Shepard Broad Law Center
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Shepard Broad Law Center, founded in 1974, is the law school of Nova Southeastern University. The Law Center is housed in Leo Goodwin Sr. Hall, located on Nova Southeastern University's main campus in Davie, Florida and is named after university founder Shepard Broad.The Law Center hosts over 1,000 students in both its day and evening programs. There is a full time faculty of 50, in addition to 65 adjuncts, many of whom are local judges. The Law Center is accredited by the American Bar Association.
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[edit] About the program
The next generation of legal professionals will need an in-depth understanding of the nature and function of law in contemporary society and the skills necessary to practice ethically and effectively. That’s why the study of law at NSU’s Shepard Broad Law Center is rooted in both academic study and engaging clinical opportunities. Twice named the most wired law school in the country, the Law Center provides students with access to the latest high-tech legal tools to enhance their learning. Our programs include intensive courses on lawyering procedures and ethics combined with exposure to real-world practice—allowing students to not only learn what it means to be a lawyer, but to experience it first-hand.
NSU Law Center students are guaranteed clinical placements, specialty concentrations, and numerous practical learning opportunities. Those dedicated to protecting and restoring the environment can begin at the Everglades Law Center, Inc., which is housed at NSU. Students get involved with participation in Law Review, pro bono placements, clerkships, clinical internships, and student organizations—taking them throughout Florida, across the country, and around the world. Law Center students who see no borders for their legal practice can prepare to serve the needs of the global community with a dual degree from the University of Barcelona, the University of Venice, or Charles University in Prague—enabling them to strengthen their multilingual skills, earn degrees in both common and civil law, and become licensed in multiple jurisdictions.
Bridging the gap between the classroom and the courtroom, our faculty includes a dedicated instructor who has taught more than 60 consecutive semesters at the Law Center while arguing 11 cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and another with a prominent career including 10 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and a bid for the U.S. presidency in 1980. Students also learn from visiting distinguished speakers involved in making the law, including Associate Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Judge Deanell Reece Tacha, and Anita Hill. Lectures, Q&A sessions, and exclusive lunches with guests help satisfy the Law Center’s mission of providing perspectives students simply can’t gain from books alone.
The 2008 USNWR survey of law schools has ranked NSU's Legal Skills and Values ("LSV") program among the top 20 in the nation.
[edit] Diversity
Since the arrival of Dean Joseph Harbaugh there has been increased minority enrollment and retention with a patent pending alternative admission program: Online AAMPLE. The Law Center is ranked 16th most diverse school by US News & World Report, a Top Five Law School for Hispanic Students (by Hispanic Outlook for Higher Education), a Top Ten (by Hispanic Business), 8th in Hispanic JDs, and 43rd in African American JDs (by Black Issues in Higher Education).
[edit] Technology
Shepard Broad Law Center has twice been named as the "Most Wired Law School" in the United States by National Jurist magazine, a trade periodical aimed at law school students, most recently in 2006.[1] All students are required to purchase a notebook computer for use in their legal education. Most exams taken by students are done so via their notebook computers.
[edit] Programs
[edit] Juris Doctor Program
The curriculum for a Juris Doctor degree not only includes traditional legal theories such as contracts, criminal law, torts, civil procedure, and property, but also provides an emphasis on clinical programs and practice. The Critical Skills Program was implemented in order to boost law school and bar exam taking skills. The Lawyering Skills and Values program was implemented in order to give students exposure to relevant skills lawyers use in the everyday practice of law.
[edit] Master's of Science in Education Law
The M.S.E.D.L Program is a two-year, master’s degree program meant for the non-lawyer. It is designed for education professionals. It involves teaching the skills necessary to effectively identify, understand and deal with the intricate set of legal issues that can arise in the education system today. It revolves around federal legislation such as FERPA, IDEA, HIPAA, and No Child Left Behind and the interrelationship between theory and practice.
[edit] Master's of Science in Health Law
The M.S.H.L programis meant for the non lawyer. The two-year master's degree program is catered toward health care practitioners, administrators, members of the insurance and managed care industries, public policy advocates, and others involved in health care. The program studies the issues, processes and concepts that determine the framework and function of American health care law. The program is taught by experts in the interrelationships of the practice of law and professional health care, and it is intensely focused on the significant role of the law in health care delivery, regulation, management and public policy.
[edit] Joint Degree Programs
Through parnerships with other graduate schools at Nova Southeastern, multiple graduate degrees can be obtained in an accelerated amount of time. The following joint degrees are available through the Law Center:
- Business or Public Administration - J.D./MBA program
- Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences—J.D./M.S. in Computer and Information Science fields of study
- Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences— J.D./M.S. or Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- Department of Urban and Regional Planning - J.D./M.U.R.P
[edit] International Programs
"The Shepard Broad Law Center has signed an agreement with Universita “Ca Foscari” di Venezia in Venice, Italy to create a dual degree program from which students will obtain degrees from NSU and the University of Venice. NSU law students will study for a semester in Venice after completing a year of study at NSU and then return to Italy after they graduate from NSU to spend another year to complete their Italian law degree."[2] The Law Center has also recently created a dual degree program with the University of Barcelona in Spain. This dual degree will enable practice anywhere within the European Union, Latin America, and the United States.
[edit] Student Organizations
The Law Center has an active student life. Traditional events include "Family and Friends Day", "Diversity Day" and the "Barristar's Ball." There is many honor organizations such as Law Review, the Moot Court Society, the ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, and the International Citator and Research Project. In addition there are numerous clubs including American Constitution Society, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Black Law Students Association, Caribbean Law Students Association, Celtic American Society, Christian Legal Society, Criminal Law Society, Environmental Law Society, Federal Bar Association, Federalist Society, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, Hispanic Law Student Association, Italian American Law Students Association, International Law Students Association, Jewish Law Students Association]], National Security and Law Society, Public Interest Law Society Student Chapter, Sports and Entertainment Law Society, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, and the legal fraternity Phi Alpha Delta.
[edit] Goodwin Lecture Series
Shepard Broad hosts a yearly lecture series dealing with a plethora of topics in the law. Each lecture series focuses on one general topic, with the invited speakers choosing for themselves how their lecture will involve the series' general focus. Notable speakers include Anita Hill, Catherine McKinnon, Deanell Reece Tacha, Nadine Strossen, Timothy O'Brien, Drew Days, Nina Totenberg, Ira Glasser, Lisa Scottoline, Jean Bertrand Aristide, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Barrett Seaman, Gretchen Morgenson, Aulana Peters, and Issac Hunt. The series is named for university founder Leo Goodwin, Sr. and paid for by an endowment through The Goodwin Foundation.
[edit] List of Past and Presents SBLC Deans
Ovid Lewis, J.D.
Roger Abrams, J.D.
Joseph Harbaugh, J.D. (xxxx-Present)
[edit] References
- ^ "[1]About Shepard Broad" nsulaw.nova.edu, November 2006
- ^ "[2]Shepard Broad International Program" November 2006
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