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Remembering Isaiah: I.H. Spears And The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Robert M. Jarvis

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Changing Landscape Of Asylum And Refugee Laws And Human Rights: The Diminishing Role Of The United States, Florence Shu-Acquaye

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Admissions View Book 2021, Nova Southeastern University

Shepard Broad College of Law Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Medical Marijuana: Implications Of Evolving Trends In Regulation, Florence Shu-Acquaye

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

If You Can’T Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em (Virtually): Institutionally Managing Law Students As Consumers In A Covid World, Debra Vollweiler

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Putting Ethnography On The Witness Stand: Review Of Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters, Janet K. Keeler

The Qualitative Report

Lawyer, historian and author Steven Lubet’s Interrogating Ethnography: Why Evidence Matters puts several well-known urban ethnographies on the figurative witness stand and finds that some don’t hold up to legal (and journalistic) scrutiny. The author encourages social science researchers to employ fact-checking techniques to increase the veracity of their work. While Lubet praises social science researchers for their altruistic missions and painstaking data collection in the field he finds follow-up research often lacking. He recognizes that ethnographers do not want to be the adversaries of marginalized subjects but believes that more rigorous vetting of data is crucial to the survival …

2018 Commencement-Shepard Broad College Of Law, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Transactional Real Estate Law: From Contract To Closing, Jacqueline A. Revis, Ronald Brown

NSU Law Seminar Series

This particular seminar is designed to educate attorneys about how to process a real estate transaction from contract to closing, focusing on the current rules and regulations for financed transactions.

• How to competently act as a closing agent for a real estate transaction in Florida
• Review requirements of a title agent
• Discuss difference between being only a title agent and the additional role representing a particular party (buyer or seller)
• Understanding the new closing disclosure form and the difference between a buyer closing disclosure and a seller closing disclosure
• Handling special challenges that arise in the context of real estate …

Video: Elder Law For Beginners, Arlene Lakin, Gail Fisher

NSU Law Seminar Series

This particular seminar is designed to educate attorneys about how to be an elder law attorney. Practitioners will learn the various skill sets involved: estate and incapacity planning as well as protection of assets in order to qualify for, or remain qualified for, public benefits such as Medicaid and veteran’s pension with aid and attendance.

1. How to work with senior citizens and their families in a clinical as well as legal format
2. How to determine capacity of elderly clients to execute legal documents
3. How to analyze family relationships
4. How to design an estate and incapacity plan …

A Critique Of The Uniquely Adversarial Nature Of The U.S. Legal, Economic And Political System And Its Implications For Reinforcing Existing Power Hierarchies, James D. Wilets, Areto A. Imoukhuede

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Journal Of International And Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The ILSA Journal & Comparative Law is housed at nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad College of Law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is an International Law Students Association (ILSA) publication.

Video: Unbundled Legal Representation In Family Law: Ethically Managing The Challenges, Hilary A. Creary Esq., Sheena Benjamin-Wise Esq.

NSU Law Seminar Series

• Understand a lawyer's duty under Fla. Fam. L.R.P. 12.040 "limited appearance"
• Learn how to manage clients when delivering unbundled legal services in a limited representation matter
• How to handle limited representation in various contexts: mediation, domestic violence, and court hearings
• Avoiding ethical violations

Shepard Broad College Of Law Commencement Ceremony, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Journal Of International And Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Annually, the American Branch of the International Law Association and the International Law Students Association (ILSA) pair up to present the International Law Weekend (ILW) conference at Fordham University School of Law, in New York City.

The Doctrine Of Comity And The Recognition Of Foreign Decisions In The United States, Marina De Lara Munoz

Nova Law Review

Maria Jose' Carrascosa is a Spanish citizen who fell in love and subsequently married Peter W. Innes, a citizen from the United States.

