2023 Symposium

Nova Law Review proudly presents the 2023 Symposium: Advancing Advocacy – a symposium with a broad range of topics encompassing conventional and “unconventional” forms of advocacy, as well as the limitations thereto.

A goal of the 2023 Nova Law Review Symposium: Advancing Advocacy, and the Symposium Book accompanying it, is to delve into the past, present, and future of advocacy as it applies to the legal profession. Legal advocacy in America is underpinned by English common law, the American adversarial approach to client representation, and the ever-evolving ethical principles within the American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

It is truly an honor for Nova Law Review to host this Symposium about a topic so integral to NSU Law’s spirit. In 2024, the Shepard Broad College of Law will celebrate its 50th Anniversary. From its very beginning, NSU Law has incubated and promoted a courageous willingness to dive into an uncertain yet promising future. Since the law school’s founding, the dedicated efforts of faculty, students, alumni, and members of the community led to the creation of an advocacy program now ranked in the top twenty percent of American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law schools. The law school’s two advocacy organizations, the NSU National Trial Association and the NSU Moot Court Honor Society, regularly compete and excel nationally. In the 2022-2023 academic year, these organizations won both national and regional titles.

Much like the present, the future of NSU Law and the advocates it fosters remains bright and promising.