Alumni Spotlight: Yineth Aslan, J.D.

NSU Law alumna Yineth Aslan ’16 shares her passion for community and diversity.

“Being a lawyer is more than just having a job; it is becoming a member of the legal profession, to contribute meaningfully to the advancement of the profession and to the community”

Yineth Sanchez Aslan graduated from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad College of Law  in the spring of 2016 and continues to fulfill her goals of advocating for victims. She also continues to promote the need for diversity and inclusion of underrepresented minorities in the law.

Among the many reasons that NSU Law has earned a U.S. News and World Report specialty ranking in Trial Advocacy is the Trial Advocacy Summer Institute (TASI). Yineth, along with the NSU Trial Association leadership team and faculty advisors, organized the first TASI program in August 2015.

The institute is a platform specifically designed for intensive learning of basic trial skills unconnected to any coursework. Each year, TASI continues to connect excited and eager law students with top trial attorneys and judges from Miami-Dade, West Palm Beach, and Broward counties.

TASI provides an intimate environment where the instructors can nurture and shape the raw talent of the students, transforming that talent into measurable skill. As of 2020, more than 400 students and more than 200 alumni and attorney trial instructors have participated in the program.

As a member of the board of directors of the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association (BCHBA), in January 2020 Yineth and the BCHBA board founded the first Broward County Bilingual High School Conference, Our Bilingual Journey: The Challenges and Benefits of Bilingualism in the Legal Profession.

In a partnership with the Broward County Public Schools and BCHBA, 125 students and panelists gathered for a full day of large and small group discussions. Attorneys, judges, and Spanish-speaking high school students shared their bilingual experiences, the benefits and challenges of growing up in a bilingual home, the effects of bilingualism in the legal profession, and how to use bilingual skills to excel professionally. Yineth and the BCHBA team are looking forward to the 2021 conference. “

“The passion and determination to overcome the challenge of a language barrier are remarkable proof of the resilient spirit of immigrants,” said Yineth. “My hope is that other groups and organizations will recognize that and in turn create more opportunities for success for this bilingual population.”