Legal Education In Disruption: The Headwinds And Tailwinds Of Technology, Jon M. Garon

Faculty Scholarship

By harnessing improvements on communications and computational systems, law firms are producing a revolution in the practice of law. Self-help legal manuals have transformed into sophisticated interactive software; predictive coding can empower clients to receive sophisticated legal advice from a machine; socially mediated portals select among potential lawyers and assess the quality of the advice given; and virtual law firms threaten to distintermediate the grand edifices of twentieth century Big Law. These changes may profoundly restructure the legal practice, undermining the business model for many solo and small firm practices.

This paper focuses on the implications of these profound disruptive …

Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Journal Of International And Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The Fall issue of the ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law is traditionally a collection of articles that highlight current challenges in international law and commentate on how those challenges may be addressed through legal mechanisms.

Journal Of International And Comparative Law, Journal Of International And Comparative Law

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In this issue of the ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law we have target problems that go across borders, affecting millions, without a distinction on their nationality.

Shielding Acts Of Journalism: Open Leaks Sites, National Security, And The Free Flow Of Information, Jason Zenor

Nova Law Review

Newspersons’ shield laws are not meant to protect a privileged class

of journalists.1 Nor are they meant to protect whistleblowers whose acts fall

under a different set of laws.

Over There: Teaching International And Comparative Law At West Point, Robert J. Goldstein

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

The 2013 International Law Weekend panel discussion, "Teaching International Law Outside Law Schools," was considered by many present to be a novel reflection on the challenges of transplanting a law school-level course in international law to non-law students.

2014 Survey Of Juvenile Law, Michael J. Dale

Nova Law Review

The Florida Legislature enacted a statute providing counsel to children

in certain categories in dependency cases, and also passed a statute removing

the nexus requirement to prove grounds for termination of parental rights

Legal Education In Disruption: The Headwinds And Tailwinds Of Technology, Jon M. Garon

Jon M. Garon

By harnessing improvements on communications and computational systems, law firms are producing a revolution in the practice of law. Self-help legal manuals have transformed into sophisticated interactive software; predictive coding can empower clients to receive sophisticated legal advice from a machine; socially mediated portals select among potential lawyers and assess the quality of the advice given; and virtual law firms threaten to distintermediate the grand edifices of twentieth century Big Law. These changes may profoundly restructure the legal practice, undermining the business model for many solo and small firm practices.

This paper focuses on the implications of these profound disruptive …

Nova Lawyer: 2012-2013 - A Year In Review, Nova Southeastern University - Shepherd Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Pitfalls Of At-Will And Just Cause Employment: A Comparartive Analysis Of Employment Law In The United States And Colombia, Alejandro Gutierrez

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

In March 2012, fourteen employees from a South Florida law firm were fired for simply wearing orange-colored shirts to work.

Nova Lawyer: 2011-2012 - A Year In Review, Nova Southeastern University - Shepherd Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Rule Of Law In Morocco: A Journey Towards A Better Judiciary Through The Implementation Of The 2011 Constitutional Reforms, Norman L. Greene

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Judicial reform has historically been an important (but not the sole) component of rule of law reform, a decades old movement affecting the developing world, emerging (or not so emerging) democracies and post- conflict nations, and equally applicable to countries commonly identified as Western, including the United States.

Nova Lawyer: 2010-2011 - A Year In Review, Nova Southeastern University - Shepherd Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Nova Southeastern Lawyer, 2010, Volume 12, Number 12, Nova Southeastern University - Shepard Broad Law Center

Nova Lawyer

No abstract provided.

The Americanization Of Constitutional Law And Its Paradoxes: Constitutional Theory And Constitutional Jurisdiction In The Contemporary World, Luis Roberto Barroso

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Contemporary democracies-both long-standing and recently- established-follow a standard that was established in the United States over the past two hundred years.

International Organization Reform Or Impunity? Immunity Is The Problem, Great L. Rios, Edward P. Flaherty

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

'No one can read the significant Supreme Court cases on sovereign immunity... without concluding that the field is a mass of confusion; and if he ventures beyond that to attempt some reconciliation of the courts of appeals decisions, he will find confusion compounded." '