Need some non-legal pro bono hours? Keep reading!

Non-legal pro bono opportunity this weekend, July 6–7, by serving as a timer at the St. Pete Masters (SPM) long course swim meet.

SPM was established in 1970 by a Stetson alum—Judge Bob Beach. (And Judge Beach is planning to swim in the meet; he is 94 years old! Judge Beach graduated from Stetson in the late 1950s.) Masters swimming is for the young at heart, ages 18 and older! At the last swim meet, two world records were broken! Hence the importance of timers.

Timers are needed for both the Saturday session (9:30 a.m. until roughly 3:30 p.m.) and the Sunday session (6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.). The session will begin with a timers’ meeting during which you will learn what you need to know to be a timer. And volunteers will have their name entered into a daily drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate to Southern Steer Butcher. Free food, snacks, and beverages await our volunteers.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Professor Bowman, [email protected], as she is the meet director.

Independence Day

July 4th, Independence Day, is our celebration of the birth of the United States as an independent nation. All are welcome to join the city of Gulfport for their fun Fourth of July festivities, find more details here. The College of Law has historically participated in the Gulfport Independence Day Parade. If you are interested in continuing this effort in the future, please email [email protected] or [email protected] as we continue to generate interest.

To learn more about Independence Day and how to participate in local celebrations visit our resource page here.

Omega Law Group Community Growth Scholarship – Deadline: August 15, 2024

Omega Law Group Injury & Accident Lawyers are pleased to announce the first edition of their Omega Law Group’s Community Growth Scholarship. The winner will be awarded the $2,500 prize.

Applicants must be enrolled or scheduled to enroll in an accredited academic institution (either as undergraduates or graduates) in the United States of America and fit the following criteria:

Complete the application form on Omega Law Group’s website
Upload a link to their video essay or submit a written essay addressing the following topic:

What does your community mean to you? Discuss your commitment to both your school and any communities that have influenced your day-to-day life.

The submission deadline is August 15, 2024.

Further details on eligibility criteria and application procedures can be found on their website:

https://www.omegalaw.com/scholarship/

Want faster wireless access on campus?

Stetson provides wireless access to all employees and students via the wireless network called eduroam. When you use this wireless network, you are awarded higher priority, more bandwidth and access to our printers in the Law Library.

If the StetsonGuest network has been added to your wireless configuration, please delete it. This will ensure that you are always connecting to the eduroam wireless network while on campus and prevent issues with on-campus printing.

Additionally, please delete any wireless profiles that you are not using, as this will increase the speed at which your computer can connect to the wireless networks you utilize regularly.

If you would like assistance with this, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Regards,
Information Technology Department
STETSON UNIVERSITY College of Law
1401 61st Street South | Gulfport, FL 33707
Email: [email protected] | Office: +1 (727) 562 7323

Law Offices of Daniel Kim Scholarship – Deadline: December 31, 2024

The Law Offices of Daniel Kim are offering a $5,000 scholarship to a student who is committed to making a positive impact in their community.

Eligibility Criteria:

-Currently enrolled or accepted to a university or college for the 2024/2025 school year.
-Maintaining good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.0.
-Must be a US Citizen.

Application Process:

Applications will undergo review by The Law Offices of Daniel Kim.
Selection criteria are centered on the originality and quality of the essay submission.

Application Deadline:

Submit applications by 5:00 PM PST on December 31st, 2024.

More information is available at: The Law Offices of Daniel Kim 2024 Scholarship (usaccidentlawyer.com)

Questions about applying to OCR? Join a Q&A Session tomorrow

Is applying for OCR opportunities through Symplicity giving you anxiety? Attend a virtual, open forum demonstration of Symplicity to have all your questions answered! Wednesdays at 12:00pm via Zoom (Link to attend here) Participation is optional but encouraged. You can attend more than one session if you come up with additional questions as you work through the process.

Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Law School Scholarship for Veterans – Deadline: July 1, 2024

Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick LTD awards an annual $1,500 scholarship to a deserving veteran enrolled in or accepted to a U.S. law school. Veterans of all branches of the U.S. military are eligible to apply (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard).

This scholarship is open to veterans enrolled in an accredited U.S. law school or who are accepted to an accredited U.S. law school. Applicants must be pursuing a juris doctorate (JD) degree.

More information and application instructions can be found at the CCK Law website: Law School Scholarship for Veterans | CCK Law (cck-law.com)

Family Forms Clinic Reopening June 26 – July 31 Pro Bono Volunteers Needed

Bay Area Legal Services’ Volunteer Lawyers Program is seeking law student volunteers to participate in the Family Forms Clinic at the George Edgecomb Courthouse in downtown Tampa throughout the summer (800 E Twiggs St, Tampa, FL 33602).

The Family Forms Clinic is a free program that provides assistance to people representing themselves in family law cases in Hillsborough County. As a student volunteer, you would help pro se family law litigants complete family law forms. No experience or expertise is needed. All hours eligible for legal pro bono credit.

