position.

Was interviewed by the Daily Business Review for a story concerning disciplining judges and its implications to the position.

Attended the National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, as one of Florida’s three Commissioners. The states voted to approve the following uniform acts for adoption, with Florida voting “no” adopting the Uniform Nonparent Custody and Visitation Act:

Legislative Program, Drafting, and Study Updates

• Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act
• Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2018)
• Uniform Criminal Records Accuracy Act
• Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act
• Uniform Nonparent Custody and Visitation Act
• Uniform Supplemental Commercial Law for the Uniform Regulation of Virtual-Currency Businesses Act
• Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Articles 1, 3, 8, and 9 (to be offered for enactment only at such time that there is a national mortgage registry)

In addition, the Executive Committee approved the creation of the following drafting and study committees on the recommendation of the Committee on Scope and Program:

Drafting Committees

• Drafting Committee on Unregulated Transfers of Adopted Children Act
• Drafting Committee on the Economic Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants Act

Study Committees

• Study Committee on Revisions to the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act
• Study Committee on Covenants Not to Compete
• Study Committee on Online Privacy Protection

Study Committee on Direct to Consumer Sales of Wine, Beer, and Distilled Spirits

Signed, along with 143 other law professors, a letter to Senators Grassley and Feinstein supporting the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Attended, as Vice Chair, a meeting of the Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee in Tampa, FL on October 19, 2018.

Was invited to participate in the Stakeholders Workshop on Law Student Professionalism sponsored by the Florida Bar Professionalism Committee at the Fall Meeting of the Florida Bar in Tampa, Florida on Friday, October 19, 2018.

Professor Tim Canova
Participated in the 2018 Association of American Law Schools in the Section on Socio-Economics program. He spoke on three panels: “The Great Financial Crisis Ten Years Later: Lessons Learned?”; “The Case for a Job Guarantee Program”; and “Current State of Play in Financial Services Regulation”.

Ranked in the top 10% of all-time downloaded authors on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) academic website.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
Presented “Ethics: Decisionmaking Capacity, Competency, and Surrogate Decisionmaking for the Elderly” to the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine residents at Broward Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Will coauthor a chapter about end of life care in Ethics and Vulnerable Elders: The Quest for Individual Rights and a Just Society (Cognella Academic Publishing), with coauthors Professor Alina M. Perez from NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine Public Health Program and Dr. Angana Mahapatra,

Was invited to participate in the invitation-only Galveston Brain Injury Conference (GBIC), hosted in part by the Transitional Learning Center at the University of Texas, Galveston. The GBIC began in 2001 as a follow-up to a 1999 NIH Consensus Conference on Brain Injury Research. Its invited participants are national and international leaders in the field of brain injury research. The GBIC has become one of the premiere brain injury meetings, attracting investigators, educators, and clinicians from across North America, to discuss various research topics in traumatic brain injury.

Co-presented Hospice, Palliative Care and Aid-in-Dying: The Current Status of End-of-Life Choices and Policies in the United States / Impact on Population Health at the Doctor of Health Science Alumni Chapter Ninth Annual Interdisciplinary Conference at NSU Health Professions Division on February 22, 2018. Co-presenters were Professor Alina Perez, JD, MPH, LCSW with the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine and Professor Akiva Turner, Ph.D, JD, MPH with the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences.

Presented TJ From Mental Health Law to Health Law at the St. Thomas University School of Law April 2018 Symposium honoring the Career and Retirement of Professor Amy D. Ronner.

Was elected Secretary of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) Board for 2018-19.

Presented and participated in the 2018 SEALS conference as a:

• Discussant on the 2018 SEALS Global Outreach Workshop Discussion Group Teaching Health Law Overseas and the Health Law Workshop Discussion Group Health Law and Bioethics
• A Moderator for the 2018 SEALS Newer Law Teachers Workshop Discussion Group Scholarship Fundamentals – Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar
• and a Mentor on the New Scholars Workshop Employment Law and Employment Discrimination.

Presented, in a series of presentations with Aatif M. Hasain, Professor of Neurology at Duke University School of Medicine, at the Topics in Neurology and the Legal and Ethical Aspects of End-of-Life Care Conference, June 17-24, 2018; presented End of Life Decision Making in a panel titled Disability, Diversity, and Decisions Across the Lifespan, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics Health Law Professors Conference, at Case Western University School of Law, June 9, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio; and served as a member of the working group on Withdrawal of Treatment in Disorders of Consciousness at the Galveston Brain Injury Conference, May 2-4, 2018, in Galveston, Texas.

Has the following forthcoming publications: Therapeutic Jurisprudence’s Future in Health Law: Bringing the Patient Back Into The Picture, Intl. J. L. & Psych. (2018); and the End of Life Decision Making: A Balancing Act chapter in Ethics and Vulnerable Elders: The Quest for Individual Society and a Just Society (Pamela B. Teaster, et al., eds.) (co-authored).

Completed a supplement for the treatise The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking.

Presented “Removing Obstacles to a Peaceful Death by Revising Health Professional Training and Payment Systems” at Creighton University School of Law on October 24, 2018.

Professor Phyllis Coleman
Published A Legal Opinion on Liability Waivers: Does the Hambrook Case Make a Difference?, UNDERCURRENT 15 (Jan. 2017).

Published an op-ed, Young Animal Abusers Can Grow Up to Commit Unspeakable Violence, in the April 4, 2018 issue of the Miami Herald.

Published Keeping That Doggie In the (Car) Window Safe: Recommendations for Driving with Canine Companions, 38 Pace L. Rev. 338 (2018).

Professor Jane Cross
Will be honored as a Top Black Educator of 2017 at the Legacy Reception on January 27, 2018.

Was an organizer and moderator for the 2018 SEALS Writing Connections Workshops Redefining Status: Intersections of Diversity and Status and Legal Academy and Discussion Group: Promoting Inclusion and Equity: Connecting Disciplines, Legal Education, and the Legal Profession.

Was selected as a National Black Lawyers Top 100 for 2018. The Top 100 is an invitation only professional honorary organization. Professor Cross is one of five law professors who has joined the organization. 

Professor Michael Dale
Published the White Paper Your Key to Success: Four Strategies on Handling Evidence at Trial four articles with NSU law students. NITA selected this paper as a top three in 2017.

Invited to be the team leader for a National Institute For Trial Advocacy (NITA) examination of how to teach explicit and implicit bias in its various programs, in recognition of changing lawyer needs and the reshaping of the legal profession.

Trained New York IP law firm attorneys in taking depositions of experts on behalf of the National Institute For Trial Advocacy in April 2018.

Is teaching Introduction to the American System of Civil Litigation at the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Charles University is an NSU Law dual degree and semester abroad partner.

Signed on to an amicus brief in Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc., et al. v. Florida State Board of Education, et al., Case No. SC2018-67, a right to education case pending in the Florida Supreme Court.

Was a moderator with Professor Law Kate Webber Nuñez and attorney James Zloch for group exercises at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Signed on to an amicus brief in Citizens for Strong Schools, Inc., et al. v. Florida State Board of Education, et al., Case No. SC2018-67, a right to education case pending in the Florida Supreme Court.

Was a moderator with Professor Law Kate Webber Nuñez and attorney James Zloch for group exercises at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Presented at 2018 SEALS on Experiential Learning in the Age of ABA Standard 303.

Taught a seven-day NITA ABA Family Law Trial Skills Program in Boulder, Colorado in July 2018.

Taught a three-day NITA/ABA/Catholic Charities Trial Skills Program for immigration lawyers representing minors seeking asylum cases in August 2018.

Will teach a two-day fact investigation program for NITA in Atlanta, Georgia at the King and Spalding law firm in August 2018.

Was lead teacher at a National Institute For Trial Advocacy skills program for the Capitol Area Private Defender Service in Austin, Texas, September 19-21, 2018.

Taught in the “Next Level Trial Skills Program” for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) at the federal courthouse in Washington D.C. from November 7 through November 11, 2018.

Will be teaching at the Philadelphia Bar Foundation’s bi-annual trial skills program from December 10 through December 12, 2018, at the Pepper Hamilton law firm.

Serves as the faculty advisor of two clinic students for a pro bono dependency case through the NSU Children and Families Law Clinic. Professor Dale also presented to the AIDD Law Clinic in October 2018.

