Dean Jon M. Garon, Michael Schiff, SBA President, U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan, William Mcelligott, NSU Law Federalist Society Vice President
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U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida spoke at NSU Law
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Sponsored by the NSU Law Federalist Society and the Student Bar Association, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan (JD 1996) visited with NSU Law students prior to the Thanksgiving holiday break. Fajardo Orshan presented a brief overview of her legal background. She focused on the programs at NSU Law that positioned her for her current and past positions, including the NSU Trial Association, internships with the guardian ad litem program, and her internship with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Fajardo Orshan and urged students to continue to be involved in organizations in which they have a passion.
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Karen Rose, NSU Law Director of Alumni Relations, Hilary Creary, Chad Van Horn, Sheena Benjamin-Wise.
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Law Connect Plus Alumni Panel
Professional and Ethical Considerations in Starting Your Own Law Firm
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Hilary Creary, Sheena Benjamin-Wise, and Chad Van Horn returned to NSU Law and provided an engaging and dynamic presentation on important details in starting your own law firm. Topics covered were transitioning your idea to a business plan, creating effective systems that help your business run smoothly, client management, marketing, and managing technology ethically and professionally.
For more information on this CLE or to become a sponsor of NSU Law's Law Connect Plus CLE Program, please contact Karen Rose, Director of Alumni Relations, 954-262-6303 or kr550@nova.edu.
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NSU Law Wins NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition 2018 Regional Champion
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NSU Law students
Sarah Schulz,
Jennifer Bautista, and Thomas Sternberg competed against University of Florida, Emory, Barry, University of Miami, University of Georgia, and University of South Carolina to win the regional competition. The trio, coached by Professor Heather Baxter, will travel to New York in January 2019 to compete in the Annual National Moot Court Competition co-sponsored by the New York City Bar and the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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NSU Law students Sarah Schulz, Jennifer Bautista, and Thomas Sternberg.
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Canned Immunity Drive
The Public Interest Law Society, Christian Legal Society Fellowship, and the National Security and Law Society worked together to promote, gather, and donate 6,380 canned goods to LifeNet4Families and the Miami VA Healthcare System.
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“Canned Immunity” is a College of Law tradition where students who donated canned goods are entitled to pass on a question if called on in class by their professor. The student’s primary motivation, however, was to reach out to those less fortunate. Competition played a role in the donation process as classes competed to have the highest number of donations. Professors Michael Flynn and Ron Brown’s section received the honor with 3,798 cans.
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NSU Law student success featured in ABA Journal
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The heartfelt post on Facebook, by Brian Tannebaum who represented Mr. Burns in the Florida Bar admissions process, went viral after it was shared by The Florida Bar. It reached the ABA Journal as well as multiple local and national print and TV news. Our congratulations to Raymon and his family and friends.
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NSU Law Presented Promoting Resilience Training, Preparing Effectively and Efficiently for Exams and Core Courses for NSU Law students and alumni
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Nikita Gupta presents to 1L - 4L students.
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Nikita Gupta presented two interactive sessions that concentrated on tangible strategies for inner grit, resilience, and a growth mindset. The presentations included recognizing common mindsets that impede persistence and success.
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Steve Friedland presents to 2L, 3L & 4L students at a special Saturday event.
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Former NSU Law faculty member Steve Friedland communicated with 2L, 3L and 4L students in a program that focused on the core courses, which tie very closely to the MBE subjects. Professor Friedland is an expert on cognitive strategies to improve learning and retention. A special session was held for 1L students that was dedicated to preparing them for their upcoming exams.
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Law Connect Plus
Recent Developments in Employment Discrimination Law - Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit Decisions after August 1, 2017
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The Program will focus on cases arising under contemporary and reconstruction era statutory prohibitions against employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and other forbidden grounds, with a particular focus on how those decisions affect resolution through summary judgment and pleading practice. The discussion will also address the professional and ethical considerations which will guide the participants in making the right decisions.
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Friday, December 7, 2018
7:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
NSU Law
CLE Credits: 2.5 General
Certification Credits: 2.5 Labor and Employment Law
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Panelists: Professors Michael Masinter and Kate Webber Nuñez
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Palm Beach Chapter Celebration
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
at the Gunster Law Firm
777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East, West Palm Beach, FL
For sponsorship opportunities or questions, please email
Catherine Eaton
or call her at (561) 420-8500
Miami-Dade Chapter Celebration
Thursday, December 13, 2018
at Fiduciary Trust International of the South
2 Alhambra Plaza, PH #1A, Coral Gables, FL
For sponsorship opportunities or questions, please email
Kristen Reynoso
or call her at (305) 441-8881
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John B. Anderson Visiting Chair Ronald Long
Presentation and Q&A
February 21, 2019
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NSU Shepard Broad College of Law will be hosting Ronald Long as the John B. Anderson Distinguished Visiting Chair in February 2018.