Beginning June 26, the clinic will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am-2pm. 10-12 law student volunteers are needed for each clinic date. The summer clinic is scheduled to run through July 31. Sign up for one or more clinic dates using the following form: https://forms.gle/9NMt6yLoYDqfVx8F8. There is no minimum required number of sessions to participate.

Questions? Contact Blake Kahn at [email protected].

Congratulations To the new Stetson Law Review Spring 2024 Associates

Congratulations to Our Orseck Team!

Please join me in congratulating our Orseck Moot Court team—Elizabeth Campbell, Mariana Monforte, and Benjamin Russell—on their performance at the 51st Annual Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition this week. The team argued two issues: one issue involved whether attorney-client privilege could be waived, and the other issue involved the interpretation of the phrase “other medium” in Florida Statute 770.01. Two very complex issues.

Before I tell you the results, a little more information is needed about this competition.

The Orseck competition takes place at the annual Florida Bar conference. And because of that, actual sitting judges from the trial courts and the district courts of appeal (DCA) join with attorneys to judge the preliminary, quarterfinal, and semifinal rounds. In fact, this year, there were DCA judges judging the very first preliminary round that the Stetson team argued in. And if that were not enough, one of the issues involved a certified conflict between the DCAs, and in one round, the judges from those specific courts were all represented on the same panel. (Great argument, Ben!)

Continuing on: And if a team advances to the final round, the advocates get an opportunity to argue in front of the justices of the Florida Supreme Court. An opportunity that very few Florida attorneys ever have an opportunity to do. Side note: In the 29 years that Stetson has participated in the competition, a Stetson team has been in the finals 19 times.

Now back to the announcement:

After preliminary rounds against Miami, FSU, and FIU, and a quarterfinal round against FAMU, and a semifinal round against Nova, our Stetson team faced off against Miami again (on opposite sides) for the final round. And the result?

The Stetson team WON the competition (Elizabeth and Mariana argued in the final round). This is the seventh time that Stetson has won the competition. AND there is more! The Justices of the Florida Supreme Court awarded Elizabeth the Best Oralist, Final Round. This is the eighth time that a Stetson advocate has won this award.

Congratulations, Elizabeth, Mariana, and Ben!

Go Stetson!
Professor Bowman

Family Forms Clinic Reopening June 26 – July 31 Pro Bono Volunteers Needed

Questions? Contact Blake Kahn at [email protected].

Family Forms Clinic Reopening June 26 – July 31 Pro Bono Volunteers Needed

Beginning June 26, the clinic will be held on Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am-2pm. 10-12 law student volunteers are needed for each clinic date. The summer clinic is scheduled to run through July 31. Sign up for one or more clinic dates using the following form: https://forms.gle/9NMt6yLoYDqfVx8F8. There is no minimum required number of sessions to participate.

Questions? Contact Blake Kahn at [email protected].

Zoom Bombing – What It Is and How to Prevent It

The term “Zoom bombing” gained notoriety at the start of COVID as our world transitioned online. Unfortunately, people (oftentimes hackers) have learned how to find open meetings and disrupt them. There are protections and ways to prevent a Zoom bombing incident from happening to your meeting. Fortunately, there are several ways to protect your Zoom meetings.

We understand the need to share some of the advanced features with your participants to allow interaction. Zoom has added some suggestions to mitigate the chance that an unwelcome participant engages in disrupting behavior.

If you share your meeting link on social media or another public location, anyone with the link can join your meeting. You may, however, occasionally require a meeting link (for office hours, for instance) that is open to a broader community. Here are some tips you can use to help when public meeting space is necessary:

Zoom Meetings:

Avoid using your Personal Meeting ID (PMI) to host public events. Your PMI is essentially one continuous meeting, and people can pop in and out all the time. Learn more about meeting IDs.
Familiarize yourself with Zoom’s settings and features. Understand how to protect your virtual space when you need to. For example, the Waiting Room is a helpful feature for hosts to control who comes and goes.
Set up a password. A password adds an additional layer of security, one that may be useful for meetings outside of regular class hours. You may wish to share the password in your syllabus or direct emails to your students or classmates.
Disable attendees’ video. Hosts can turn anyone’s video off. This allows them to block unwanted, distracting, or inappropriate gestures on video.
Mute participants. Hosts can mute/unmute individual participants or all of them at once to block unwanted, distracting, or inappropriate noise. You can also enable Mute Upon Entry in your settings to reduce confusion in large meetings.

If you need help creating your meeting or need some additional tips on how to secure your event, please reach out to [email protected].

Regards,
Information Technology Department
STETSON UNIVERSITY College of Law
1401 61st Street South | Gulfport, FL 33707
Email: [email protected] | Office: +1 (727) 562 7323

ABA Forum on Construction Law – Law Student Writing Competition – $1,000 Prize for Winner – Deadline Less Than TWO WEEKS Away!

LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LEFT! We’re nearing last call for the ABA Law Student Writing Competition! Please share this information with law students you know – your students, summer clerks/associates, family, friends. Students may have an article/paper they submitted during the semester that is relevant to the competition. Papers can be newsletter format (1,000-2,000 words) or law journal format. Please ensure your students are aware of this opportunity.

