Olympia Ross Duhart has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida.
During her more than 20-year tenure with the law school, Duhart has served as associate dean for academic affairs and strategic initiatives, associate dean for faculty development, and director of the legal research and writing program. Before joining the Nova Southeastern faculty, she worked as a litigation associate with Ruden McClosky and volunteered with the Florida Innocence Project.
Recently, Duhart completed a second term as co-president of the Society of American Law Teachers, making her the first woman to lead the professional organization on two occasions. She is also the producer for the organization’s “SALT Teaching Social Justice Podcast.”
Outside of her law career, Duhart previously taught English and creative writing at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School and worked as a staff reporter for The Miami Herald. Leveraging both her creative and legal writing background, Duhart co-authored Persuasive Legal Writing: A Storytelling Approach (Aspen Publishing, 2017) with Camille Lamar Campbell, current director of the Broad College’s legal research and writing program.
Dean Duhart received her bachelor’s degree in English with a minor in communications from the University of Miami and her juris doctorate from Nova Southeastern University.