Ronald Long is the Director of Elder Client Initiatives with WIM Control Group - Wells Fargo Advisors. He received the Barbara McGinity Service to Seniors Award in 2017 for excellence in elder financial protection from the National Institute on Financial Exploitation (NIEFE), an arm of the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA).
Please save the date and watch for your invitation to this engaging presentation and reception.
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Save the Dates
NSU Law 2019 Events
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Collaborative Divorce Training
Friday, January 4 and
Saturday, January 5, 2019
NSU Maltz Psychology Building
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Public Interest Law Day
February 15, 2019 |11:00 a.m.
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John B. Anderson Visiting Chair Ronald Long
Presentation and Q&A
February 21, 2019 | 5:30 pm
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Public Interest Law Auction
March 14, 2019 |6:00 p.m.
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ILSA Journal Symposium
Governmental Responses to Gun Violence Across the Globe and the Regulatory Effect on Society
March 22, 2019
NSU Law
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3
rd
Annual Legal Masters Conference
March 29, 2019
NSU Law
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Immigration Legal Screening Clinic
March 30, 2019 | 10:00 a.m.
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Medical Marijuana Symposium
April 11, 2019 | 12:45 p.m.
NSU Law
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Environmental Law Symposium
April 19, 2019 | 9:00 a.m
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NSU Oceanographic Center
Sponsored by ELULS
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NSU Law Commencement
May 9, 2019 | 2:30 p.m.
NSU Rick Case Arena
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Professor Randolph Braccialarghe
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.
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Professor Kathy Cerminara
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.
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Professor Michael Dale
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.
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Professor Mark Dobson
Spoke at the Plantation Historical Society on Thursday, October 25, 2018. The topic was “The History of the United States Supreme Court.”
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Director of Legal Research & Writing & Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Development & Professor of Law
Dean Olympia Duhart
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.
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ean Jon Garon
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.
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Professor Richard Grosso
Was interviewed on October 31, 2018, by NBC 6 Steve Litz
regarding Florida’s Amendment 9 on Offshore Drilling.
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Professor Areto Imoukhuede
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.
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Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Professionalism and Professor of Practice Chance Meyer
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.
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Professor Emeritus of Law and C. William Trout Senior Fellow in Public Interest Law Joel Mintz
Published a blog article on the website of the Center for Progressive Reform entitled “Justice Delayed: Mercedes-Benz’s Diesel Pollution Remains Unprosecuted;”
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.
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law Debra Moss Vollweiler
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.
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The Honorable Frank Orlando (ret.)
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.
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Associate Dean of Students & Professor of Law Michele Struffolino
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.
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Director Dispute Resolution Clinic and Professor of Law Fran Tetunic
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.
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Professor of Law James Wilets
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.
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Write a Letter, Change the World
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law is sponsoring its fourth annual Letter-Writing Competition.
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NSU Law places 2
nd
in 9
th
Annual Patently Impossible Project
Over 200 guests attended the Ninth Annual Patently Impossible Project and cheered on a dozen teams competing to assemble a UFO Space Launcher. NSU Law School Intellectual Property Law Society Michael Graham & Yipin Zhang placed 2
nd
. This Annual Charitable competition is a race to assemble a patented invention.
Photo: Michael Graham, Yipin Zhang, Alan Goldstraj, and Kevin DeMatteo
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2018 NTA Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Team NSU Law Top 16
NSU Law students Kelly Ann DesRosiers, Yarly Cabello, Erica Amor and Chidinma (Victoria) Esiobu advanced to the top 16 of 40 law schools at the NTA Buffalo–Niagara Mock Trial Team held at the University of Buffalo School of Law.
Photo Kelly Ann DesRosiers, Yarly Cabello, Professor Ted Daus, Erica Amor and Chidinma (Victoria) Esiobu
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2018 National Criminal Procedure Tournament NSU Law Top 16
NSU Law students Nicole Dominguez and Matthew Hunt advanced to the top 16 of 42 law schools at the 2018 National Criminal Procedure Tournament held at the University of San Diego Law School in San Diego, CA.