Professor Mark Dobson
Published two chapters, Hearsay and Hearsay Exceptions, in the 11th Edition of Evidence in Florida, Florida Bar (2018).

Was appointed to the Florida Bar Association 2018-19 Senior Lawyers Committee.

Spoke at the Plantation Historical Society on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The topic was “The History of the United States Supreme Court.”

Professor Douglas Donoho
Authored, International Business Transactions, Problems, Readings, and Materials Relating to Trade in Goods and Services, Second Edition (Carolina Academic Press, 2018) (with Teacher’s Manual).

Associate Dean of Faculty & Student Development and Professor of Law Olympia Duhart
gave opening remarks at the Legal Writing Institute one-day conference at NSU Law in December 2017. More than 35 professors from around the country attended the conference, themed “Small Changes, Big Results.” Professor Jani Maurer was one of the featured presenters. Professor Joe Hnylka, Professor Amanda Foster, Professor P. Camille Lamar, Professor Jane Cross, and Professor Heather Baxter participated as moderators. Professor Baxter also served as chair of the organizing committee for the event.

Served as moderator on a panel entitled “On the Front Line: The Role and Position of Clinical Faculty of Color in Challenging Times” at the Annual Meeting for the Association of American Law Schools in San Diego on January 4, 2018. 

Serves as chair of the AALS Committee for the Recruitment and Retention of Minority Law Teachers and Students, which organized the panel.

Participated in the March 4 our Lives in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018, along with Anabel Cordero (2L) and Christina Wittmeier (1L).

Published a law review article, The ‘F’ Word: The Top Five Complaints (and Solutions) About Formative Assessment, 67:2 J. LEGAL EDUC. 531 (Winter 2018).

Presented in July at the 2018 Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her LWI presentations included: Narrative for Novices: Introducing Legal Storytelling Techniques to Today's Students (with Professor Camille Lamar) and The Published Article, from Start to Finish: LWI Scholarship Incubation Workshop (facilitator with Katrina Lee).

Presented at the 2018 Conference for the Southeastern Association of Law Schools in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her SEALS talks included Connecting Learning with Deep Thinking: Moving Students Beyond the Shallows, What Does “Good Teaching” Mean in Different Teaching Contexts? and Complying with the New ABA Standards on Assessment and Feedback.

Participated in a Think Tank on Design Thinking and Legal Education at Elon University School of Law in Greensboro, North Carolina in May 2018, facilitated by Dawan Stanford and Steve Friedland.

Presented with Professor Heather Baxter, Maximize Your Writing And Oral Advocacy Skills: Thoughts from Appellate Judges and Law Professors at the Broward County Bar Association Appellate Practice Section CLE on April 4, 2018, along with Fourth DCA judges Judge Conner, Judge Damoorgian, and Judge Forst.

Associate Dean for Library Services Panza Maurer Law Library & Professor of Law Vicenç Feliú
Was a Discussant on the 2018 SEALS Discussion Group Law Libraries and Technology Disruption in Legal Information, Legal Education, and the Practice of Law.

Was a Moderator for the 2018 SEALS Discussion Group Library Consolidation – A Good Thing, or Absorption into the Borg?

Presented with Professor Heather Baxter “Maximize Your Writing And Oral Advocacy Skills: Thoughts from Appellate Judges and Law Professors” at the Broward County Bar Association Appellate Practice Section CLE on April 4, 2018, along with Fourth DCA judges Judge Conner, Judge Damoorgian, and Judge Forst.

Presented twice at the October 2018 SALT Teaching Conference at Penn State College of Law. Her first talk, “Building a Better Pipeline: Starting Before Law School to Create a More Inclusive Profession” included panelists Andrea Curcio, Georgia State University College of Law; Ryan Dooley, CUNY School of Law; and Kellye Testy, LSAC President and CEO. Dean Duhart also presented “Promoting Success for First Generation Professionals and Other Similar Groups” in a session with Steve Friedland, Elon University School of Law and Brooks Holland, Gonzaga University School of Law. Duhart is the former Co-President of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT). She continues to serve on the Board of Governors.

Associate Dean for Library Services & Professor Vicenç Feliú
Published So Happy Together: Should the California Decision Be a Basis to Recognize a Right of Public Performance In Pre-1972 Sound Recordings?, 58 IDEA: J. FRANKLIN PIERCE CTR. FOR INTELL. PROP. 267 (2018).

Professor Michael Flynn
Was quoted in the May 3, 2018 issue of the Florida Bulldog regarding a Miami, Florida judge sealing a case in which the State dropped a child sex abuse charge. Flynn responded to a reporter’s inquiry concerning the unauthorized identification and publication of information identifying the victim or alleged victim of sexual abuse.

Was interviewed by WPLG ABC Local 10’s Layron Livingston in June 2018 concerning driving range golf balls that pose a danger to drivers and pedestrians.

Was quoted in the May 3, 2018 issue of the Florida Bulldog regarding a Miami, Florida judge sealing a case in which the State dropped a child sex abuse charge. Flynn responded to a reporter’s inquiry concerning the unauthorized identification and publication of information identifying the victim or alleged victim of sexual abuse.

Was interviewed by WPLG ABC Local 10’s Layron Livingston in June 2018 concerning driving range golf balls that pose a danger to drivers and pedestrians.

Was interviewed by ABC Local 10 News, Layron Livingston in July regarding a rental car accident dispute and again in August 2018 concerning FDOT liability for pot hole damage to vehicles.

Professor Amanda Foster
Was the Moderator for the 2018 SEALS presentation What Does “Good Teaching” Mean in Different Teaching Contexts?

Dean and Professor Jon Garon
Presented “A Transnational Business Model to Improve Human Rights, Speech, and Security on the Internet,” at the Cyber Challenges to International Human Rights Conference cosponsored by The CyberLaw Program, International Cybersecurity Research Center, Hebrew University and the Cyber, Law and Policy Center, University of Haifa, in December 2017.

Presented “Kickstarted Fan Art: Corporate Forbearance and Fourth Factor for Copyright Fair Use” at the Association of American Law Schools Art Law Section on Pop Culture and Fan Art, in January 2018.

Had accepted for publication Cyber-World War III: Origins, 7 J. L. & Cyber Warfare __ (2018) (forthcoming).

Had accepted for publication Ownership of University Intellectual Property, 36 Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J. __ (2018) (forthcoming).

Presented “Reflections on Teaching Innovations,” at Taking Legal Education Online: A Conference for Deans and Associate Deans, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School (June 2018)

Published his most recent book, THE ENTREPRENEUR’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & BUSINESS HANDBOOK (Manegiare Publications, August 2018) (First edition: OWN IT – THE LAW & BUSINESS GUIDE TO LAUNCHING A NEW BUSINESS THROUGH INNOVATION, EXCLUSIVITY AND RELEVANCE (Carolina Academic Press, September 2007)) (forthcoming).

Published his most recent law review article, Ownership of University Intellectual Property, 36 CARDOZO ARTS & ENT. L.J. 635 (2018).

Gave the following presentations or participated in discussion groups:

• Speaker, Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Boot Camp (August 2018),
• Speaker, "Fake News" in a Digital Era, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (August 2018),
• Moderator, Blockchain Technology and the Law, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (August 2018),
• Discussant, Discussion Group: Legal Education and Debate in Politically Charged Times, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (August 2018),
• Discussant, Discussion Group: The Role of the Law School Dean in Promoting Legal Writing, Southeastern Association of Law Schools (August 2018),
• Teaching Entrepreneurship to the Next Generation, NSU Global Consortium for International Legal Education (July 2018),
• Presenter, How to Build a Fictional World: Legal and Business Aspects of Pop Culture and Creative Industries, Florida Supercon (July 2018), and
• Presenter, Reflections on Teaching Innovations, Taking Legal Education Online: A Conference for Deans and Associate Deans, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School (June 2018).

Presented “Managing Change from the Middle by Leaning into an Unknown Future” at the Leadership in Higher Education Conference on October 26, 2018, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His talk focused on how university leaders can respond to the disruptive changes impacting higher education.

Professor Richard Grosso
Was the keynote speaker for Managing South Florida’s Growth – Using Smart Growth Principles to Transform and Connect Our Communities: Lessons from the Past for a Sustainable Future. The February 22, 2018 event was sponsored by the Smart Growth Partnership.

