Shiv N Persaud
- shiv.persaud@famu.edu
- PHONE
- 407-254-3268
- OFFICE
- College Of Law - Instruction
COL Bldg.
Program Assistant is Daexia Modeste, Phone: (407) 254-3297, daexia.modeste@famu.edu
LAW 6520-7437-301 Administrative Law Mon Wed 7:45 p.m. -9:15 p.m.
Prior to joining FAMU’s faculty, Shiv Narayan Persaud served as a state agency attorney,
an assistant public defender, an assistant state attorney and a sole practitioner.
In varying capacities at several state agencies, he worked on the State’s highway
outdoor advertising program, assisted in the reconstruction of the firefighter certification
examination, and streamlined real estate license law prosecutions. With the opportunity
to represent indigent and private clients, in addition to the institutional knowledge
of being a successful prosecutor, he brings a practical understanding to the classroom
which elucidates and strengthens a student’s inferential analysis. Being in academia
has also afforded him the opportunity to reach a vast and diverse array of individuals
who will eventually become the policymakers and professionals in our legal system.
He believes that the College’s commitment to excellence cannot underplay the value
of instilling the principles of cultural competence in the legal profession.
In continuing these principles at the College, in 2012 he became the founding faculty
member for the Marshall-Bell Law Society. The Society is a student-operated organization
with a mission to enhance cultural sensitivity and competency in both legal education
and practice. In furthering the principles of liberty and equal justice for all under
the law, in the spirit of Thurgood Marshall and Derrick Bell, the Society seeks to
provide an objective forum for culturally diverse individuals to speak on a variety
of issues and address cultural misconceptions. As future legal professionals, students
become members because they are committed to promoting those behaviors and attitudes
that will enable them and their fellow students to work effectively in cross-cultural
situations.
- Criminal Law
- Cultural Competence
- Associate Professor of Law - Present
- Founding faculty member of the Marshall-Bell Law Society
- Administrative Law