Dr. Chance Meyer is a learning expert and professor in New England Law’s Academic Excellence Program. Before joining New England Law and earning a doctorate in education from the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt, Dr. Meyer served as Assistant Dean of Academic Success and Professionalism at Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law.
Prior to becoming an educator, Dr. Meyer was a capital defense attorney representing death-sentenced inmates in trial and appellate courts, in state and federal jurisdictions. He served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Robert T. Dawson. His research ranges from evidence-based practice and justice pedagogies in legal education to Eighth Amendment issues surrounding the death penalty.