Spoke on two panels at the 33rd Annual Everglades Coalition Conference on January 12-13, 2018. Panels were: Power of Grassroots to Influence Growth Decision Makers, and Florida Policy on Water, Growth, and Conservation Funding.

Quoted in the January 10, 2018 South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial article “Put Florida’s environment, elections fate in voters’ hands,” relative to a proposal before Florida’s Constitutional Revision Commission.

Presented Planning, Permitting and Property Rights: Regulating for Resilience at the 19th Annual Northeast Florida Environmental Summit at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville on March 2, 2018.

Serving on the Broward County Planning Council and the Miami Dade County Urban Expansion Area Task Force.

Planning the NSU Law Environmental Earth Day Symposium and CLE, scheduled for April 20, 2018.

Was quoted in the May 15, 2018 issue of the Sun Sentinel. Professor Grosso is involved in the preservation of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, protecting the area from development.

Provided a guest op/ed published in the May 30, 2018 issues of the Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel titled "Rising Sea Demands That South Florida do More to Address the Threat."

Published in the June 18, 2018 issue of the Miami Herald, "Expanding 836 Highway Would be a Big—and Destructive—Step Backward."

Was interviewed in June 2018 by NPR Radio affiliate WLRN concerning Everglades restoration and expansion of State Road 836. 

Was quoted in the May 15, 2018 issue of the Sun Sentinel. Professor Grosso is involved in the preservation of the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, protecting the area from development.

Provided a guest op/ed published in the May 30, 2018 issues of the Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel titled "Rising Sea Demands That South Florida do More to Address the Threat."

Published in the June 18, 2018 issue of the Miami Herald, "Expanding 836 Highway Would be a Big—and Destructive—Step Backward."

Was interviewed in June 2018 by NPR Radio affiliate WLRN concerning Everglades restoration and expansion of State Road 836. 

Was interviewed on October 31, 2018, by NBC 6 Steve Litz regarding Florida’s Amendment 9 on Offshore Drilling.

Was quoted in Bloomberg News on October 29, 2018, in an article entitled “Florida’s Algae Blame Sticks to ‘Red-Tide Rick’ in Senate Race.”

Professor Areto Imoukhuede
Co-Authored with Professor James Wilets, A Critique of the Uniquely Adversarial Nature of the U.S. Legal, Economic and Political System and its Implications for Reinforcing Existing Power Hierarchies, which has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change, 20 U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 341 (2017).

Presented The Fundamental Right to Public Education and the School to Prison Pipeline at the Government Law Review Symposium, Cracks in the U.S. Constitution: Broken Windows Policing and the Criminalization of Children program at Albany Law School on March 8, 2018.

Appeared on WPBT’s YOUR SOUTH FLORIDA on March 3 and 4, 2018. Professor Imoukhuede discussed the impact of policy changes and how they play into the larger conversation of gun violence in America.

Presented Implementing a Right to Public Education in July 2018 at a workshop, hosted by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Was lead commentary presenter at the July 2018 UCLA-hosted workshop, regarding Professor Darin Johnson’s work in progress, Russian Election Interference, Race, and U.S. National Security.

Presented Liberal Equality and the Rebirth of Separate But Equal and chaired a panel of law, psychology, and political science scholars titled Grappling with Discrimination at the June 2018 Law and Society Association annual meeting in Toronto, Canada.

Presented his research “New Scrutiny for the Right to Public Education” and participated as a panelist in the University of Arkansas Law Review Symposium, Hiding in Plain Sight: What Education Reform Needs on November 2, 2018 in Fayetteville, AR.

Presented his research “College Admissions and Supremacist Attitudes” and participated as a panelist at the Ninth Annual Loyola Constitutional Law Colloquium on November 3, 2018 in Chicago, IL.

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
Co-authored, Law and Holocaust: U.S. Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press, 2017) (with Teacher’s Manual). 

Published, The Sailor, the Prostitute, the Pimp, and the Judge: Chasing Down the Loose Ends of Koistinen v. American Export Lines, Inc., 48 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 243 (2017).

Published Can the Federal Government Force States to Ban Sports Betting?, 45 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 72 (2017) (previewing Christie v. NCAA). 

Appeared on the radio program First News with Jimmy Cefalo (WIOD 610AM) (12/6) to discuss Christie v. NCAA. | Press Release

Published Law Professors as Plaintiffs in the March 2018 issue of The Albany Law Review. The article was cited by Paul Caron in the TaxProf blog on March 5, 2018.

Edited and contributed to Florida’s Other Courts: Unconventional Justice in the Sunshine State (University Press of Florida 2018), which received a profile in the January 31, 2107, Seminole Tribune.

Published a book review of The Rooster Bar by John Grisham in the Florida Bar Journal, at 92 Fla. B.J. 60 (April 2018).

Accepted an offer to publish Slave Gambling in the Antebellum South in Volume 14 of the Florida A&M University Law Review and The Maritime Origins of Sherlock Holmes in Volume 49 of the Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce.

Was quoted by Gambling Compliance, Miami New Times, Sun-Sentinel and the Florida Bulldog during January, February and March 2018.

Was quoted in the May 17, 2018 issue of the Virginia Pilot concerning Nikolas Cruz the alleged gunman charged with the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Was interviewed by both the Sun Sentinel and WIOD to discuss The Supreme Court striking down the federal ban on sports betting, including next steps and the future of sports betting in Florida.

Published The Maritime Origins of Sherlock Holmes, 49 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 105 (2018).

Was quoted by PolitiFact Florida, Gambling Compliance, Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post during April and May 2018 on subjects covering gun law, gambling in Florida, law firm and mayoral legal issues.

Was interviewed by the South Florida Business Journal in July 2018 concerning the approval of summer jai alai at a downtown Miami site.

Was quoted in the May 17, 2018 issue of the Virginia Pilot concerning Nikolas Cruz the alleged gunman charged with the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting.

Was interviewed by both the Sun Sentinel and WIOD to discuss The Supreme Court striking down the federal ban on sports betting, including next steps and the future of sports betting in Florida.

Published The Maritime Origins of Sherlock Holmes, 49 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 105 (2018).

Was quoted by PolitiFact Florida, Gambling Compliance, Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post during April and May 2018 on subjects covering gun law, gambling in Florida, law firm and mayoral legal issues.

Was interviewed by the South Florida Business Journal in July 2018 concerning the approval of summer jai alai at a downtown Miami site.

Associate Dean of International Programs and Associate Professor of Law Shahabudeen Khan
Hosted over 50 attendees and presenters and presented at the 2018 International Faculty Training Conference held at NSU Law.

Was a presenter at 2018 SEALS conference on the Immigration in the Trump Administration.

Was interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times on July 24, 2018, concerning the Florida “stand your ground” law as it relates to an incident in Orlando, Florida.

Quoted in the August 30, 2018, Tallahassee Democrat newspaper concerning election law, specifically on Andrew Gillum’s posting of a photo of himself voting in the August 2018 primary election.

Published Control the Casinos and Stop the Dogs: Florida’s 2018 Proposed Constitutional Amendments, 22 GAMING L. REV. 393 (2018).

Published Boats and Divorce, 49 J. MAR. & COM. 319 (2018) (co-authored with Professor Phyllis Coleman).

Was quoted in Gambling Compliance on September 6, 2018 concerning Amendment 3.

Was quoted in the Palm Beach Post on September 23 and September 30, 2018, concerning an ethics investigation into former Palm Beach County judge Martin Colin and an article about Governor Rick Scott’s stock portfolio, respectively.

Director of the Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic Steven Kass
Presented Business Models—Legal Structures, Ownership Models, and Tax Implications at the August 2018 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Boot Camp along with Professor Donna Litman.

Associate Dean of International Programs Professor Shahabudeen Khan
Was interviewed by Channel 7 News, WSVN, concerning a criminal case against a defendant who shot two dogs.

Hosted over 50 attendees and presenters and presented at the 2018 International Faculty Training Conference held at NSU Law.

Was interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times on July 24, 2018, concerning the Florida “stand your ground” law as it relates to an incident in Orlando, Florida.

