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Dean 鈥淣ick鈥� Allard joined 小蓝视频 as the Founding Dean of the College of Law. He previously served as Dean of Brooklyn Law School (2012 - 2018) where he also concurrently served as President (2014-2018 and Professor of Law (2012-2020). 

Nick is a distinguished attorney, having held leadership positions in some of the most highly regarded firms in the world. Most recently, Dean Allard has been Senior Counsel based in the Washington, D.C., office of Dentons US LLP, the largest law firm in the world. He has received recognition as a leading lawyer and awards as a 鈥淰isionary鈥� for his work in public policy and counseling clients in the fields of privacy, telecommunications, advanced broadband networked communications, technology, health, energy, environmental law, compliance, and higher education.

Nick has been a member of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Government Affairs, chaired its Communications Committee, and currently chairs its Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress. Dean Allard holds prominent volunteer leadership positions at Princeton University, Oxford University, the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, Cambridge University, Catholic University of America, and is a long-time Trustee of the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. He received his JD from Yale Law School and holds a BA from Princeton University鈥檚 School of Public and International Affairs.

He is a Rhodes Scholar and holds an MA in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University. Dean Allard鈥檚 legal education continued during clerkships with the late U.S. Chief District Judge Robert F. Peckham (N.D. CA) and the late U.S. Appellate Judge Patricia M. Wald (D.C. Cir.).

Dr. Courtney Barclay joined the faculty at JU as professor in the Department of Communication, specializing in  media law. With an interdisciplinary focus, she holds a joint faculty appointment in Communication and Law. Dr. Barclay's research analyzes First Amendment implications of law and policy impacting the emerging uses of technology and new media platforms, including chat bots, online data tracking, drones, and social media. Her work is published in law reviews and has been presented at national and international conferences. Dr. Barlcay is the author of "Commercial Speech in a Social Space," a chapter in the third edition of Social Media and the Law (2023).

Before joining the faculty at JU, Dr. Barclay taught media law at Syracuse University.

Dr. Murphree鈥檚 research into the theatre and drama of the French Revolution first ignited his interest in the law. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable Elizabeth Erny Foote of the Western District of Louisiana before joining a plaintiff-side mass tort, class action, and antitrust firm. Alongside his practice, he gave presentations on professionalism to the American Inns of Court and edited the 2023 edition of the . Dr. Murphree has taught acting, theatre appreciation, fine arts, public speaking, and LSAT preparation at Indiana University, Tulane University, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, and Kaplan.

Dr. Murphree鈥檚 publications have appeared in the UMKC Law Review, the Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, the Seattle Journal for Social Justice, and the Loyola Law Review. He is currently studying performative representations of Law and Justice and researching conceptions of federalism in complex litigation and in French and American constitutional law.

Priscilla Norwood Harris has taught law for over twenty years. Most recently, she was the Interim Legal Research & Writing (LRW) Director at Florida A&M University College of Law. Earlier, as a 2016-2017 U.S. Core Fulbright Scholar, she taught at Vilnius University, working with the Lithuanian Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and later she also taught in China. In addition, she has taught LL.M. students at Vanderbilt Law School. Besides teaching, she has conducted public health field research in Appalachia funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her research interests include public health law, environmental law, and LRW.

She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her B.A. from Florida State University. She practiced law for over ten years in Florida (still active), Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. She has worked for a state appellate court and in private firms of all sizes, including her own. She is a native Floridian.

Professor Jackson is an intellectual property and technology attorney with a strong academic background and a growing national reputation in the legal implications of artificial intelligence. Professor Jackson represents a wide range of clients鈥攆rom startups to multinational corporations鈥攐n matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and AI-related legal issues. He is a frequent speaker on emerging technologies, particularly generative AI, and has provided CLE presentations on AI, IP, and legal ethics to attorneys, judges, and business leaders across the country.

A 鈥淭riple Gator,鈥� Professor Jackson earned his B.S. in Mathematics, B.A. in Physics, and J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Florida, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Law Review and earned 12 book awards. He also holds an M.S. in Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University, with a concentration in computational physics.

Katleyn Knaak Johnston has been an assistant state attorney with the Fourth Judicial Circuit for over ten years and is a Board-Certified Specialist in Criminal Trial Law. SAs an ASA she has prosecuted a wide range of cases from misdemeanor to complex multi-defendant homicide including trying over 50 jury trials. Professor Johnston was named Division Chief of County Court in 2017 supervising, training, and mentoring young lawyers within the office. Professor Johnston serves on the Florida Bar鈥檚 standing Code and Rules of Evidence Committee and the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee.

