Month: April 2024

NSU Newsroom – Reporter Follows Up with Law Professor after Federal Ruling

Prof. Dietz being interviewed with a reporter and a cameraman and a tv camera.
TV reporter Tony Pipitone interviews NSU Professor Matthew Dietz at the Shepard Broad College of Law.

Investigative reporter Tony Pipitone has been following the story on lawsuits against the state that claimed it illegally kept children with complex medical needs in nursing homes.

The state was first sued over this issue in 2012 by a group of attorneys, including Matthew Dietz, the director of the Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic at NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law. Dietz was interviewed by Pipitone during his earlier coverage of this story and was interviewed again by Pipitone after a recent ruling by a federal judge said the state did break the law and has ordered changes. The interview was aired Wednesday on NBC Channel 6 South Florida.

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NSU Newsroom – Law Clinic Works with Media to Expose Disabled Parking Fraud

Professor Dietz in a tan checkered suit and red tie, being interviewed by a white man in a checkered shirt with a microphone on the table
Professor Dietz and WPLG Investigative reporter Jeff Weinsier

Matthew Dietz, the clinical director for the Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic in Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law, was recently featured on a WPLG Channel 10 investigative piece because of the work of him and his students to expose a man who was selling forged disabled parking permits online without any required doctor authorization.

Investigative reporter Jeff Weinsier tracked down the culprit in an exclusive story.

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NSU Newsroom – NSU Disability Advocate Addresses Sidewalk-Utility Pole Issue

Professor Dietz in a Blue Blazer and red tie
Matthew Dietz, the clinical director for the NSU Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic

Matthew Dietz, the clinical director of the Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic in NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law, recently weighed in on a Local 10 story about a power pole in Miami that was put in the middle of a sidewalk. The pole created an accessibility issue.

See the full story here.

NSU Newsroom – Professor Comes to the Support of Children Denied Dental Care

Professor Dietz in a blue checkered blazer and red tie
Prof. Matthew Dietz, NSU Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic

A Hillsborough County mother turned to the local television station after her children with special needs were denied dental treatment. Attorney Matthew Dietz, the clinical director of the Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic at Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University, weighed in on the matter.

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NSU Newsroom – Federal Court Ruling Favors NSU Law Professor and Child Advocate

Matthew Dietz, in a tan checkered blazer, blue shirt and navy pants
Prof. Matthew Dietz, NSU Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic

Matthew Dietz the director of the Disability Inclusion and Advocacy Law Clinic at NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law, was one of the attorneys in case that led to a federal judge ruling that the state of Florida can no longer keep children with medically complex conditions in senior nursing homes.

Dietz was interviewed this week by Orlando’s WFTV9.

WFTV story on medically complex children