Professor Ishaq Kundawala
Presented Issues Arising in Physician Contracts to medical residents at the University of South Florida’s College of Medicine about issues arising in physician contracts during their Transition to Practice Lecture Series on August 2, 2018.

Was interviewed by ABC Local 10 News, Layron Livingston in July regarding a consignment shop in North Miami that suddenly closed.

Professor Camille Lamar
Presented with Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law Dean Olympia Duhart, in July at the 2018 Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her LWI presentations included: Narrative for Novices: Introducing Legal Storytelling Techniques to Today's Students.

Presented with Professor Heather Baxter, Critiquing Methods Roundtable on at Legal Writing Institute (LWI) Biennial Conference July 13, 2018.

Professor Donna Litman
Published the chapter Religious Courts in Florida’s Other Courts: Unconventional Justice in the Sunshine State (2018), edited by Professor Robert M. Jarvis.

Spoke at the May 3, 2018 NSU Alvin Sherman Library’s financial literacy program, Thinking Money. Her presentation was titled Making Sense of the New Tax Law. The NSU Library was one of 50 libraries in the country to receive a programming grant and exhibit from the American Library Association and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Presented Business Models—Legal Structures, Ownership Models, and Tax Implications at the August 2018 Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Boot Camp along with Steven Kass, Director of the Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic.

Professor James B. Levy
Participated in a panel discussion with Col. Linell Letendre, Dept. Head of the Law Department, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), and Maj. Aimee Haney, Director of Core Curriculum at USAFA. The panel discussed teaching character development in law school during the Rocky Mountain Legal Research and Writing Conference, held at Sturm College of Law, University of Denver, on March 23 to 24, 2018. Professor Levy was a visiting professor of law at USAFA during the 2016-17 academic year.

Presented “Know Your Rights” on the intellectual property rights relevant to visual artists to the A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida on April 13, 2018.

Professor Kenneth Lewis, Jr.
Will present with NSU Lifelong Learning Institute in January 2018 in Tamarac, FL and March 2018 in Davie, FL.

Will present at the Broward County Libraries in February 2018.

Published The Namibian Holocaust: Genocide Ignored, History Repeated, Yet Reparations Denied, with the University of Florida’s, Florida Journal of International Law in November 2017.

Published Peace in Israel and Palestine: Moving from Conversation to Implementation of a Two-State Solution, 24 SW. J. INT’L L. 251 (2018).

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact & Professor Elena Marty-Nelson
Published the following:
EMPOWERING NEGOTIATORS—SUCCESSFULLY BARGAINING SALARY OFFERS, PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS, AND OTHER STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS USING THE TABLE METHOD (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming Jan. 2019) (co-authored with Lynn A. Epstein)

Via v. Putnam—Rewritten Opinion, in FEMINIST JUDGMENTS: REWRITTEN TRUSTS & ESTATE OPINIONS (Deborah S. Gordon, Browne C. Lewis & Carla Spivak eds., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2019).
Edited FEDERAL INCOME TAX REFERENCE CHART (BarCharts 2018).

Professor Michael Masinter
Presented Eleventh Circuit Update at a CLE program for the ACLU Lawyers’ Conference on Friday, September 7. This presentation and accompanying written materials cover all published civil rights and civil liberties decisions from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since August 1, 2017 through the date of the presentation.

Professor Jani Maurer
Presented at the Legal Writing Institute in December 2017 held at NSU Law. Professor Maurer presented on how to incorporate current events into a Legal Research and Writing course to increase student engagement.

Professor Jani Maurer
Published Relinquishment of Prior Residence for State Income Tax Purposes: Wishing to Change Residence does not make it so in the University of Miami Business Law Review, Volume 26, Issue 3 of the (Spring 2018) edition.

Assistant Dean and Professor of Practice Chance Meyer
Accepted an offer to publish his article Death Penalty “Trump Effect” in the Law Journal for Social Justice at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.

Was quoted by the Florida Supreme Court in its April 5, 2018 opinion in Reynolds v. State.

Published his article Death Penalty “Trump Effect”, in the Law Journal for Social Justice, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, at 9 Law. J. Soc. Just. 65 (2018).

Was invited to participate in The Stakeholders Workshop on Law Student Professionalism – sponsored by the Florida Bar Professionalism Committee in Tampa, FL on October 19, 2018.

Professor of Practice Elena Minicucci
Was appointed to serve a 3-year term as a member of the Board of Directors for Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., commencing July 1, 2018. Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., is a non-profit corporation. Formed in 1986 when the Florida Supreme Court mandated the creation of a program to assist lawyers who suffer from substance abuse, mental health or other disorders that negatively affect their lives and careers, FLA also assists judges and law students who face similar challenges. Professor Minicucci teaches 1L students in the Academic Success and Professionalism Program and also teaches other upper level courses at NSU Law. She formerly served as Director of Alumni Relations for NSU Law from 2011-2016 and practiced law in South Florida since 1996.

Was appointed to serve a 3-year term as a member of the Board of Directors for Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., commencing July 1, 2018. Florida Lawyers Assistance, Inc., is a non-profit corporation.

Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Published an opinion piece in The Hill titled “The New Tax Law is Welfare for the Wealthy.”

Accepted an invitation to write a second edition of his 2010 book, Fundamentals of Municipal Finance, for the American Bar Association.

Accepted an invitation to serve as a member of the Executive Committee of the Section on Natural Resources Law of the AALS.

Participated in two roundtable national scholars’ discussions at a scholars’ meeting of the Center for Progressive Reform at the University of San Diego School of Law. The discussion topics included, “Integrating Social Equity into Environmental Protection” and “The Future of U.S. Energy Regulation.”

Was consulted by the Wilmington Star News regarding emissions of toxic air pollutants from a chemical manufacturing plant outside Wilmington, North Carolina.

Was consulted by the Bloomberg News Service regarding an unprecedented Consent Decree entered into by the Trump/Pruitt EPA and an energy company. That agreement allows the company to deduct from its federal taxes, as “ordinary and necessary” business expenses, all of the money it will spend to correct its environmental law violations.

Published Hitting Rock Bottom: The Decline of EPA Enforcement Under Pruitt and Trump, in the Washington, D.C. publication The Hill.

Peer reviewed “Executive Principals and Environmental Enforcement: Examining the ‘Rick Scott Effect’ in the U.S. State of Florida,” for the Review of Policy Research.

Was quoted in the April 3, 2018 Energywire article about the penalty imposed on Enbridge for the 2010 Kalamazoo River pipeline spill and the resulting tension between EPA and PHMSA.

Accepted an offer to publish The President's 'Two for One' Executive Order and the Interpretation Mandate of the National Environmental Policy Act: A Legal Constraint on Presidential Power in the Fall 2018 issue of the University of Missouri Kansas City Law Review.

Was a discussant on the 2018 SEALS Newer Law Teachers workshop Discussion Group Scholarship Fundamentals - Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar, Teaching Fundamentals II - Challenges Teachers Face in the Digital Era and Complying with the New ABA Standards on Assessment and Feedback.

Attended and participated in the following meetings: Board of Everglades Law Center meeting; Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) in Washington, D.C.; 2018 American Law Institute in Washington, D.C.

Submitted annual update to State and Local Government Environmental Liability (West Publishing, 1994), to be published in fall 2018.

Was interviewed by NPR Marketplace for a podcast on the 1981-83 EPA, headed by Anne Gorsuch.

Authored blog articles the National Environmental Protection Act and the Superfund statute for a CPR project on Disasters and Environmental Law, to be published in fall 2018.

Co-wrote the report "EPA Tools, Projects, Culture and Resources" based on focus groups project from The Future of EPA, co-sponsored by the EPA Alumni Association and American University.

Published the following opinions: Kavanaugh May Limit Environmental Protections if Confirmed to the Supreme Court, Sun Sentinel, July 24, 2018; New EPA Administrator, Same Menace to the Environment, Miami Herald, July 30, 2018; Proposed Rollbacks in Vehicle Emission Limits Pose Serious Environmental Threat, The Hill, August 8, 2018.

Published an opinion piece in The Revelator regarding a Trump administration proposal to replace the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan to redress climate change.

Published a blog piece on the Center for Progressive Reform website on the potential role of the National Environmental Policy Act in preventing and responding to disasters.

Was quoted in an article in Greenwire with respect to the Trump EPA’s Smart Sectors Program.

