Nachman earned his J.D. from the University of Miami, 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 UNLV, 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. Before entering academia, he spent 8 years in the legal education focused, corporate, national bar review industry. Professor Gutowski has successful passed multiple bar exams and has scored high enough on the Uniform Bar Exam to meet the required score for more than 3 dozen jurisdictions. As a recognized bar exam substantive and skills expert, his scholarship focuses on academic success in law school, discrimination related to the bar exam, and licensure requirements for legal educational institutions.  

He currently serves on the Association of American Law Schools Section on Academic Support as a member of the Board of Directors, as well as a member of the Bar Advocacy Committee for the Association of Academic Success Educators. Additional he is a member of the American Bar Association Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.