Horizons Fall 2014

13 HORIZONS around NSU Law alumni honored The Shepard Broad Law Center was among the top five law schools in Florida with the most graduates selected as Florida Legal Elite. There were 44 NSU law alumni honored as Florida Legal Elite, which has selected attorneys for inclusion in this prestigious group, based on peer review, for the past 11 years. Fewer than 2 percent of active Florida Bar members practicing in the state are selected. These lawyers epitomize a high standard of excellence in their profession and have gained the respect of their colleagues. n Rogow named Founding Professor Bruce S. Rogow, J.D., who has been with the Law Center since its inception, has been honored as a “Founding Professor” by NSU’s Board of Trustees and George L. Hanbury II, Ph.D., NSU president and chief executive officer. Rogow was honored for his “commitment to the mission of Nova Southeastern University in ensuring that its students develop the knowledge, skills, and values that are at the heart of becoming trusted, highly adept, professional lawyers, which is as evident today as it was when the university’s Shepard Broad Law Center began in 1974.” After 40 years as a professor of law at Nova Southeastern University, Rogow has retired. Others who also have retired from full-time teaching at the Shepard Broad Law Center include Johnny Burris, 35 years; Marilyn Cane, 31 years; Lynn Epstein, 25 years; Joseph Harbaugh (dean emeritus), 19 years; Gail Richmond, 35 years; Eloisa Rodriguez-Dod, 21 years; Marc Rohr, 38 years; Charlene Smith, 11 years; and Steve Wisotsky, 39 years. n arcaro’s Work Recognized by u.s. department of state Tim Arcaro, J.D., professor and associate dean at the Shepard Broad Law Center, has been formally recognized by the U.S. Department of State for his work on the Hague Convention Attorney Network. Arcaro’s work involved representing many individual parents attempting to recover a child who had been abducted from South Florida and taken out of the country by the child’s other parent. A certificate of appreciation was issued thanking Arcaro for generously donating his legal services in assisting parents and for contributing to the effective operation of the Hague Convention in the United States. The certificate was issued by Beth Payne, director, Office of Children’s Issues, United States Central Authority for the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Arcaro also received commenda- tions from Patricia Hoff, legal assistance coordinator for the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Central Authority for the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues actively seeks lawyers who are willing to participate by assisting parents involved in international family law and child abduction cases. By joining the Department of State’s Hague Convention Attorney Network, attorneys provide the critical assis- tance necessary to navigate through the legal system. Arcaro has been a member of the Law Center’s faculty since 1994. After serving as a clinical instructor in the Civil Law Clinic, he was appointed direc- tor of the Children and Family Law Clinic in 1998. He became director of the Master of Science in Health Law program in 2003, and served in that capac- ity until being appointed director of the Master of Science in Education Law program in 2005. Arcaro teaches both online and on-site courses. n