Reviewed a book proposal regarding the nature and history of opposition to health, safety, and environmental regulation for Yale University Press;

Reviewed a law review article regarding Florida’s approach to environmental regulation of gun ranges written by a candidate for faculty tenure at Barry University Law School;

Posted a blog article on the website of the Center for Progressive Reform entitled “Justice Delayed: Mercedes-Benz’s Diesel Pollution Remains Unprosecuted;”

Attended and participated in a three-day meeting, in Aberdeen, Maryland, of the Standing Committee on Chemical Demilitarization of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The Honorable Frank Orlando, Ret. Director of the Center for the Study of Youth Policy 
Attended and participated in the Aspen Institute Non-Partisan Forum for Value Based Leadership and Exchange of Ideas in Aspen, Colorado in August 2018. Speakers and discussion leaders included former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, Evan Thomas with The New York Times and biographer for The Honorable Sandra Day O’Conner, and Michael Steele former Chair of the Republican Party.

Was granted membership in the University of Florida President’s Council, by President W. Kent Fuchs, in recognition of his commitment to raising the University’s level of teaching and research.

Assistant Director of Operations and Collections Beth Parker
Received a grant to attend the International Association of Law Libraries annual course “Law in Luxembourg – where local tradition meets European and international innovation” in October 2018.

Received a grant to attend the International Association of Law Libraries annual course “Law in Luxembourg – where local tradition meets European and international innovation” in October 2018. 

Was a Discussant for the 2018 SEALS Newer Law Teacher Workshop Discussion Group Complying with the New ABA Standards on Assessment and Feedback.

Professor Roma Perez
Was a Discussant for the 2018 SEALS Writing Connections Workshop Discussion Group Promoting Inclusion and Equity: Connecting Disciplines, Legal Education, and the Legal Profession.

Senior Associate Director and Adjunct Professor of Law Becka Rich
Was profiled by the American Association of Law Libraries Computing Services Special Interest Section on March 1, 2018.

Professor Emerita Gail Richmond
Taught Federal Income Taxation at Stetson University College of Law during the Spring 2018 term.

Co-Published with Russell L. Weaver The Southeastern Association of Law Schools: A Thematic History, 86 UMKC L. REV. 599 (2018). This article is part of a 14-article symposium commemorating SEALS’s 70th year.

Published the chapter Researching a Federal Tax Issue in Effectively Representing your Client Before the IRS (ABA Section of Taxation, 7th ed. 2018).

Co-Published with Kevin M. Yamato Federal Tax Research: Guide to Materials and Techniques, Foundation Press, 10th ed. 2018.

Co-Published with Reginald Mombrun and Felicia Branch Mastering Corporate Tax (Carolina Academic Press, 2d ed. 2017).

Serves as the Secretary/Corporate Compliance Officer and as a member of the Program Formatting Committee for the Southeastern Association of Law School, Inc.

Professor Emeritus Marc Rohr
Was awarded the 2018 Profile in Courage from the Broward Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, in recognition of his outstanding protection of the First Amendment.

Was awarded the 2018 Profile in Courage from the Broward Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, in recognition of his outstanding protection of the First Amendment.

Professor Emeritus Michael Rooke-Ley
Published Creating Tailwinds in America's Heartland (2018).

Karen Rose Director of Alumni Relations
Began her role as Director of Alumni Relations at NSU Law in late March, 2018. As director, she is responsible for developing and managing a comprehensive alumni relations program which includes guidance to the Alumni Chapters; management of student/alumni mentoring programs, and Continuing Legal Education programs. In addition, she oversees student/alumni reunions and events while maintaining consistent outreach to alumni. Karen has been with NSU law for almost 10 years. Prior to accepting this latest position, Karen worked as an Administrator in the NSU Law Faculty Support Department, as Administrative Assistant to the Dean of the NSU Law Library, and also as the Serials and Bindery Manager in NSU’s Law Library. Karen is an alumna of NSU and brings with her a positive outlook, innovative ideas, and a determined team spirit. Welcome, Karen!

Professor John Sanchez
Updated his treatise, with Robert D. Klausner, State and Local Government Employment Liability (Clark Boardman Callaghan, 2017) in December 2017.

Article A Survey of Physician Non-Compete Agreements in Employment Under Florida Law, 35 Nova L. Rev. 64 (2010) was cited in the March 2018 Florida Bar Journal article Healers Barred from Healing: Physician Noncompete Agreements, Amy D. Ronner. Vol. 92, No. 3.

Published Contempt Fines and the Eleventh Amendment, 9 ConLawNOW 279 (2018).

Professor Florence Shu-Acquaye
Published a law review article, The African Court & Human Rights: What Lies Ahead For the Merged Court, Howard Human & Civil Rights Law Review, V.2 No.1 (2018).

Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs, Susan H. Stephan
Presented “Trust-Related Privacy Factors in E-Learning Environments” and “Embracing Engagement through Technology in Online Graduate Education” at the Florida Distance Learning Association annual conference in Altamonte Springs on January 16 and 17, 2018. She also accepted an offer of publication for her article, “Embracing Engagement through Technology in Online Graduate Education” in the Distance Learning Journal, to appear in print in Volume 14, Issue 3 (2018).

Accepted an offer to publish her article, Trust-Related Privacy Factors in E-Learning Environments, in Volume 14, Issue 4, of the Distance Learning journal.

Presented on the marketing of online programs at the Legal Master’s Programs Annual Conference at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in Sacramento, CA, on March 23, 2018.

Presented Community in the Classroom: Embracing Engagement through Technology in Legal Education for “Generation Z” Students at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Presented Community in the Classroom: Embracing Engagement through Technology in Legal Education for “Generation Z” Students at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Presented Community in the Classroom: Embracing Engagement through Technology in Legal Education for “Generation Z” Students at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Associate Dean of Students & Professor Michele Struffolino
Presented Advising Post-Millennials at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Presented Advising Post-Millennials at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Was invited to participate in the Stakeholders Workshop on Law Student Professionalism sponsored by the Florida Bar Professionalism Committee at the Fall Meeting of the Florida Bar in Tampa, Florida on Friday, October 19, 2018.

Director Dispute Resolution Clinic and Professor Fran Tetunic
Spoke at the National Association of Social Workers-Florida (co-presentation) on Eldercaring Coordination: A Valuable Tool for Social Workers in High Conflict Cases in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in June 2018.

Presented “Eldercaring Coordination in the United States” at the American Bar Association National Aging and Law Conference plenary session on participatory justice in Alexandria, VA. on October 25, 2018.

Spoke to the Broward County Lawyers Association on October 30, 2018, as part of a panel discussion on Eldercaring coordination in Florida.

Professor Marilyn Uzdavines
Led the team of students, faculty and alumni from NSU Law to participate in the Interprofessional Education Day at NSU’s Health Professions Division on March 19, 2018. The event drew together nearly 1,000 students from dentistry, nursing, law, occupational therapy, optometry, osteopathic medicine, the physician assistant program, pharmacy, physical therapy, and speech language pathology. NSU Law faculty members participating in IPE Day this year included Professor Florence Shu-Acquaye, Professor Kathy Cerminara, Professor Leslie Cooney, Professor Michael Flynn, and Professor Amanda Foster. In addition, Professor Fran Tetunic and Clinic Staff Attorney Jayme Cassidy along with Adjunct Professor Gerald Morris (JD 1977) were involved in the planning.

Spoke on June 9, 2018 at the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2018 Health Law Professors Conference, held at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She was on a panel titled, Disability, Diversity, and Decisions across the Lifespan.

Spoke on August 5, 2018 at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Conference as part of a Discussion Group titled Teaching Health Law Overseas. Professor Uzdavines also moderated a panel at the Southeastern Association of Law Schools conference on August 10, 2018, titled Legal Issues in Healthcare Discrimination.

Spoke on August 7, 2018 at the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine at Nova Southeastern University. She was part of a teaching session titled Professional Experiences in Interprofessional Collaboration. This teaching session was part of the orientation for the inaugural class of the University’s new M.D. program.

Was invited to be on a health law faculty committee that will assist in reviewing the competition problem and rules for the 2019 L. Edward Bryant, Jr. National Health Law Transactional Moot Court Competition. The competition will take place in March 2019 at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor Debra Vollweiler
Published “They’re Digging in the Wrong Place:” How Learning Outcomes can Improve Bar Exams and Ensure Practice Ready Attorneys in the January 2018 issue of the Elon Law Review.

