Prior to her current position as Dean and Professor of Law, Elena Langan served as Interim Dean of Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There, she was also the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of the first year lawyering skills and values program. At Nova, she served on numerous task forces and committees including the Bar Pass Task Force and the professionalism curriculum committee. She was responsible for curricular and assessment changes consistent with student learning outcomes and bar passage. As Interim Dean, she led the effort to more than double enrollment in online non-JD masters programs, increased opportunities for student experiential learning by expanding clinical offerings and led successful fundraising efforts to support student scholarships and law school programs.

Prior to entering academia, Dean Langan practiced law in Maryland and in Florida. Her scholarship focuses on law school pedagogy and law school admissions, as well as family law. Dean Langan has been active in the American Association of Law Schools, the Inns of Court and state and national bar associations. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland School of Law.