NSU Law Alumni Newsletter - February 2020
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NSU Law Health Care Policy Discussion
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NSU Law is hosting a non-partisan discussion to educate voters about a slate of core national and public health law election issues. National expert, James Hodge, Jr., the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, and NSU Law Professor Kathy Cerminara will be presenting on:
February 19, 2020
6:30 pm at NSU College of Law
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Crowdfunding and Securities Regulation for Start-Ups CLE
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Presented by the Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic, this program introduces the various approaches to crowdfunding and crowd-financing available to companies using them to launch their enterprises and products. Panelists include Attorney Sharon Berger, Professor Steven Kass, Dean Susan Stephan, Professor Jon Garon.
February 27, 2020
6:00 pm at NSU College of Law
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Mentoring Dinner Success:
Upcoming Event - Careers in Academia
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On January 29, 2020 Sharon Abrahams (Ed.D. 1998), Director of Professional Development at Foley & Lardner, presented a practical and interactive workshop to alumni and current students on how to best prepare for a job interview.
The next Mentoring Dinner will be held on February 25, 2020 and will focus on Careers in Academia with current alumnae and NSU Law faculty. Panelists include: Professor Heather Baxter (JD '00), Professor Jessica Garcia-Brown (JD '98), Professor of Practice Olga Torres (JD '17), and Adjunct Professor Jocelyne Macelloni (JD '11). Interim Dean Debra Moss Vollweiler will moderate the panel.
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Florida Pro Bono Challenge
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NSU Law's consistent history of student and alumni pro bono volunteering is evident in our leadership in the Florida Bar Foundation Pro Bono Law School Challenge. Alumni are encouraged to connect with students to cover all pro bono cases and mentoring opportunities and make a difference in the community!
February 3 - April 3, 2020
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Legal Research and Writing Outreach Success
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Thank you to the NSU Law Legal Research and Writing faculty and collaborating judges for helping make the 7th annual judicial workshop a huge success. The event titled:
The Importance of Professionalism in Adversarial Legal Writing: A Judicial Roundtable Discussion
took place on January 31, 2020 at the Broward County Courthouse and included over 75 1L students.
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NSU College of Law Diversity Rankings
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Congratulations to NSU College of Law for its rankings in Best Law Schools for African Americans (3rd in Florida & 23rd Nationally) and Best Law School for Hispanics (4th in Florida & 10th Nationally) by National Jurist.
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On January 15, 2020, the Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AIDD) Law Clinic attended the 5th Annual Broward County ESE Parent Resource Fair at Piper High School in Sunrise, FL. AIDD Law Clinic interns, Casey Curtis (JD '20) and Dalilian Gutierrez (JD '20), met with families and provided information regarding the clinic’s pro bono legal services.
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Capitol City Challenge 2020
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NSU Law alumnus Berkin Aslan (JD '16), and NSU Law students Alexsandra Litowsky (JD '20) and Steven Saban (JD '20) along with Professor Megan Chaney took the lead in writing this years case file for the Capitol City Challenge.
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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.
Local10 Interview
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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.
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Professor Amanda Foster
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Professor Roma Perez will be presenting at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference to be held at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law. Their presentation,
Women in the Academy: It’s Not Just a Mommy-Track, focuses on analyzing the impact that this assumption has on female professors’ opportunities for upward mobility at their law schools. The presentation will also explore what female professors can do to overcome this perception and how their law schools can foster their success in the academy and enable them to achieve parity with their male colleagues.
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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 in 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.
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Professor Emeritus 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) with regard to 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.
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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.
Presented with
Professor Amanda Foster at the Rocky Mountain Legal Writing Conference to be held at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law. Their presentation,
Women in the Academy: It’s Not Just a Mommy-Track, focuses on analyzing the impact that this assumption has on female professors’ opportunities for upward mobility at their law schools. The presentation will also explore what female professors can do to overcome this perception and how their law schools can foster their success in the academy and enable them to achieve parity with their male colleagues.
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Interim Dean Debra Moss Vollweiler
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NSU Law Upcoming March Events
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Building Trial Skills
March 2 -7, 2020
NSU Shepard Broad College of Law
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FBA Civil Rights & Human Trafficking
March 12, 2020
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
US Attorney for the Southern District Ariana Fajardo Orshan (JD '96) and The Honorable Stacy Ross (JD '97) join other leaders present a program that will focus on the necessary steps used through federal practice to prevent the expansion of human trafficking and civil rights violations.
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SELS Symposium
March 14, 2020
9:00 am - 4:45 pm
Six relevant and engaging panel topics including Keynote Speaker: Mike Bartock, Esq. with Paramount Pictures.
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Paulette Brown: Distinguished Visiting Chair
March 18, 2020
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Presentation Topic: Missed Opportunities: Beyond the 19th Amendment
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ILSA Symposium
March 20, 2020
8:50 am - 12:00 pm
Tackling Florida's Opioid Epidemic: The Inevitable Dilemma for Law Makers
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For questions, suggestions, and to submit news for any future editions of the Student Newsletter please contact:
Lynn Acosta
Assistant Dean for Student Services
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