Spring 2012 Florida State Law magazine - Florida State University ...

Around the Law School
Law School Announces
Administration Changes
Several people have recently joined or been promoted within the law school administration.
David L. Markell
David E. Landau
Steven M. Goldstein Professor David L.
Markell is the new Associate Dean for
Environmental Programs. Markell joined
the faculty in 2002 and served as Associate
Dean for Academic Affairs for the
2007-2008 academic year. He is an expert
in environmental law and administrative
law. He has published five books and numerous
articles and book chapters, and is
widely recognized for his scholarly work
relating to climate change, enforcement,
North American environmental law and
policy, and the design of government
decision-making procedures.
Assistant Professor David E. Landau
is now the Associate Dean for
International Programs. He writes
about comparative constitutional jurisprudence
and civil procedure. Before
joining the Florida State Law faculty,
Landau was a Climenko Fellow and
lecturer on law at Harvard Law School
and a presidential scholar at Harvard
University in the Graduate School of
Arts and Sciences.
Nicole Scialabba
Elizabeth Boyette
The Placement Office has a new addition
to its staff, Assistant Director
Nicole Scialabba. She obtained both her
undergraduate and J.D. degrees from
Duquesne University in Pittsburgh
and is admitted to the Pennsylvania
Bar. While in law school, Scialabba
was the Pro Bono program coordinator
for her college’s Placement Office,
and after law school she served as a
staff attorney at Neighborhood Legal
Services Association in Pittsburgh. She
relocated to Florida in 2010, and joins
the College of Law from the Office of
the State Courts Administrator.
Elizabeth Boyette has been promoted
to the Director of Academic Programs.
She will oversee the administration of
LL.M. degree programs in American
Law (for foreign lawyers) and Environmental
Law & Policy. She will
also oversee certificate programs in
Environmental Law, International Law
and Business Law and will direct the
foreign exchange program.
Mark Seidenfeld
Mark Seidenfeld, the Patricia A. Dore
Professor of Administrative Law, will
now serve as the Associate Dean for
Research. Recognized as one of the
country’s leading scholars on federal
administrative law, he is the author
of influential publications on how
administrative law doctrine relates to
institutional behavior and agency accountability.
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