Nachman Gutowski

Director of Academic Success Program

Assistant Professor-in-Residence

Areas of Expertise:

Academic and Student Success • Educational Licensure Requirements and Reporting •

702-895-2759

Nachman.Gutowski@unlv.edu

Scholarship:

Publications - Nachman Gutowski

Education:

J.D., University of Miami School of Law
M.M., Frost School of Music, University of Miami

Nachman Gutowski

Director of Academic Success Program

Assistant Professor-in-Residence

Areas of Expertise:

Academic and Student Success • Educational Licensure Requirements and Reporting •

Bio:

Nachman earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, and his M.M. from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Prior to joining the William S. Boyd School of Law, he served as Director of Accreditation and Associate Professor of Academic Success and Bar Preparation at St. Thomas University, Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. He previously spent 8 years in the legal education-focused, corporate, national bar review industry supporting law schools from Puerto Rico through the southeast United States.

As a recognized bar exam substantive and skills expert, Professor Gutowski has successfully passed multiple bar exams and has scored high enough on the Uniform Bar Exam to meet the required score for all 41 UBE jurisdictions. His scholarship focuses on academic success in law school, discrimination related to the bar exam, and licensure requirements for legal educational institutions. In addition, he has written and spoken about Generative Artificial Intelligence in higher education, as well as the complexities of data collection and reporting.

He served on the Association of American Law Schools Section on Academic Support as a member of the Board of Directors. He currently serves as President-Elect as well as a member of the Bar Advocacy, and Scholarship Committees for the Association of Academic Support Educators. Additionally, he is a member of the American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, and a member of the Society of American Law Teachers. His data-driven and student-centered approach to student success informs his leadership.

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Professor Nachman Gutowski's article, Forging Ahead or Proceeding with Caution; Developing Policy for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Legal Education, has been officially published in the University of Louisville Law Review.

Nachman Gutowski was an invited participant for the UWorld Legal Educators Summit.

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented at the University of Louisville Law Review's 2025 Symposium entitled Digital Age Dilemmas on his article "Forging Ahead or Proceeding with Caution; Developing Policy for Generative Artificial Intelligence in Legal Education."

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented on a panel on AI and Legal technology at the Jacksonville University Law Review Symposium entitled, "The Emergence of AI and Its Impact in the Legal Field."

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law's Modern Learning Talks on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Legal Education: Bridging Classroom Innovation, Policy Making, and Bar Exam Readiness.

Professor Nachman Gutowski's new article, Disclosing the Machine: Trends, Policies, and Considerations of Artificial Intelligence Use in Law Review Authorship, was accepted for publication by the Jacksonville University Law Review.

Professor Nachman Gutowski's co-authored article, The Keystone State Should Forge a New Path to Lawyer Licensure, has been accepted for publication with the University of North Texas College of Law Review, On the Cusp.

Professor Nachman Gutowski co-authored a new white paper entitled The Keystone State Should Forge a New Path to Lawyer Licensure.

Professor Nachman Gutowski was a speaker on Preparing for the New Age of Bar Licensure: A Guide for Law Schools at the 2025 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting.

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented at LexCon on Approaches to Incorporating Commercial Bar Costs Into Your JD Program.

Professor Nachman Gutowski co-authored a new white paper entitled, "Breaking the Cycle: Rethinking Bar Exam Scoring and Portability for NextGen Examinees."

Professor Nachman Gutowski was cited in an article entitled "New York's Next Bar Exam: Where Should We Go From Here" from the New York State Bar Association

Professor Nachman Gutowski co-authored a new white paper entitled "Questioning the Inevitability of the NextGen Bar Examination."

Professor Nachman Gutowski wrote and published a research summary entitled “The NextGen of Licensing and Accreditation Reform" in AccessLex Institute's quarterly publication, Raising the Bar.

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented on "Law School Perspectives on Generative AI Policy Making" at CALICon24.

Nachman N. Gutowski, the Director of the Academic Success Program at the William S. Boyd School of Law, published the article "NextGen Licensure & Accreditation" in the University of New Hampshire Law Review.

Professor Nachman Gutowski has been announced as the new President-Elect for the Association of Academic Support Educators.

Professor Nachman Gutowski was awarded the Association of Academic Support Educators' 2024 Outstanding Scholar Award.

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented at the Association of Academic Support Educators' (AASE) Scholarship Pre-Conference on “What Does Scholarship Look Like.” He also presented at their conference on “Converging Views: Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy-Making in Law Schools.”

Professor Nachman Gutowski was an invited participant at the AccessLex Building Bar Skills Conference, in Philadelphia. The conference centered around NextGen Bar Exam preparedness.

Professor Nachman Gutowski was a keynote speaker at the International Conference on "The Transformative Potential of Generative Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Legal Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward" hosted by the University Of Central Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan.

Professor Nachman Gutowski's article “AI in Legal Education: Drafting Policies for Balancing Innovation and Integrity" is being highlighted in the Professional Reading in Review section of the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL News), Volume 44, Number 3, January-February 2024.

Professor Nachman Gutowski was the keynote speaker for "Risk Taking and Reform in Legal Education" at the University of New Hampshire Law Review Symposium. He also presented on a panel entitled "Looking 50 Years into the Future, What Will Legal Education Look Like?"

Nachman Gutowski co-authored a new article in Virginia Lawyers Weekly entitled "Navigating the AI Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities in Legal Practice and Education."

Professor Nachman Gutowski presented and moderated several sessions at LexCon ’23 by AccessLex in Chicago. His talks were entitled “Measuring Success: Evolving Approaches to Data Collection and Reporting,” as well as "The Genius Hour: Academic and Bar Success." He moderated two panels, “ChatGPT in the Classroom,” and “Put Your Oxygen Mask On First: Supporting YOUR Mental Health.”

Professor Gutowski presented at the Association of Academic Support Educators, Diversity Conference, at the American University Washington College of Law. His talk was on “Leveraging Partnerships and Relationships to Maximize Support for Students.”