Nova Southeastern University Hosting Annual International Faculty Training Workshop – ‘Educating Millennials and Beyond’

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ft. LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, FLA. – Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is pleased to announce the topic of its 2017 Shepard Broad College of Law International Faculty Training Workshop: “Educating Millennials and Beyond.”

The workshop will be held Tuesday, July 25, through Friday, July 28, focusing on what educators can do to understand and effectively educate this generation of students and the one that follows. The goal of the Workshop is to share ideas on how to educate millennials in law schools globally.”   Shahabudeen Khan, Associate Dean of International Program, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law. Topics will include technology, entrepreneurship, social justice, global perspective and experiential learning/teaching. In-depth discussion and learning experiences will cover engaging millennials with hands-on, application–based case studies (new knowledge is discovered and synthesized actively between group members) describing and employing the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) “Learning by Doing” mode.

“It is imperative in today’s global legal and business environment that information and techniques are exchanged between educators on an international level,” said Jon M. Garon, dean of the Shepard Broad College of Law. “We are pleased to be able to bring so many world-class faculty to the NSU campus in Ft. Lauderdale.”

Faculty members are attending from Universidad de Navarra, Spain; Aarhus University, Denmark; Tbilisi State University, Georgia; University of the Bahamas, Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad & Tobago; Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law, Pakistan; Shoolini University, India; Norman Manley Law School, Jamaica; UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN BUENAVENTURA, CALI, Colombia; and Nations School of Law/ University of London, Guyana are among those attending the workshop.

Please follow the links below for more information on the workshop and to register:

More Information:

https://www.law.nova.edu/international-program/facultytrainingworkshop.html

Registration Link:

https://opinio.nova.edu/opinio/s?s=15714

Be sure to sign up for NSU’s RSS feed so you don’t miss any of our news releases, guest editorials and other announcements. Please sign up HERE.

###

About Nova Southeastern University (NSU): Located in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) is a dynamic research institution dedicated to providing high-quality educational programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and first-professional degree levels. A private, not-for-profit institution, NSU has campuses in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Miami, Miramar, Orlando, Palm Beach, and Tampa, Florida, as well as San Juan, Puerto Rico, while maintaining a presence online globally. For more than 50 years, NSU has been awarding degrees in a wide range of fields, while fostering groundbreaking research and an impactful commitment to community. Classified as a research university with “high research activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, NSU is 1 of only 50 universities nationwide to also be awarded Carnegie’s Community Engagement Classification, and is also the largest private, not-for-profit institution in the United States that meets the U.S. Department of Education’s criteria as a Hispanic-serving Institution. Please visit www.nova.edu for more information about NSU and realizingpotential.nova.edu for more information on the largest fundraising campaign in NSU history.

About Shepard Broad College of Law: Nova Southeastern University’s College of Law offers a cutting edge, skills-centered academic program in three-year full-time and four-year part-time divisions. With its recently redeveloped clinical programs, every NSU Law student is guaranteed a live-client experience. In-house clinical studies are supplemented by full-time field placement opportunities practicing law in Florida, across the United States, or select locations throughout the globe. To solidify student success after graduation, NSU Law pioneered a curriculum on the business of lawyering through the Global Law Leadership Initiative. NSU Law students have a myriad of curricular opportunities, including a rich, diverse curriculum, concentrations in International Law or Health Law; dual degree programs abroad in Rome, Barcelona, or Prague; dual degree programs at many of NSU’s other 17 colleges; and much more.  For more information, please visit www.law.nova.edu.

July 26, 2017

Contact Information:
Kevin Boyd
954-288-9509
kevinboydpr@comcast.net