Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law | April 2017
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April12 - Bar Induction Ceremony | RSVP

April 13 - 2017 STUEY Awards | Information

April 27 - Alumni Appreciation Night | Register

April 27 & April 28 - #allinforNSU Giving Campaign | Information

May 5th - Leadercast Live Conference | Get Tickets

May 11 - NSU Commencement | More Information

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May 19 - Law Center Plus CLE: PIP Defense v. Plaintiff
More information available soon!

June 16 - Law Center Plus CLE: Charities for Fun and Profit: Serving and Representing Them
More information available in May 2017!

June 22 - The Florida Bar Conference Alumni Reception
More information available in May 2017!
Ian Horowitz, AIDD Clinic client
Feature Article: AIDD Clinic Roundtable & Conference

Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Shepard Broad College of Law held its first annual community roundtable "Fitting the Pieces Together for our Adults with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities," on Thursday 23rd of March 2017 at the Panza Maurer Law Library.  The Shepard Broad College of Law Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Law Clinic, which coordinated the roundtable, was made possible by a generous donation from The Taft Foundation. Howard Rothman, Chairman of the Board of Directors and President of The Taft Foundation in opening remarks said "one of the things you need is a strong advocate."  Read Full Press Release
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In Memoriam

Dr. Abraham Fischler 
In September 1970, Dr. Abraham Fischler was appointed President of Nova University by the Board of Trustees, where he served for 22 years. In 2005, he was named President Emeritus of Nova Southeastern University. For Dr. Fischler, developing the entire student was the key to success, not just in the classroom but in life. The only other things in life Dr. Fishler loved more than helping students and the community was his family. Abraham passed away on April 3, 2017. He is survived by his incredible wife of 67 years, Shirley, and his children Bruce, Martha, Michael, Anita and Lori; his grandchildren Kenneth, Danielle, Michael and Mikaela; and his great grandson, Jacob Paxton.
Mr. Nathan Bisk 
(NSU Law Board of Governor member 17 years) passed away on March 9, 2017. Bisk founded Bisk Education in 1971 to help people prepare for the CPA exam. Bisk Education later evolved into accountant distance education via audio, then video cassettes and later computer software for online education. 
Mr. Bisk was an attorney and CPA in the State of Florida and served on the Board of Governors of the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law School where his daughter Alison received her JD. Bisk was also on the Board of Trustees at the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) and served on the Board of Overseers at the Nathan M. Bisk College of Business at Florida Tech which was named in his honor in 2009.
Mr. William Tinsley Ellis 
(NSU Law Board of Governor member 23+ years, NSU Trustee 1964- 2017, NSU Honorary Doctorate 1977, NSU Law Adjunct Professor of Taxation) passed away on February 25, 2017. He practiced law in Hollywood, FL with Ellis, Spencer and Butler for 50+ years. Ellis was actively involved in numerous boards throughout South Florida including the Kiwanis Club, YMCA and Emory University and Wesleyan College in Georgia. Ellis was a charter member of the NSU Board of Governors and helped draw up the original 1964 charter.


Featured in April Class Actions:  Shirley Fischler, Michael Fischler, Judge Robert Diaz, Robert C Groelle, James Edward Nutt, Arlene Lakin, Alan Crane, Jane-Robin Wender, Richard Merlino, The Honorable Sarah Zabel, Saranell Murphy, Terry Verduin, Brian Kopelowitz, Sara Sandler, Bobbie Celler, Kimberley Gessner, Christine BIalczak, Allison K. Hertz, Ethan Wall, Valerie Barnhart, Jessica Marra, Bruno Renda, Daniel Lavin, Harold Fernandez Pryor, Jr., Casey Mullin, Rebecca Amelia Victoria Rodriguez, Aaron D. Silvers, Michael C. Cubbage, Augusto Perera, Ariel R. Deray
eventsEvents
Bar Induction Ceremony
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
NSU Law, Panza Maurer Law Library

