Program Directors
Program Director:
Joseph F. Morrissey
Professor of Law
Stetson University College of Law
Professor Morrissey received his A.B. from Princeton University and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law. He practiced corporate and securities law for Mayer, Brown & Platt and later Kirkland & Ellis. He also spent several years overseeing a Russian asset portfolio for an investment company in Switzerland. His practice led him to run offices in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Geneva, Switzerland; and Moscow, Russia.
In the summer of 2001, Professor Morrissey began his full-time academic career at Chicago-Kent College of Law. He joined Stetson Law in the summer of 2004.
Professor Morrissey has taught and published in the areas of contracts, constitutional law, corporations, securities and international private law. In 2008, Aspen published his first book, International Sales & Arbitration, which combines a focus on international contract law with the mechanism of dispute resolution most often used in those contracts and arbitration.
Director of Program Operations:
Lawrence K. Hellman
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Dean Hellman practiced law with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and was a member of the faculty at Washington & Lee University School of Law before joining the faculty at Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1977.
He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and the Oklahoma Fellows of the American Bar Foundation. He was co-chair of the Oklahoma Bar Association's (OBA) Rules of Professional Conduct Committee from 2000 through 2008. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, the National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society, and the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Professionalism Committee.
Hellman is a recipient of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Award for Legal Ethics and the Presidents' Awards for Service from the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, and the Ruth Bader Ginsburg American Inn of Court.
Valerie Reid
Program Manager
Val Reid studied at the University of Westminster for a B.Sc. (Econ) Hons. Degree and has also studied counselling. She has had extensive experience with American study abroad programs from a variety of US institutions in various positions over the last 30 years. From 1980 to 1997, Reid worked for the American Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS) serving as associate dean, dean of students and director of Student Services administering one-semester study abroad programs for up to 350 visiting students per semester, and supervising a team of student services staff. She has coordinated students' residences, liaised with landlords, and helped students and visiting faculty locate accommodation. Reid's duties have also included preparing orientation materials for students, assisting students with financial aid problems, and marketing study programs to U.S. universities. She also served as head of academic services for AIFS, performing a variety of services regarding the academic needs of study abroad programs, and as director of studies for the Richmond College International Summer Session from 1993-1997. She worked with the University of Wisconsin's Study Abroad Program, and on the Accent London Programs, which are also housed in the Florida State London Study Center. Val Reid has assisted students on the Autumn in London Program since it began in 1999.
Stuart Weinstein
Student Internship Director
Stuart Weinstein is an associate dean at University of Hertfordshire School of Law. He received his Doctor of Laws from Columbia University School of Law, a bachelor of arts with honors from Williams College and a Master of Business Administration from University of Hertfordshire Business School. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Hertfordshire, he was general counsel with a major multinational. Weinstein is a member of the California, District of Columbia and New York Bars and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on subjects including company law, intellectual property law, commercial law, Internet law, and law and popular culture.
Josh Leuner
Program Coordinator
Josh Leuner was born and raised in London and has worked with international students for over 15 years. Prior to 2002, Josh worked as a program manager at Accent London, facilitating study abroad programs from the University of California, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Southern California among others.
In 2002, Leuner moved to Brisbane, Australia, where he took up a position in the International Office of the University of Queensland, working with international students and government sponsors. He then moved to the position of student enquiries coordinator at the Queensland University of Technology where he was responsible for the frontline student centre team for more than 40,000 students. Following a move to Sydney, he worked as a postgraduate student officer at the University of Sydney, developing application and selection processes with the Faculty of Pharmacy.
After returning to London in 2010, Leuner worked as program coordinator on the University of Wisconsin Madison and Augustana College London programs. He is also responsible for all social media content for the Syracuse University London Program.
Thanks to an extensive background in student services, Leuner is prepared to answer any questions you have about life in London and studying abroad in general. He is currently studying for a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, and loves any opportunity to speak Spanish.
