Shepard Broad College of Law (also referred to as NSU Law and Nova Law) is the

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Nova Southeastern University Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a Private university, private research university in Florida with its main campus in Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida, Davie, Florida, United States. The university consists of 14 colleges, offering over ...

, located on the university's main campus in

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. The school offers full-time day and part-time evening programs. The law school was ranked ##178-196 in Best Law Schools by ''

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'' in 2024.

History

Founded in 1974, the school was named for lawyer, banker, and philanthropist

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who was a member of the school's Board of Governors and who provided financial support. The law building's name recognizes Leo Goodwin Sr.'s large donations. The school received approval by the

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in 1975.

Admissions

For the class entering in 2024, the law school accepted 56.61% of applicants, with 28.05% of those accepted enrolling. The median enrollee had a 153

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score and 3.52 undergraduate

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. One student was not included in the GPA calculation. Its 25th/75th percentile LSAT scores and GPAs were 150/156 and 3.29/3.70.

Employment

According to the schools's official

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-required disclosures for 2023 graduates, within ten months after graduation 112 (68.29%) of the 164 member graduating class were employed in full-time positions requiring bar passage (i.e. as attorneys) and four (2.44%) were employed in full-time JD advantage positions. Attorney positions were in various size law firms, most being in 1-10 attorney firms. One graduate obtained a local or state judicial clerkship, and one obtained a federal clerkship. 34 members (20.73%) of the class were not employed in any capacity.

Notable alumni

* Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff (JD 2003), former member of the

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(JD 2007), member of the

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for

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* Hillary Cassel (JD 2006), member of the

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* Carl J. Domino (JD 2014), earned law degree at the age of 70, former member of the Florida House of Representatives * Kristine Lefebvre (JD 1996), attorney, appeared nude in ''

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'', contestant on the reality show '' The Apprentice''

References

External links

Shepard Broad College of Law websiteNova Law Review website
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