Join us as we celebrate with those alumni who have passed the February 2017 Florida Bar Exam.
Local judges and NSU Alumni will perform the swearing- in ceremony, including  Hon. Robert Diaz (JD 1984);  Hon. Mindy Solomon (JD 1981); and  Hon. Kal Le Var Evans (JD 2003). |  RSVP
2017 STUEY Awards
Thursday April 13, 2017
Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center

The 19th Annual Student Life Achievement Awards, affectionately known as the '"STUEYS", is an annual celebration of NSU's best in Academic Excellence, Student Centered, Integrity, Innovation, Opportunity, Scholarship/Research, Diversity and Community. |  More information
Alumni Appreciation Night
Thursday, April 27, 2017 
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Funky Buddha Brewery

Join your fellow NSU alumni from around South Florida for a night at Funky Buddha Brewery. Our inaugural Alumni Appreciation Night will include funky brews, food and fun!| Registration
#allinforNSU Giving Campaign
Thursday, April 27 & Friday April 28, 2017

NSU will be celebrating 1,964 minutes of giving to NSU.  This day of giving will target alumni all around the world to come together and be a part of a new tradition of giving at NSU.  We hope our alumni will be #allinforNSU during this time and make a gift of $19.64 or more. For all social media, please use #allinforNSU. | More information
Leadercast Live Conference
Friday, May 5, 2017 | 8:15am - 4:00 pm
The Morton and Marie Morris Auditorium,
NSU College of Health Care Sciences

Leadercast is the world's largest one-day leadership conference, broadcast LIVE from Atlanta and simulcast to hundreds of locations around the world on May 5th, 2017. This year marks the seventeenth year of the annual leadership conference and the first year that Nova Southeastern University will be hosting the event at the Morton and Marie Morris Auditorium in the Healthcare Professions Division. The theme of this year's conference is, "Powered by Purpose." Purpose is what defines us, drives us, and empowers us. | Get Tickets
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NSU Commencement Ceremony
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Rick Case Arena, Don Taft University Center

Commencement is a recognition and celebration of academic achievement and the lasting contributions that students have made to the university. Families, friends, and the general public are cordially invited to attend commencement. Tickets are not required but seating is limited and large groups of guests wishing to sit together should arrive early. All NSU Commencement ceremonies will also be video streamed in real time. | More Information
Defunding of Legal Services Corporation
March 16, 2017

Dean Jon Garon joined over 165 other law school deans in the United States in a statement against the potential defunding of the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) by the U.S. Government. The LSC supports many low-income people and in defunding, there would be incredible losses for families, seniors, veterans and all those without advocates to protect their legal right to counsel. The Florida Bar has also taken a strong position in favor of continued LSC funding. An article posted to the LSC website (March 16, 2017), " Legal Services Corporation Confident of Bipartisan Support in Congress despite President Trump's Call to Defund" shares further information on the ramifications of the proposed agenda.
NSU Health Law
March 24, 2017

On March 24, 2017, Chrystal Robinson, Annializ Lima Hevia, and Saamia Shaikh, took the national "Best Oral Presentation" at the L. Edward Bryant, Jr. National Health Law Transactional Competition. The team members are pictured with their coach, Professor Kathy Cerminara.   The competitors are asked to enable the client to make important business decisions while complying with a complex set of health laws.
STUEY Awards Nominations
19th Annual STUEY Awards Nominations
April 13, 2017

