Olympia Duhart
Education:
- J.D., magna cum laude Nova Southeastern University, 2003
Olympia R. Duhart currently serves as Interim Dean and Professor of Law at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law. She previously served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Director of the nationally ranked Legal Research & Writing program. She teaches Legal Research & Writing, Constitutional Law, the First Amendment, and a Seminar in Current Constitutional Law Issues. Dean Duhart also taught a short course on American Constitutional Law for the Universitat de Barcelona in Summer 2020 and served as a 2021 Visiting Professor in the Lawyering Skills Program at UC Irvine School of Law.
In addition to her work at NSU Law, Dean Duhart is active with several professional organizations. She served two terms as Co-President of the Society of American Law Teachers. She is a member of the Florida Humanities Board of Directors. She is also active with the Legal Writing Institute, the Southeastern Association of Law Schools, the National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference, and the Association of American Law Schools. She is an elected fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Before joining NSU Law, Dean Duhart worked as a litigation associate at Ruden McClosky in South Florida and volunteered with the Florida Innocence Project. She also taught English and Creative Writing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and worked as a reporter at The Miami Herald. She is the co-author (with Camille Lamar Campbell) of Persuasive Legal Writing: A Storytelling Approach. She was also a producer for a podcast mini-series on Women in the Law. Dean Duhart’s research focuses on vulnerable communities, learning, and assessment. Her work has appeared in the Wake Forest Law Review, the Gonzaga Journal of International Law, the Journal of Legal Education, the Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and USA Today. She has also received numerous awards for teaching and service. Born and raised in Miami, Dean Duhart is a proud first-generation law school graduate.
Areas of Interest
- Teaching and Learning
- Assessment
- Vulnerable Populations