Presented Curriculum Building & Measuring Learning Outcomes at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Presented Curriculum Building & Measuring Learning Outcomes at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Was a discussant in the 2018 SEALS conference as a

• Workshop Legal Education Discussion Group Strategies for Bar Preparation and Success,
• Newer Law Teachers Workshop Discussion Group Scholarship Fundamentals – Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar
• New Law Professor Mentoring Program Job Talk Feedback.

Was invited to participate in the Stakeholders Workshop on Law Student Professionalism sponsored by the Florida Bar Professionalism Committee at the Fall Meeting of the Florida Bar in Tampa, Florida on Friday, October 19, 2018.

Professor Kathryn Webber Nuñez
Article Toxic Cultures Require a Stronger Cure: The Lessons of Fox News for Reforming Sexual Harassment Law will be included in the 2018 Edition of Women and the Law.

Was a moderator with Professor Michael Dale and attorney James Zloch for group exercises at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Was a moderator with Professor Michael Dale and attorney James Zloch for group exercises at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

Was a Discussant on the 2018 SEALS Newer Law Teachers Workshop Discussion Group Scholarship Fundamentals – Becoming a Productive and Fulfilled Scholar.

Was a 2018 SEALS Mentor on the New Scholars Workshop Employment Law and Employment Discrimination.

Professor James Wilets
Co-Authored with Professor Areto Imoukhuede, A Critique of the Uniquely Adversarial Nature of the U.S. Legal, Economic and Political System and its Implications for Reinforcing Existing Power Hierarchies, which has been published by the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law and Social Change, 20 U. Pa. J.L. & Soc. Change 341 (2017).

Was interviewed on October 30, 2018, by NBC 6 Ari Odzer regarding President Trump’s statement that he would use an Executive Order to end the 14th Amendment’s provision of citizenship by birth in the United States.

Professor Timothy L. Arcaro
Presented on Evidence Pitfalls in family litigation, at the 2017 Raising the Bar Seminar, presented by the Broward County Bar Association Family Law Section, on April 28, 2017.

Updated chapters for Adoption, Paternity & Other Florida Family Law Practices (12th Edition), published by the CLE division of the Florida Bar.

Provided expert testimony in two cases of the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

Contributed the article Should Family Pets Receive Special Consideration in Divorce, featured in The Florida Bar Journal, at 91-JUN Fla. B.J. 22 (2017).

Professor Heather Baxter 
Presented with Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development and Professor Olympia Duhart “Grit in the LRW Classroom: Practices that Promote Passion and Perseverance” at the 2017 Biennial Conference of the Association of Legal Writing Directors, held at the University of Minnesota Law School on July 19, 2017.

Was a panelist on “Using Technology to Entice Students and Enhance Teaching” at the 2017 Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) conference in Boca Raton, where she demonstrated how to use the computer program Annotate PRO to help grade memos and papers.

Organized and led an experiential learning event with Professor Chaney and Professor Uzdavines for NSU undergraduates on Saturday, October 21, as part of the NSU ExEL program. Fourteen NSU freshman participated in a short appellate argument on a health law issue. Current NSU Law Moot Court and NTA members served as mentors to the freshman participants, and the program received excellent reviews from all students involved.

Professor Tim Canova
Published an op-ed, Help us stop the Sabal Trail Pipeline, in the Miami Herald.

Posted The New Global Dis/Order in Central Banking and Public Finance, originally published in the Research Handbook on Political Economy and Law, edited by Ugo Mattei and John D. Haskell (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 2015).

Posted a book chapter titled The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and Public Finance, published in When Government Helped: Learning from the Successes and Failures of the New Deal (Oxford University Press, 2014).  

Was a speaker at the LatCrit XXI Biennial Conference in Orlando on September 29, 2017. He spoke on a plenary panel on outsider jurisprudence and progressive formations, along with Maria Rodriguez, Executive Director of the Florida Immigrant Coalition; Stephanie Owens, Executive Director of Florida League of Women Voters; and Aramis Ayala, State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida.

Veterans Law Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy
Joined the Board of Florida Justice Technology Center, a nonprofit organization that increases access to civil justice in Florida.

With NITA Instructor and attorney Jim Zloch on using the NITA Model to teach millennials at the NSU Law International Consortium for Global Legal Education’s 2017 Faculty Training Workshop on July 27, 2017. Professor Dale also served as an instructor on “Advocacy In Immigration Asylum Matters for Children” at a NITA/ABA co-sponsored trial skills training program, held in Houston, Texas, August 1-5, 2017.

Will be a panelist for the Office of Public and Professional Guardians first annual state wide training symposium hosted by the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court on September 26 and 27, 2017. NSU Law students in the Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) and Veterans Law Clinic (VLC) clinics have been invited to attend the training symposium and interact with legal professionals from the Department of Elder Affairs, Department of Public and Professional Guardians, Department of Children and Families (DCF), State Attorney’s Office, and Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). This event will afford the students both a valuable educational experience as well as a fabulous networking opportunity.

Taught at the National Institute For Trial Advocacy Southern Poverty Law Center trial skills program, held in Montgomery, Alabama, November 29 to December 1, 2017.

Professor Kathy Cerminara 
Accepted an offer of publication for their article with Barbara Noah, Removing Obstacles to a Peaceful Death, in The Elder Law Journal, to appear in print in early 2018.

Accepted an offer to publish her article Rip Currents: Rough Water for End of Life Decision Making in The Journal of Health Care Law & Policy, at Vol. 20, Issue 2.

Published an article Whose Freedom? Teaching The Contraceptive Coverage Cases as a Bridge from Policy to Bioethics, in the Teaching health Law issue of the Saint Louis University Law Journal, at 61 St. Louis U. L.J. 529 (2017).

Was honored with the Wexler/Winick Distinguished Service Award by the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence at the International Congress on Law and Mental Health (ICLMH) in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 11, 2017.

Professor Cerminara presented on Advance Directive Statutes: A Therapeutic Approach for Patients With Disorders of Consciousness at the ICLMH on July 12, 2017.

Was the moderator in the “Becoming a Productive Scholar” workshop and mentor to Professor Chris Ogolla with the Savannah Law School new scholars workshop at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Was part of a research team at the NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine, which presented the following four posters.

• Improving End-of-Life Care for Minorities in South Florida: Knowledge, Choices, and Policies, presented at the World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics in October 2017.
• Understanding End of Life Choices in the Aging Minority Population of South Florida: Policy Implications, presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November 2017.
• Legal and Policy Implications of Physicians Counseling Minority Patients Regarding Their End-of-Life Care Choices, presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November 2017.
• Knowledge and Preferences of End of Life Choices of Hispanics in South Florida: Informing Policy and Future Directions in End of Life Care, presented at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association in November 2017.

Professor Phyllis Coleman
Published Florida Family Law: Text and Commentary (Carolina Academic Press), in November 2017.

Professor Megan Chaney
Was a panelist on the “Law and Humanities in the New Law School Reality” workshop at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Organized and led an experiential learning event with Professor Baxter and Professor Uzdavines for NSU undergraduates on Saturday, October 21, as part of the NSU ExEL program. Fourteen NSU freshman participated in a short appellate argument on a health law issue. Current NSU Law Moot Court and NTA members served as mentors to the freshman participants, and the program received excellent reviews from all students involved.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Debra Moss Curtis
Presented as part of a panel on Professional Identity Formation in Legal Education at the American Bar Association’s 43rd National Conference on Professional Responsibility, on June 1, 2017.

Was the moderator in the “The Bar Exam’s Impact on Legal Education Curriculum” workshop at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Dean Debra Moss Curtis earned the NSU Professor of the Year Faculty Advisory Council Award for the College of Law, given out by the President and Provost at the October 2017 faculty reception at the Sherman Library.

Professor Michael Dale 
Co-wrote a blog piece with research and teaching assistant Federica Turetta, Handing Narrative Evidence at Trial: Not an Easy Task which was published on the National Institute of Trial Advocacy website on April 19, 2017.