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE ABA FORUM ON CONSTRUCTION LAW STUDENT WRITING COMPETITION ARE DUE JUNE 30, 2024.

This is a reminder of the Annual Law Student Writing Competition – please inform your students and law clerks/associates, share via social media, law school e-blasts, morning announcements, etc.! This is a great resume builder and even if a particular student does not receive first place, he/she/they may have an opportunity to be nationally published in one of the ABA Forum on Construction Law publications. Runners up will have an opportunity for publication as well! Here are the details:

The winning participant will receive:

National recognition via the ABA Forum on Construction Law
$1,000 cash prize
Travel expenses to the Fall Meeting 2024 in an amazing location TBD (not to exceed $2,000)
First place plaque
One-year membership in the Forum

A second place winner may be recognized as well, and all participants will be considered for publication in a Forum on Construction Law publication. The official rules of the competition are located here: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/construction_industry/2024/2024-fcl-writing-competition-rules.pdf

Pro Bono/Community Service

Are you working on your pro bono and community service hours this summer and need to know how to log your hours? Use this link to submit your hours for approval: College of Law Pro Bono GivePulse platform

Family Forms Clinic Reopening June 26 – July 31 Pro Bono Volunteers Needed

Questions? Contact Blake Kahn at [email protected].

Join The Clinical Ed Team!

Family Forms Clinic Reopening June 26 – Summer Pro Bono Volunteers Needed

Questions? Contact Blake Kahn at [email protected].

Bookstore closure due to construction!

Please note that the Bookstore will be closed for in-person business from Tuesday, June 18-Tuesday, June 25 due to access issues during construction around the store. We plan to re-open for in-person business on Wednesday, June 26 or when the repairs in the Banyan Courtyard are completed. Sorry for the inconvenience that this may cause.

*We will be open from 9am-4pm on Monday, June 17th, which is the last day for drop/add book refunds for the summer.

Bookstore Closure Due to Construction

*We will be open from 9am-4pm on Monday, June 17th, which is the last day for drop/add book refunds for the summer.

Juneteenth: Freedom Day

An official federal holiday in the United States since 2021, Juneteenth is synonymous with freedom. The day commemorates the date those enslaved in Texas were informed of the Emancipation Proclamation.

You can learn more by consulting the links listed on our Juneteenth community resource page: https://www.stetson.edu/law/about/home/inclusive-excellence/juneteenth.php

DO NOT WAIT: Renew your ADA Accommodations and ESL Testing Modifications for Summer 2024

DO NOT WAIT: Renew your ADA Accommodations and ESL Testing Modifications for Summer 2024.

After reviewing the renewal checklist on Registering For and Requesting Accommodations – College of Law (stetson.edu) webpages, log in to your Accommodate Student Portal with your Stetson credentials to renew your accommodations request for Summer 2024. (If you have not previously received ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications and you want to submit a first-time request, please fill out the Accommodate Public Registration Form found on Stetson Law’s Accessibility Resources web page: Accessibility Resources for Students with Disabilities – College of Law (stetson.edu))

Students with accommodations or testing modifications must renew their request every term (Fall, Spring, Summer). This gives Accessibility Resources time to work collaboratively to ensure every student receives their needed accommodations; the College of Law does not provide retroactive accommodations. Here, you will see any accommodations you have been previously approved for and are currently eligible for renewal.

NOTE: Unless you receive a confirmation email from Accommodate that your request has been submitted, your request has not been properly submitted and you should reach out to the office of Accessibility Resources. Once your request is submitted, Accessibility Resources will process your request and you will receive your letter of accommodation or testing modification. It is from that date that accommodations will be in effect for the current term.

**A testing modification for foreign students is not considered a disability accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act in accordance with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and ADA Amendments Act of 2008, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504, as amended).

Sealing and Expungement Legal Clinic – Pro Bono Volunteers Needed Thursday, June 13

Volunteer attorneys and law students will assist veterans seeking to seal or expunge their criminal records. The clinic is offered by Bay Area Legal Services Volunteer Lawyers Program & Pay Pines VA Medical-Legal Partnership Program and will take place at Bay Pines VA Hospital (100000 Bay Pines Blvd) on Thursday, June 13 from 10am-2pm. To sign up for this opportunity, please email Stephanie Storke at [email protected]. Hours count as legal pro bono.

DDRB Lawyers Legal Scholarship – Deadline: September 13, 2024

Each year, Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum Bluestein, LLP awards an incoming or continuing law student a scholarship to assist with tuition costs.

For those interested in this opportunity, the application, information, and requirements about this scholarship can be found at their website. Applications must be submitted online, in full, by September 13, 2024. Late applications will not be considered. The application and eligibility requirements can be found here: https://www.ddrlawyers.com/scholarship/

Questions about applying to OCR? Join a Q&A Session tomorrow

Is applying for OCR opportunities through Symplicity giving you anxiety? Attend a virtual, open forum demonstration of Symplicity to have all your questions answered! Wednesdays at 12:00pm via Zoom (Link to attend here) Running June 12^th and June 26th. Link works for any week. Participation is optional but encouraged. You can attend more than one session if you come up with additional questions as you work through the process.