Nominees for the 19th Annual Student Life Achievement Awards (STUEY) have been announced and we are pleased to announce the following staff members, student and corporate partners from the Shepard Broad College of Law have been nominated in their respective categories:
  • Student of the Year: Saamia Ali Shaikh
  • Executive of the Year: Lynn Acosta
  • Administrator of the Year:Rebecca Rich
  • Staff Person of the year: Karen Rose
  • Student Government of the Year: Student Bar Association
  • Graduate Organization of the Year: Moot Court Society
  • Professor of the Year:Olympia Duhart
  • Co-Curricular Advisor of the Year: Megan Chaney
  • Alumnus of the Year: The Honorable Kal Evans, (JD 2003)
  • Corporate Sponsor - Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc./Coast to Coast Legal Aid  of South Florida, Inc.
The awards will be held on April 13
th at the Rose and Alfred Miniaci Performing Arts Center
at Nova Southeastern University. Please join in congratulating all of the nominees on this wonderful achievement.
Library and Research Resources

As alumni of the Shepard Broad College of Law you have FREE access to an extensive collection of Florida Bar CLE material through the Panza Maurer Law Library. You may check out up to three CLE CD's or DVD's at a time for a three day period. Browse our CLE collection Here
 
For library hours, please visit the Panza Maurer Law Library website.

Other services provided to all alumnus include but are not limited to: Hein Online, Practice Guides, Free access to Westlaw and Bloomberg Law directories; Florida Law Weekly, and FL Legislative History Materials.
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Faculty News
Jon Garon
Dean Jon M. Garon and Associate Dean Designate Susan Stephan
provided the luncheon keynote presentation at the Master of Jurisprudence Conference hosted by St. Mary's University School of Law and The University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law in San Antonio, Texas on March 18, 2017. They spoke on the administrative needs for providing online Masters-level legal education. 

Associate Dean Debra Moss Curtis  was awarded the Florida Bar 2017 Law Faculty Professionalism Award. This award was created to recognize a faculty member from Florida law schools who, through teaching, scholarship, and service to the profession, best supports and exemplifies their mission to promote the fundamental ideals and values of professionalism within the legal system.

Chance Meyer has accepted an offer of publication in The Mississippi Law Journal for his article, Twas the Devil: Hearing the Constitutional Infirmity of the Modern American Death Penalty in the Bygone Songs of Ozark Folkore. As an outgrowth of his death penalty scholarship, he recently received an invitation from JURIST to write an op-ed in its Academic Commentary section. You can read that op-ed, titled Sleight of Hand in Florida's New Death Penalty: Requiring, But Not Requiring, Jury Unanimity.
Professor Michael L. Richmond directed and performed in The Sisters Rosenweig, a Tony-Award winning play by Wendy Wasserstein which was produced at the Ramat Shalom Synagogue in Broward County.
Robert M. Jarvis and his co-author Hon. Louis Schiff have been awarded the Society For American Baseball Research Award (SABR) for their book, Baseball and the Law: Cases and Materials which explores jurisprudence of baseball, acquainting students with the sport and the role lawyers have played in its development.
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Student News
Admitted and AAMPLE students
Admitted and AAMPLE students Reception 
February 18, 2017

On March 30, 2017, 48 students (27 Admits and 21 AAMPLE), their families, faculty and staff attended an Admissions Reception held in the Panza Maurer Law Library to welcome them to the Shepard Broad College of Law. Associate Dean of Admissions, William Perez praised the event as "the buzz of conversation and laughter told the story and the comments received from our guests as they said goodbye confirmed that they left with a terrific impression of our school". | Photos
10th Annual Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium
March 25,2017

On March 25, 2017, the Sports and Entertainment Law Society held the 10th Annual Sports and Entertainment Law Symposium at the Shepard Broad College of Law in Davie, FL. It was a successful event bringing together professionals in sports including legal members of the Miami Dolphins and Florida Panthers, prominent legal professionals specializing in intellectual property, film and television, professors at NSU Law, faculty and students pursuing this field. | Photos
Development Update:
Opportunities for Giving

Susan Stephan
Susan Stephan, Director of Development
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 or adding NSU Law to your estate plans to continue your support through a legacy gift.

To learn more about opportunities to support NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, please contact our Director of Development, Susan Stephan, at 954-262-6261 or sstephan@nova.edu. Thank you!

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