Nova Southeastern University Names Associate Dean for Library Services in the Shepard Broad College of Law

Vicenç F. Feliú to Also Serve as a Professor of Law at NSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Vicenç Feliú is the new associate dean for library services at the Panza Maurer Law Library

FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, FLA. – Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) is pleased to announce that Vicenç Feliú has been named Associate Dean and Professor of Law at its Shepard Broad College of Law.

In addition to serving as a professor of law, Dean Feliú will be the Associate Dean for Library Services of the Panza Maurer Law Library. He will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of the law library, in conjunction with Jon M. Garon, the Dean of the College of Law, and working closely with the Alvin Sherman Library, a public-private partnership between NSU and Broward County.

“It is very fortunate for our students that a legal scholar with such deep knowledge and unique expertise will join us to direct the Panza Maurer Law Library,” Garon said. “He is an excellent professor as well as an accomplished library director. We are thrilled to have him join our faculty.”

Dean Feliú was most recently the Associate Dean for Library Services and Professor of Law at Villanova University’s Charles Widger School of Law in Pennsylvania. Before that Dean Feliú was Director of the Law Library and Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, where he also taught International Human Rights and Advanced Legal Research.

Dean Feliú teaches Advanced Intellectual Property/Cyber Law and Copyright Law.  Prior to entering academia, Dean Feliú served as a Major in the United States Marine Corps and as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.).

Dean Feliú received a B.A. in Linguistics from California State University, Fullerton, both a J.D. and LL.M. in Intellectual Property, Commerce & Technology from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, and a M.L.I.S., with a Law Librarianship Certificate, from the University of Washington.

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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 17 colleges; and much more.  For more information, please visit www.law.nova.edu.

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.

January 18, 2017

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