Professor Johnston attended law school at Stetson University College of Law where she graduated with a concentration in advocacy. While at Stetson Professor Johnston was a member of the Trial Team winning multiple national and state championships including the National Trial Competition in 2010. She recently graduated from Florida State University with a master鈥檚 in public administration. 

Judge Scott Makar serves on Florida鈥檚 Fifth District Court of Appeal in Florida. He was initially appointed to the First District Court of Appeal by Governor Rick Scott on February 6, 2012, and later recommissioned by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 1, 2023, when Northeast Florida was made a part of the Fifth District.

Prior to his appointment to the district court, Judge Makar served as the Solicitor General for the State of Florida from 2007 to 2012, appointed by Attorney General Bill McCollum and reappointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi. In that position he argued five cases in the United States Supreme Court, four in a single term, which is a record for state solicitors general. He also served as the Chief of the Appellate Division in the Office of General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville from 2001 to 2007. His private practice experience includes nearly two decades with Holland & Knight in Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and Tampa. He also clerked for Thomas A. Clark of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and interned for the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division.

Judge Makar was a founding member of The Florida Bar's Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section and the Appellate Practice Section of the Jacksonville Bar Association. He is the Master Lawyer and an alumnus of the William H. Stafford American Inn of Court and the Master Lawyer of the First District Appellate Inn of Court.

Over the past four decades, he has taught sixteen different law related courses at colleges and universities including the University of Florida, FSU College of Law (where he held the Richard Ervin Chair), Florida Coastal School of Law, University of North Florida and 小蓝视频. He has also published numerous articles on a wide range of topics in law reviews and journals.

Chad Roberts serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law and co-Instructor in an advanced Civil Procedures course focusing on modern Electronic Discovery. In 2014, after a successful twenty-year career representing consumers in complex litigation, Mr. Roberts established a law firm focusing exclusively on Electronic Discovery practice. 

A frequent lecturer at leading national conferences in Electronic Discovery, Mr. Roberts holds an Engineering Science degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated with high honors from Florida State University College of Law. He has been a litigation partner at both a large, multi-national law firm (Holland & Knight, LLP) as well as a small boutique trial firm (Spohrer & Dodd, LLP) and has won multi-million dollar trial verdicts as lead trial counsel.

For the last decade, Mr. Roberts鈥� national practice has been to counsel litigation parties and Courts facing the most challenging, cutting-edge tasks of modern electronic discovery in civil litigation.

Natalie Tuttle currently serves as a General Magistrate/Hearing Officer for the Fourth Judicial Circuit presiding over family law matters. Magistrate Tuttle has been a member of the judiciary since 2017. Prior to becoming a member of the judiciary, Magistrate Tuttle was a full time Professor, and later, the Supervising Attorney/Professor of Law for the In House Family Law Clinic at Florida Coastal School of Law. During her fifteen years of teaching, Magistrate Tuttle, has taught first year and upper level Legal Writing Courses, Florida Practice and Procedure Courses, including Florida Civil Procedure, Florida Criminal Procedure and Florida Family Law Practice and Procedure. Magistrate Tuttle has also taught Family Law (doctrinal course) and family law related Alternative Dispute Resolution courses. 

Prior to teaching, Magistrate Tuttle was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Douglas B. Shivers and Larry G. Smith at the First District Court of Appeal, Tallahassee, Florida. While serving as an Adjunct Professor and before becoming a full time Professor, Magistrate Tuttle continued to practice in the area of complex commercial litigation, appellate litigation, and family law, actively litigating cases in both Federal and State Courts.

Magistrate Tuttle is a Certified Family, Appellate, and County Mediator and has conducted over 800 mediations in Northeast Florida. Magistrate Tuttle has also served as a Custody Evaluator/Social Investigator and Guardian Ad Litem for the Fourth Judicial Circuit and surrounding circuits and Southeast Georgia. She has performed over 150 evaluations and has appeared as an expert in State Court on numerous occasions.

Lisa Varon is a highly experienced trial lawyer with over 30 years of practice in criminal and civil law. She has tried more than 50 felony jury trials to verdict and has extensive knowledge of Florida statutes, case law, and rules of evidence.

Prior to joining JU Law, she was a partner at Fallgatter Catlin & Varon, PA in Jacksonville, representing clients in juvenile, criminal, civil, and post-conviction matters. She has defended juveniles in delinquency court and adults in misdemeanor and felony cases, while also handling civil injunctions and family law issues.

Previously, Varon served as an Assistant Conflict Counsel and an Assistant Public Defender. Lisa earned her Juris Doctorate from Florida State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from the University of Florida. She is an active member of the Florida Bar and various professional associations, including the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, where she served as President.