Introduction to MS PowerPoint Accessibility

Accessibility Resources is promoting a series of seminars this Fall with technical information that both staff and students might appreciate.

Introduction to MS PowerPoint Accessibility

Date: Tuesday, October 21st

Time: 10:00 to 11:30 AM Central

This is a great training for beginners or those who need a refresher in the basics of creating accessible MS PowerPoint Slides. We’ll focus on a few simple techniques to greatly improve the accessibility of your slide decks: choosing backgrounds with good contrast, choosing slide layouts, choosing font styles and sizes, adding alt text to images, and creating meaningful links.

Register for MS PowerPoint Accessibility

About the Presenter: Melanie Thornton is the Director of Initiatives on Access and Justice at University of Arkansas Partners. She provides professional development on topics related to leadership, disability, accessibility, and design. She is very interested in working with organizations to create more accessible environments.

These webinars are provided with support from iCAN (Increasing Capabilities Access Network) and the Southwest ADA Center.

DOJ Attorney General’s Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program Application Closes Tuesday, 9/2/25

The U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General’s Honors Program (HP) and Summer Law Intern Program (SLIP) application closes on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET. Applications must be submitted via the online application and late applications will not be accepted. DOJ has over 150 permanent and time-limited, entry-level attorney positions as well as paid summer legal internships.

Detailed information about the HP and SLIP, including offices participating and the number of available positions, can be found at:

HP: https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/entry-level-attorneys
SLIP: https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/summer-law-intern-program
Application Tips: https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers/application-tips-and-checklist
Application Link: https://www.avuedigitalservices.com/casting/aiportal/control/mainmenu?agency=dojoarm

Information about all of DOJ’s legal hiring programs, including experienced attorney hiring and volunteer legal internships, is online at https://www.justice.gov/legal-careers.

Student Leadership Development September Luncheon

Student Leadership Development September Luncehon

Event Description: Join SLDC for our first Luncheon of the year! Courtney Olivier, National Director of Legal Education for BARBRI, will be our speaker this month, and lunch from Mr. Empanada will be provided!

Please RSVP so there is enough food for everyone. If you have questions, please reach out to Annabella Tubbs, Chair of Student Leadership Development Committee.

1 Leadership Credit will be awarded to all students who sign in and stay for the majority of the luncheon.

The Leadership Development Program will offer opportunities for students to take part in a variety of Leadership Development Sessions. Students participating in the Leadership Development Program have the opportunity to receive a certificate of recognition at graduation. Successful completion of the program requires a total of 15 leadership credits plus a capstone essay before graduation.
*LLM Students are required to complete 8 Credits plus the essay.

Student Leadership Development Committee (SLDC) Interest Meeting!

Please join the Student Leadership Development Committee next Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, from 12:00-12:50pm in Classroom A, to learn more about our upcoming programming for the year, how you can get more involved with the committee, and how to earn your leadership certificate! Publix lunch will be provided. Please RSVP on HattersConnect (f/k/a Engage), and email [email protected] with any questions.

Looking for Non-Legal Pro Bono or Admin Hours? We need Volunteers!

Stetson Law is hosting it’s 27th Annual National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts. This is not only a great opportunity to network with over 450 attorneys from across the country, but you will also receive non-legal pro bono credit or Admin Hours for your time.

Volunteer Responsibilities:
– Directing attendees to sessions, restrooms, lunch areas, the registration table, etc.
– Serving as a timekeeper for speakers during sessions.
– Collecting and delivering question cards to speakers in the presentation rooms.

Below is a link to a Microsoft Form where you can indicate the dates and times you are available to volunteer.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=WUaFfRNCwUiAyt94McAubczdTGn-qmtFvM67WnOFXMVURVhHREwzWkQ3WEJORTRFOUxWUjlRTENWNy4u

Please note: There will be a mandatory training session via Zoom on Wednesday, October 15 at 12:00 PM. Please be aware it is at a new location from last year: 400 Coronado Dr, Clearwater, FL 33767. It is a brand-new beautiful hotel called the Opal Sol.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at [email protected]

Biodiversity Lecture – Save the Date!

The first Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture of the 2025-2026 academic year will be on September 30th at 12:00 in the Great Hall.

Casey Darling-Kniffin, Conservation Policy Director for the Florida Wildlife Federation, will be highlighting the Federation’s role in a grassroots movement to stop incompatible development, showing how advocacy, collaboration, and persistent action by all can continue to keep these treasured spaces wild.

Lunch will be served. RSVP here.

Do Not Wait: Renew your ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications for the Fall 2025 Term.

Renew your ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications for the Fall 2025 Term.

The deadline to renew ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Testing Modifications is October 10th. Any submissions after this date will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

All students who have previously received ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Testing Modifications at Stetson College of Law must renew their accommodation requests for every fall and spring semester, summer session and study abroad programs in which you are enrolled. 

All semester renewal requests for accommodations or modifications must be requested through the  Accommodate Student Portal . 

Please follow all the steps found on Stetson Law’s Accessibility Resources web page. The accommodations listed in the BLUE BOX are what you are ELIGIBLE TO RENEW for the current term. If you need additional or different accommodations, please email [email protected]. You will receive an email confirming a successful submission for the Accessibility Resource team to review and process for approval in the current term.

All first-time requests need to register with our office via the  Accommodate Public Registration Form found on Stetson Law’s Accessibility Resources web page.  If you need assistance, please email [email protected].

