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Nova Southeastern University
Shepard Broad Law Center
Location
The Nova Southeastern University law campus is located in Davie, Florida. Davie Florida is a 15 minute drive to Ft. Lauderdale and about 28 miles to Miami (the drive to Miami can take up to an hour because of traffic). Ft. Lauderdale has a Federal Courthouse and a good size legal community for a city with a population of about 180,000. Ft. Lauderdale even has about 8 large law firms, which is very good for a city of its size. Miami is a much larger city with a population of about 400,000 and a much larger legal community. Miami has about 19 large law firms, which is also very good for a city of its size. The law school is the only ABA approved law school in the Ft. Lauderdale area giving the school and its students a great opportunity to tap the legal market in Ft. Lauderdale. As it is the only ABA approved law school in the area it has a great opportunity to tap the local legal market in Ft. Lauderdale as shown by its high employment statistics.
  Nova Southeastern University
Public or
Private
 Private                      
Tuition $29,972                    
Acceptance
Rate
 47%                        
State Bar
Pass Rate
Florida, July 2008            
85.8% 
 
(Avg. Bar pass rate for 
Florida, 82.5%)                       
Employment
Rate after
9 mos. from
Graduation
85.4%                       
Employment
Rate at
Graduation
Not Made Available           
By the School                 
Average Salary
for Graduates in
the Private Sector
  
$55,000                    
Student Body
Population
 770                        
LSAT score
bottom
25th percentile of
incoming class
 147                         
LSAT score
top
25th percentile of
incoming class
 152                         
Median LSAT
of incoming class
 151                         
Bottom 25th
percentile of
incoming class
undergraduate
GPA (UGPA)
 3.0                         
Top 25th
percentile of
incoming class
UGPA
 3.53                         
Median UGPA 3.27                   
Former U.S. Presidential nominees to speak at Shepard Broad Law Center
The Shepard Broad Law Center is a fourth tier law school located in Davie, Florida about 11 miles southwest from Fort Lauderdale. The law school may be lower ranked but it has a very good reputation among the local legal community. There are a substantial amount of alumni working in South Florida allowing for great networking and alumni connections.
On March 26, 2009 the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee George S. McGovern and John B. Anderson, an independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election, will answer questions about politics and thier careers in a public forum.
Professor Bruce Rogow argued before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Florida Supreme Court and was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers of America
Shepard Broad Law Center's professor Rogow was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers of America for 2009, the 22nd time the honor has been bestowed upon him; The professor was included for the following practice areas: Appellate Practice, First Amendment, Criminal Law, as well as Commercial Litigation. On December 9th, 2008 Progessor Rogow argued to overturn the bribery convictions against former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy . However, on March 9th, 2009 the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld all the convictions against Mr. Scrushy. Prior to the infamous Scrushy case Professor Rogow defended Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal's Judge Michael Allen. The Florida Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Judge Allen for personally attacking a fellow judge and accusing him of a crime in a recent opinion.
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Grading System
The grading system is on a 4.0 scale and for most first year courses the law school requires an Average Grade Range of 2.5 - 2.7. Each professor must certify that his or her class is within the Average Grade Range therefore this is a mandatory system not a guideline. The curve for each course is about a C to a C+ because the average grade is about the same. This seems like a tough grading system that could affect a graduates employment because their GPA may be lower than expected for a prospective associate. Any student that earns below a 1.9 by the end of their second semester will be dismissed. In addition any student that earns below a 2.0 any time afte their second year will be dismissed. This suggests that a student may be dismissed in their third year of law school even if they were academically eligible during their first and second year.
Front Entrance to the Law School Building.
Main Undergraduate Library next to law school building.
View of Law School Building from Main Library
Main Campus