Photo: Nicole Dominguez, Professor Mark Dobson and Matthew Hunt.
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Webinar - Understanding the Complex Trauma of a Trafficking Survivor
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Friday, December 7, 2018 | 11:30 - 1:00 pm
Desantis Building 1053/1054
This webinar will provide an overview of the key components of complex trauma and how they are manifested and observed in survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. With an understanding of complex trauma, attendees will explore the holistic impacts of trafficking on a survivor.
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1979
Rafael E. Suarez-Rivas
of the Miami City Attorney’s Office addressed Miami Beach High students on Ethical Governance Day, sponsored by the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics.
1990
Frank Ledee
has been appointed to the 11
th
Circuit State Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State Attorney. Ledee fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John Contini.
1995
Donna Greenspoon Solomon
has published an article titled
Attribution Case Law Update
in the November 2018 issue of the Palm Beach Bar Association Bar Bulletin. The article can be found at
Palm Beach County Bar Association Bulletin
on page 7.
1998
Patrick W. Krechowski
has joined
Jimerson & Cobb
in Jacksonville. As a partner, Krechowski heads the commercial real estate and environmental and land use law practice groups. Krechowski is Board Certified in City, County & Local Government Law by The Florida Bar.
Michael Rieldhammer
has been recertified in Workers’ Compensation by the Florida Bar, a designation assigned to fewer than 1% of its members. Riedhammer is a partner at
Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm
and focuses his practice in the area of workers’ compensation, personal injury and insurance litigation.
2002
Lori Lewellen
has been sworn in as a new commissioner with Dania Beach. Lewellen got involved in politics in 2014 and has chaired the city’s Planning and Zoning Board for the last two years.
2004
Vegina “Gina” Hawkins
has been appointed to the 17
th
Circuit Court as an Assistant State Attorney. Hawkins fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Michael L. Gates.
2006
Clarissa Rodriguez
has published an article titled
Soft Kills are Hard
in the November 2018 issue of the Dade County Bar Association Bulletin. The article can be found at
Dade County Bar Association Bulletin
on page 7.
2007
2008
Jennifer M. Chapkin
has opened
Chapkin Law
in Boca Raton focusing on commercial and real estate litigation, community association law, and appeals.
2011
Janice Rustin
has joined
Lewis, Longman & Walker
in West Palm Beach focusing on public pension, local government and land use law. Rustin will be working closely with local officials and will be assisting in restructuring retiree benefit programs.
2012
Meryl H. Hendrix
has joined
Kubicki Draper
in West Palm Beach focusing on handling automobile, insurance coverage, hospitality, and first-party property defense matters.
Nikeisha S.W. Pryor
of
Haliczer, Pettis & Schwamm
in Ft. Lauderdale has been elected to the executive board of the Caribbean Bar Association.
2016
Dan Daley
has been elected as the Coral Springs City Commissioner for this third term. At the age of 22, Daley was the youngest elected official in the City of Coral Springs. In 2014, he was elected unopposed and now during his third term, Daley is the most senior commissioner on the commission.
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NSU Law would like to thank the following alumni for volunteering during the past month. Your expertise is invaluable to our students, faculty, and staff.
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Steven Hammer, Esq. (JD 1986)
U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan (JD 1996)
Hilary Creary, Esq. (JD 1997)
Sheena Benjamin-Wise, Esq. (JD 2001)
Carlos Carmona, Esq. (JD 2006)
Chad Van Horn, Esq. (JD 2009)
Tiffany Garner, Esq. (JD 2009)
Amanda Levine, Esq. (JD 2014)
Kim Wald, Esq. (JD 2014)
Alicia Franco, Esq. (JD 2015)
Bethany Pandher, Esq. (JD 2018)
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At NSU Law, we are able to offer opportunities for students to
realize their potential
when our generous donors give to the law school in areas including our scholarship funds, programs, and law clinics. We are grateful to our alumni, staff, faculty and friends whose support for our students helps us to prepare them for successful careers after graduation. Please consider
making a gift
today.
To learn more about opportunities to support NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, please contact our Director of Donor Relations & Stewardship, Tiffany Garner, at 954-262-6261 or
tiffany.garner@nova.edu
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Thank you!
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For questions, to submit class actions, information on how to get involved, alumni benefits and resources and to learn more about upcoming events at NSU Law contact
lawalumni@nova.edu
Karen Rose,
Director of Alumni Relations
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