Presented “Developing deposition skills in one hour—using the National Institute for Trial Advocacy method” to the Broward Public Defender’s Office on July 26, 2017. Professor Dale served as an instructor with Professor Kathleen Webber Nuñez

Blogged about the July 2017 International Consortium for Global Legal Education in the Legal Advocate, sponsored by NITA. http://blog.nita.org/2017/09/nita-faculty-facilitate-international-training-session-nova/

Will host the 25th Florida National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) deposition program on October 12 – 14, 2017 with Professor Michael Flynn. Also teaching in the program are Professor Kathryn Webber Nuñez, and Veterans Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy, attorney Richard Foster with Dario, Alabert, Metz & Eyerman, LLC and attorney and NSU Law alumnus Daniel Forrest, with the Law Office of Daniel E. Forrest, P.A.

Moderated a panel discussion at the Tower Club in Fort Lauderdale on Immigration: Transfusion of Talent, or Economic Burden, on November 2, 2017. Dean Jon Garon was one of the three panelists. He discussed economic implications of immigration in the United States.

Taught at the National Institute For Trial Advocacy (NITA) advanced trial skills program at the United States District Courthouse in Washington, D.C. November 7-12, 2017.

Served as program director for the 28th annual National Institute For Trial Advocacy Florida deposition program, held each year at the College of Law. Lawyers from Florida and around the country, including NSU law grads, took the course. Professor Kathleen Webber-Nuñez and Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy conducted lectures. Other faculty included attorney Richard Foster with Dario, Alabert, Metz & Eyerman, LLC, Lorena Mastrarrigo with the Broward County Public Defender’s Office, and NSU Law alumnus Daniel Forrest, with the Law Office of Daniel E. Forrest, P.A.

Was the lead teacher at the National Institute For Trial Advocacy Southern Poverty Law Center trial skills program, held in Montgomery, Alabama, November 29 to December 1, 2017.

Lead two half-day trial skills trainings in NSU Law’s large courtroom for the eight-member mock trial team from the Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 6 and 7, 2017.

Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development and Professor Olympia Duhart
Published the online article Why more hospitals should prioritize Cultural Competency in the Harvard Business Review, on May 26, 2017. 

Presented with Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs and Adjunct Professor Susan Stephan on “Best Practices for Active Teaching and Effective Feedback” at NSU Law’s Adjunct Faculty Training, held August 17, 2017.

Presented with Professor Heather Baxter, “Grit in the LRW Classroom: Practices that Promote Passion and Perseverance” at the 2017 Biennial Conference of the Association of Legal Writing Directors, held at the University of Minnesota Law School on July 19, 2017.

Co-organized a community forum at the College of Law, Hate Speech and Our Community Response with Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact and Professor Elena Marty-Nelson. The forum was held August, 31, 2017, in the Panza Maurer Law Library. The forum addressed the events of Charlottesville, Virginia. The forum united school leaders, law students, and experts to discuss the importance of identifying and confronting racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, and hatred. Prof. Duhart moderated the panel on the legal and historical context for the events. Professor Marty-Nelson moderated the panel exploring methods of effective community response. More than 150 people attended the event. The event was co-hosted by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Was a speaker on the “Character in the Classroom” panel, “Teaching Fundamentals II – Classroom Teaching” panel, “Applying Design Thinking Innovation to Legal Education” panel, and “Pursuing Full Citizenship in the Legal Academy” workshop and moderator for the “Methods of Formative and Summative Assessment” workshop at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Presented at Tulane University Law School during the ClassCrits X Conference on November 10, 2017. Her talk was entitled, “Soldier Suicides and OutCrit Jurisprudence: An Anti-Subordination Analysis.”

Associate Director of Career and Professional Development Cynthia H. Duval, J.D.
Presented on How to Interview for Success and Business Ethics to the Faith Center Women’s Ministry in Sunrise, Florida, on May 8, 2017.

Associate Dean for Library Services and Professor Vicenç Feliú
Accepted an offer to publication for his article, So Happy Together: Should the California Decision be a Basis to Recognize a Right of Public Performance in Pre-1972 Sound Recordings? with the Intellectual Property, Sports & Entertainment Law Forum at Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law and the Sports and Sports and Entertainment Journal at Denver University, Sturm College of Law.

Professor Michael Flynn
Will host the 25th Florida National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) deposition program on October 12 – 14, 2017 with Professor Michael Dale. Also teaching in the program are Professor Kathryn Webber Nuñez, and Veterans Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy, attorney Richard Foster with Dario, Alabert, Metz & Eyerman, LLC and attorney and NSU Law alumnus Daniel Forrest, with the Law Office of Daniel E. Forrest, P.A.

Was a panelist in the “Teaching Fundamentals II – Classroom Teaching” discussion group at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Served as program director for the 28th annual National Institute For Trial Advocacy Florida deposition program, held each year at the College of Law. Lawyers from Florida and around the country, including NSU law grads, took the course. Professor Kathleen Webber-Nuñez and Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy conducted lectures. Other faculty included attorney Richard Foster with Dario, Alabert, Metz & Eyerman, LLC, Lorena Mastrarrigo with the Broward County Public Defender’s Office, and NSU Law alumnus Daniel Forrest, with the Law Office of Daniel E. Forrest, P.A.

Dean Jon M. Garon
Participated in an interview for Minnesota's WCOO Radio with Jordana Green, regarding Matal v Tam. (The Slants trademark decision) on June 19, 2017.

Gave a presentation, The Role of the Florida Law Schools for Enhancing Inclusion, at the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Third Diversity Summit: Are We as Diverse as We Think?, on May 31, 2017.

Published an article, The Once and Future Profession: Autonomy, Intellectualism, and Obligation, in Toledo’s 14th Deans’ Leadership in Legal Education Symposium, at 48 U. Tol. L. Rev. 253 (2017).

Was a panelist on “Identity Theft, Economic Crimes and Electronic Fraud” at the Broward County Crime Commission’s Psychology of Cybercrime Conference, to be held in Deerfield Beach, Florida on September 14, 2017. The panel will be moderated by NSU Law alumnus Senior Judge Joel Lazarus (J.D. 1977).

Was a panelist in the “External Challenges Facing Law School Deans” and “Digital Pressures in the Intellectual Property Law” discussion groups at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Served as a panelist for the Broward County Crime Commission (September 2017), speaking on “Identity Theft, Economic Crimes, and Electronic Fraud” for the conference on the Psychology of Cybercrime.

Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus Joseph D. Harbaugh
with the Practising Law Institute, received the “Best Award” from the Association for Continuing Legal Education for the Interactive Learning Center’s “Mastering Negotiations: The Significance of Planning and Preparation.” The award was presented at the Association’s Annual Meeting, held in Montreal, Canada on August 1, 2017. | Read Full Article Here

Professor Areto Imoukhuede
with former NSU Law visiting professor Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich, presented and was a panelist at the Roma Tre University Law Department research discussion on “Gun Control and Gun Rights: Trans-Atlantic Views,” held in Rome, Italy on May 24, 2017. While on sabbatical this year, Professor Imoukhuede presented at the University of Miami, The John Marshal Law School, Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law, and many others.

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
Reviewed the book Baseball Meets the Law: A Chronology of Decisions, Statutes and Other Legal Events in The Florida Bar Journal, at Vol. 91, Issue 6.

Published a book review of Baseball Meets the Law: A Chronology of Decisions, Statutes and Other Legal Events, in the Florida Bar Journal, at 91-JUN Fla. B.J. 51 (2017).

Was quoted in the Palm Beach Post on March 12, 2017, in an article titled Why 30% of Florida's voting is ripe for fraud.

Was quoted in the Miami Herald article Legal ruling in: Facebook ‘friends’ aren’t necessarily real friends, on August 23, 2017.

Professor Shahabudeen Khan 
Discussed Florida’s Stand Your Ground law with Professor James Wilets on WPBT2’s YOUR SOUTH FLORIDA host Pam Giganti on July 7, 2017.

Published the featured article One Decade Later: Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law Alive and Well in the Intercultural Human Rights Law Review of St. Thomas University Law School, found at 12 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 115 (2017).

Professor James Levy
Was appointed Co-Editor in Chief for the Thomson Reuters publication Perspective: Teaching Legal Research and Writing.

Professor Kenneth L Lewis, Jr.
Accepted an offer of publication for his article, Peace In Israel and Palestine: Moving From Conversation to Implementation Of A Two-State Solution in the Southwestern University Journal of International Law.

