Faculty and Staff News

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

Professor Michael Dale
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.

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 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. LINK

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Law Debra Moss Vollweiler
Presented Curriculum Building & Measuring Learning Outcomes at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

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

Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs & Adjunct Professor of Law Susan Stephan
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 of Law Michele Struffolino
Presented Advising Post-Millennials at the July 2018 NSU Law International Faculty Training Conference.

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

Professor Michael Dale
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.

Professor Michael Flynn
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. Video

Dean Jon M. Garon
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)

Professor Richard Grosso
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. Article

Professor Robert Jarvis
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.

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. 

Professor John Sanchez
Published Contempt Fines and the Eleventh Amendment, 9 ConLawNOW 279 (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. 

Professor Richard Grosso
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."

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
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.

Professor Donna Litman
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. 

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.

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.

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 Timothy Arcaro
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.

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

Professor Kathy Cerminara
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.

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.

Professor Michael Dale
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.

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
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.

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.

Professor James B. Levy
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 of Practice Chance Meyer
Was quoted by the Florida Supreme Court in its April 5, 2018 opinion in Reynolds v. State.

Professor Joel Mintz
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.

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.

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

Professor Timothy 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.

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

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

Associate Dean of Faculty & Student Development and Professor of Law Olympia Duhart Participated in the March 4 our Lives in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2018, along with Anabel Cordero (2L) and Christina Wittmeier (1L).

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.

Associate Dean of Graduate and Online Programs, Susan H. Stephan
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.

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.

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

Professor Kathy Cerminara
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.

Professor Michael Dale
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.

Dean Jon Garon
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).

Professor Richard Grosso
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.

Professor Areto Imoukhuede
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.

Professor Robert Jarvis
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.

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 John Sanchez
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.

 

Professor 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.”

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).

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.

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

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Debra Moss Curtis
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.

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.

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.

Associate Dean for Faculty & Student Development and Professor of Law Olympia Duhart 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.

Dean and Professor of Law 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.

Professor Robert 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

Professor Kenneth Lewis
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.

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

Veterans Law Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy
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
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 Michael Dale
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.

Dean Olympia Duhart
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.”

Dean Jon Garon
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 Michael Masinter
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.

Professor Joel Mintz
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 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
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.”

Professors Heather Baxter, Megan Chaney, and Marilyn Uzdavines
Organized and led an experiential learning event 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 Timothy Canova 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.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Debra Moss Curtis
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
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.

Associate Dean for Library Services & Professor of Law 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 and Professor Michael Dale served as program directors 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.

Professor Michael Masinter
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.

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 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.

Professor Heather Baxter
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.

Veterans Law Clinic Director Jayme Cassidy
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.

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.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
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.

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Debra Moss Curtis
Was the moderator in the “The Bar Exam’s Impact on Legal Education Curriculum” workshop at the 2017 SEALS conference in Boca Raton.

Professor Michael Dale
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/

Professors Michael Dale and Michael Flynn
Will host the 25th Florida National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) deposition program on October 12 – 14, 2017. 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.

Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law Olympia Duhart
and Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Public Impact and Professor of Law
Elena Maria Marty-Nelson
Co-organized a community forum at the College of Law, Hate Speech and Our Community Response. 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.

Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law Olympia Duhart
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.

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

Professors Michael Flynn and Michael Dale
Will host the 25th Florida National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) deposition program on October 12 – 14, 2017. 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 Law Office of Daniel E. Forrest, P.A.

Dean Jon M. Garon
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.

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 and Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law Olympia Duhart
Co-organized a community forum recently at the College of Law: Hate Speech and Our Community Response was held Aug, 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 Joel Mintz
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.

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

Professor Kathryn Webber Nuñez
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.

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

Professor Heather Baxter and Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor Olympia Duhart presented “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.

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.

Professor Michael Dale 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, Clinic

Director Jayme Cassidy, and 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.

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

Dean Jon Garon will be 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).

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

Professor Shahabudeen Khan 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.

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.

Assistant Professor Marilyn Uzdavines 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.

Professor Kathy Cerminara
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.

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.

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.

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

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

Professor Kathy Cerminara
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).

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).

Professor Robert M. Jarvis
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).

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

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).

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.

Assistant 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).

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 Kathy Cerminara 
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.

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.

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.

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.

Professor Olympia Duhart
Published the online article Why more hospitals should prioritize Cultural Competency in the Harvard Business Review, on May 26, 2017. 

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.

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).  

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

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.

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.

Professor Shu-Acquaye
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.

Professor Robert M. Jarvis 
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.

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