Davie, Florida
Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1975
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 155
- Median GPA
- 3.52
- Resident tuition
- $49,350
- First-year class
- 225
- Bar-required jobs
- 69.5%
- First-time bar passage
- 74.5%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Concentrations and courses of study
Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.
Concentrations and specializations (3)
- Health Law ConcentrationSchool page for Health Law Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- Intellectual Property, Technology, and Cybersecurity Law ConcentrationSchool page for Intellectual Property, Technology, and Cybersecurity Law Concentration (opens in a new tab)
- International Law ConcentrationSchool page for International Law Concentration (opens in a new tab)
Study abroad and exchange programs (2)
- Semester Abroad ProgramSchool page for Semester Abroad Program (opens in a new tab)
- Summer Abroad ProgramsSchool page for Summer Abroad Programs (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (5)
- Children and Families Law ClinicSchool page for Children and Families Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Civil Field Placement ClinicSchool page for Civil Field Placement Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Dispute Resolution ClinicSchool page for Dispute Resolution Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law ClinicSchool page for Sharon and Mitchell W. Berger Entrepreneur Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Veterans Law ClinicSchool page for Veterans Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (3)
- Civil Field PlacementSchool page for Civil Field Placement (opens in a new tab)
- Criminal Justice Field PlacementSchool page for Criminal Justice Field Placement (opens in a new tab)
- Judicial Field PlacementSchool page for Judicial Field Placement (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
- M.S.L. in Law & Policy (online)School page for M.S.L. in Law & Policy (online) (opens in a new tab)
- Master of Legal StudiesSchool page for Master of Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
- Master of Legal Studies in Education LawSchool page for Master of Legal Studies in Education Law (opens in a new tab)
- Master of Legal Studies in Employment LawSchool page for Master of Legal Studies in Employment Law (opens in a new tab)
- Master of Legal Studies in Health LawSchool page for Master of Legal Studies in Health Law (opens in a new tab)
- Master of Legal Studies in Law and PolicySchool page for Master of Legal Studies in Law and Policy (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
103
Clinic positions available
136
51 filled
Field placements filled
105
Simulation course seats
585
Co-curricular offerings
4
Full-time faculty
41
85 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