Published his article, The Namibian Holocaust: Genocide Ignored, History Repeated, Yet Reparations Denied, in the University of Florida Journal of International Law in September 2017.

Has been asked to present on civil rights in America by the NSU Lifelong Learning Institute.

Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact and Professor of Law Elena Maria Marty-Nelson,
Was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) and began her term on June 3, 2017.

Co-organized a community forum at the College of Law, Hate Speech and Our Community Response with Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor Olympia Duhart. The forum was held August, 31, 2017, in the Panza Maurer Law Library. The forum addressed the events of Charlottesville, Virginia. The forum united school leaders, law students, and experts to discuss the importance of identifying and confronting racism, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, bigotry, and hatred. Prof. Duhart moderated the panel on the legal and historical context for the events. Professor Marty-Nelson moderated the panel exploring methods of effective community response. More than 150 people attended the event. The event was co-hosted by the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Professor Michael Masinter
Was featured as part of the Faculty Development Speaker Series Master Class Reflections on 39 Years, where he shared his experiences and achievements in a Q & A, on April 6, 2017.

Was recently honored and spoke at an event organized by his former clients and plaintiffs in a 1987 pro-bono class action against Palm Beach County for unlawful race discrimination in the hiring of applicants to its firefighter training program. Five of the clients, all having had successful careers as Palm Beach County firefighters as a result of the lawsuit and one of whom became a chief whose son recently joined the department, attended the event at the E. Pat Larkins Community Center in Pompano Beach. Prof. Masinter thanked them for the honor of representing them and reminded the roughly 150 audience members that, while he, as a civil rights attorney, had the means to unlock a door, it was the courage and persistence of the plaintiffs that enabled them to walk through and find success on the other side.

Was quoted in the Binghamton University newspaper Pipe Dream article “Emotional-support animals don’t belong on campuses.” Professor Masinter encourages schools to comply with the Fair Housing Act by allowing students with emotional or psychiatric disabilities to keep emotional support animals in campus housing, provided the students supply appropriate documentation of the need for an emotional support animal, and provided that the animal is a common domesticated species that does not pose a public health risk.

Instructor and Adjunct Professor Chance Meyer
Was quoted by the Naples Daily News in its article “Death row or not, Mesac Damas will not leave Florida prison alive” on October 27, 2017.

Professor Joel Mintz
Published an op-ed article Time for a change of course by Trump on climate in The Orlando Sentinel, on May 8, 2017.

Published an op-ed, How (if ever) can Democrats reoccupy the White House?, in the Sun Sentinel, on June 23, 2017.

Was quoted by North Carolina’s StarNews in its article CFPUA asks NC to bar GenX discharge on July 10, 2017.

Published a new casebook, A Practical Introduction to Environmental Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2017). The book, accompanied by an online Teacher’s Manual, was co-authored with a team of environmental law professors from around the country, recruited by Prof. Mintz. The book includes numerous practice-oriented problems, as well as chapters on environmental permitting, relevant administrative law, and recent amendments to the federal Toxic Substances Control Act that cannot be found in other Environmental Law texts.

Was a panelist in the “Teaching Environmental Law and Climate Change in the Post-Trump World” workshop, “Methods of Formative and Summative Assessment” workshop, Environmental Protection and the Green Economy” workshop, and “Applying Design Thinking Innovation to Legal Education” panel, and was a moderator in the “Early Trends and Prospects for Environmental Protection in the New Administration” panel at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Was quoted by the SunSentinel in its article “Schools blaming children for sexual abuse” on October 15, 2017.

Provided suggestions to two reporters for the Minneapolis Star Tribune as to how they should interpret data regarding the effectiveness of enforcement of environmental standards by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency against the taconite mining industry in Minnesota.

Was quoted for the fourth time in an ongoing series of articles in the Wilmington (North Carolina) Star News concerning lawsuits filed against Chemours, Inc. (a subsidiary of DuPont Chemical) to redress the company’s toxic chemical contamination of a local drinking water system.

Edited and posted an edition of the Newsletter of the Section on State and Local Government Law of the AALS for the 28th consecutive year, which included an original “editor’s note.”

Was invited to present a paper at an international conference on “Law, Regulation and Public Policy” that will be held in Singapore in June, 2018.

Published a blog piece titled “North Carolina v. Chemours: Early Reflections on an Ongoing State Environmental Enforcement Case,” on the Center for Progressive Reform blog.

Is among the top 10% of downloaded authors on the academic website SSRN.

Professor Emerita of Law Gail Richmond
Was a panelist in the “Buyouts and Retirements: What to Consider?” workshop at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Professor Marc Rohr
Wrote an article, First Amendment Fora Revisited: How Many Categories Are There?, featured in the Nova Law Review Symposium, at 41 Nova L. Rev. 221 (2017).

Professor John Sanchez
Presented “Contempt Fines and the Eleventh Amendment” and questioned other participants on their papers, at the November 10, 2017 Virtual Symposium on Constitutional Remedies. Papers from this event will be published online, available on Lexis-Nexis in 2018.

Professor Florence Shu-Acquaye
Her article, The African Court and Human Rights: What Lies Ahead for the Merged Court?, in the Howard Human and Civil Rights Law Review Journal was accepted for publication.

Published her article, The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: The Evolution of Whistleblower Protections, Employment Contracts and Mandatory Arbitration Agreements, in the DePaul University Business & Commercial Law Journal, at Vol. 15, Issue 2 (2017).

Published her article, The Ebola Virus Prevention and Human Rights Implications, as a lead article in the 12th Edition of the University of Massachusetts Law Review.

Was a guest speaker at St. Thomas University, Biscayne College Criminal Justice Program November 14, 2017 in Miami Gardens. Professor Shu-Acquaye spoke on “Policing, Courts, Corrections and Human Rights in Africa.”

Associate Dean of M.S. Online Programs Susan Stephan
Formerly Director of Development and Adjunct Professor of Law, has been appointed to her new role as Associate Dean of M.S. Online Programs, commencing on July 1, 2017.

Presented with Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development and Professor Olympia Duhart on “Best Practices for Active Teaching and Effective Feedback” at NSU Law’s Adjunct Faculty Training, held August 17, 2017.

Dean of Student Services and Professor of Law Michele Struffolino
is serving on the planning committee for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida Committee on Professionalism Summit, to be held on September 15, 2017.

Professor Fran Tetunic
Accepted an offer of publication for her article The Irony of Mediator as Problem Maker: Mediator Misconduct Setting Aside Mediated Agreements in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, to appear in print in the Fall 2017 issue.

Professor Marilyn Uzdavines
Co-wrote an article with Professor Kathy Cerminara, Introduction to Regulating Innovation in Healthcare: Protecting The Public Or Stifling Progress, featured in the Nova Law Review Symposium, at 41 Nova L. Rev. 305 (2017).

Accepted an offer to publish her article Dying for a Solution: The Regulation of Medical Devices Falls Short in the 21^st Century Cures Act in the Nevada Law Journal. Professor Uzdavines also presented to faculty at the University of Barcelona on the future of mental health care coverage under the Trump Administration, in May 2017.

Was a panelist in the “Recent Developments in Health Law and Public Health Ethics” discussion group at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Organized and led an experiential learning event with Professor Chaney and Professor Baxter for NSU undergraduates on Saturday, October 21, as part of the NSU ExEL program. Fourteen NSU freshman participated in a short appellate argument on a health law issue. Current NSU Law Moot Court and NTA members served as mentors to the freshman participants, and the program received excellent reviews from all students involved.

Professor Kathleen Webber Nuñez
Presented “Developing deposition skills in one hour—using the National Institute for Trial Advocacy method” to the Broward Public Defender’s Office on July 26, 2017. Professor Webber Nunez served as an instructor with Professor Michael Dale.

Accepted an offer of publication for her article, Toxic Cultures Require a Stronger Cure: The Lessons of Fox News for Reforming Sexual Harassment Law in the Penn State Law Review, to appear in print in the Spring 2018 issue.

Professor James Wilets
Discussed Florida’s Stand Your Ground law with Professor Shahabudeen Khan on WPBT2’s YOUR SOUTH FLORIDA host Pam Giganti on July 7, 2017.