Florida Guardian ad Litem Academy

J.D., Wake Forest University, School of LawM.A.Ed, Virginia Polytechnic and State UniversityB.S.Ed, Western Carolina UniversityPatricia Propheter has over twenty years of teaching experience, including eight years of teaching exceptional students in the public school system prior to becoming a lawyer and eleven years teaching at Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in the Critical Skills Program and as an adjunct professor of Juvenile Law and Domestic Violence Law.  She also teaches numerous courses in the online programs at Nova in the Criminal Justice Institute and the online Master of Science in Law program. In her current position as the Continuing Education Coordinator for the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program, Patricia trains new and experienced attorneys practicing Dependency Law and advocating for the best interest of Florida’s abused, neglected and abandoned children.    In addition to her teaching experiences, Patricia has practiced law in family and child welfare since 1993. She was the managing attorney for the Domestic Violence and Public Benefits unit at the Legal Aid Society of Northwest North Carolina from 1993 until 2001. After relocating back to her home state of Florida in 2001, she has practiced exclusively in child dependency, with both the Statewide Guardian ad Litem Program and the Department of Children and Family Services, Children’s Legal Services, at both the trial and appellate levels.