FIU Law welcomes new assistant dean and professor of Academic Support

FIU Law has brought on board Louis Schulze Jr. as the new assistant dean and professor of Academic Support. Schulze directs the Academic Enrichment Program and teaches Legal Reasoning, Legal Analysis, and the first semester Introduction to the Study of Law course. Prior to joining FIU Law, he was on faculty at Suffolk University Law School in 2004 and later moved to New England Law, Boston, receiving tenure in 2012. In addition to his experience designing, implementing and consulting on academic support programs; he also has taught courses on Legal Writing and Criminal Law.

“I am very proud to join the FIU Law community. I feel strongly about the role law schools should play in students’ education and on how law schools should fulfill their obligations to their students and communities,” Schulze said. “In the current era of legal education, when commentators are questioning the approach taken by many law schools, I was interested in finding a place with a strong commitment to ‘doing right’ by its students.  Everything I have learned about FIU Law convinces me that it truly is dedicated to its students in this regard.”

Schulze is a leading scholar in the law school academic support field, and he also has published pieces related to FERPA, criminal law and educational psychology in legal education. He is the immediate past chair of the AALS Section on Academic Support and is a founding member and former chair of the New England Consortium of Academic Support Professionals.

Prior to teaching, Schulze began his legal career in Miami, Florida, with the State Attorney’s Office, focusing on prosecuting domestic violence. He then returned to Boston to serve as a law clerk to the Justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court and later joined the Appellate Division of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. He also was an associate in the litigation department of Boston’s Friedman & Atherton, LLP.