Certificate of Concentration in Criminal Law Applications Open

The Certificate of Concentration in Criminal Law will accept students with more than 45 hours to the concentration in Fall, 2025 only. Because the Certificate was recently approved, we will accept applications from students who have more than 45 credits. To be considered all the following must be true:

Application is received by the Registrar’s Office by September 12, 2025.
Student will not graduate before May 2026.
Student has currently completed at least 10 hours of the certificate curriculum with the required grades.
Student agrees that they will complete the required paper in the area of criminal law, even if they have already completed this graduation requirement through a non-criminal law topic. This can be completed through a seminar, Directed Research Project or an Independent Research Project.
Student agrees to complete the required criminal law pro bono hours, even if they have already completed the graduation requirement.

DO NOT WAIT: Renew your ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications for Fall 2025.

Renew your ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications for the Fall 2025 Term.

The deadline to renew ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Testing Modifications is October 10th. Any submissions after this date will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis

All semester renewal requests for accommodations or modifications must be requested through the  Accommodate Student Portal . 

Summer 2025 Tuition is Due

Please check your My Stetson to confirm your Financial Aid has posted and for any outstanding balances.

Please find the relevant information below:

Summer 2025 tuition and fees for the various programs are:

Entering 1Ls (Entering Fall 2024):

Full time- $13,586 plus $50 SBA fee plus $30 Activity fee
Part time- $9,058 plus $50 SBA fee plus $30 Activity fee

Returning Students (Prior to Fall 2024):

Full time- $13,653 plus $50 SBA fee plus $30 Activity fee
Part time- $8,993 plus $50 SBA fee plus $30 Activity fee

Other Programs:

LLM International- $13,653 plus $50 SBA fee plus $30 Activity fee
LLM Elder Law- $1,420/credit hour plus $50 tech fee
LLM Advocacy- $1,300/credit hour plus $50 tech fee
MBA tuition is $3,150 per class ($1,050 per credit hour).
MJur in Health Care Compliance is $1,095 per credit hour.

The Book Store will open book advances starting 05/19/25-6/03/25. If you have any questions, please contact the Book Store at [email protected] or (727) 562-7806.

Tuition and fees have been posted to your student account based on your current registration. To review your charges and view any payments/financial aid received:

Log into your MyStetson account
Click on ‘Student Dashboard’
Click on ‘Student Account’
Click on ‘Account Summary’

Tuition is due by the first day of classes, Monday, June 09, 2025.

Any student who has not paid the balance on their student account or has not made financial arrangements with the Business Office will be charged a late fee of $200.

Methods of acceptable payment are cash, check, money order, credit card or E-check.

Please make checks payable to:

Stetson University College of Law

1401 61st Street South

Gulfport, FL 33707

Attn.: Business Office

If method of payment is credit card or E-checks, this must be paid through the student payment portal at https://www.stetson.edu/forms/law/student-accounts/payment/

As a condition of using your credit card, a non-refundable convenience fee equal to 2.5% of the payment will be charged. E-checks do not incur a convenience fee.

If the amount of your financial aid is in excess of the amount of your tuition and fees, you will receive a refund for the difference to cover your living expenses. This refund can be paid to you by check or more expeditiously by direct deposit. If you wish to have your refund paid by direct deposit, and have not already completed the paperwork, please be sure to contact the Business Office at [email protected]. If you chose to receive your refund by check, it may be picked up in the Business Office on Friday, June 06, 2025. If your refund is direct deposited, it will be processed late afternoon on Thursday, June 05, 2025.

Renew your ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications for 2025 Summer Term before June 24th.

DO NOT WAIT: Renew your ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Modifications for 2025 SUMMER TERM.

The deadline to renew ADA Accommodations and/or ESL Testing Modifications is June 24th. Any submissions after this date will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

All semester renewal requests for accommodations or modifications must be requested through the  Accommodate Student Portal . 

Stetson Business Law Review Write-On Information Session on April 9th

Come join SBLR for our write-on information session! It will be held on Wednesday, April 9^th from 12-1 in the Advocacy Center Courtroom 102. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Stetson Business Law Review Write-On Information Session on April 9th

Come join SBLR for our write-on information session! It will be held on Wednesday, April 9^th from 12-1 in the Advocacy Center Courtroom 102. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture

Award-winning author and journalist Cynthia Barnett will join us to share her perspective on the connection between seashells and the health of the oceans.

More information

Coffee and light breakfast will be served.

April 4, 2025, at 9 a.m. in the Library Room 129

RSVP by April 2 using this form

Federal Judges Association – Stetson Law Clerkship Chat – 12:00pm on March 26 – ZOOM

A Judicial Clerkship serves as the capstone experience to your legal education – these opportunities require careful planning and informed decision-making in their pursuit. You now have an opportunity to hear directly from sitting judges on what they ask their clerks to do, how to apply for positions, and the keys to interview strategy

The Federal Judges Association is hosting a Clerkship Chat, exclusive to Stetson and featuring The Hon. Mary Scriven, and the Hon. Christopher Tuite of the US Middle District of Florida (Tampa), and the Hon. Grace Robson of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa. The panel chat and Q&A will be moderated by the Hon. Robin Rosenbaum of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

This program affords a rare view into the judicial clerkship experience and application – we hope to have you join us.

Wednesday, March 26, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Zoom
Join Zoom Meeting
https://stetson-edu.zoom.us/j/93760967124?pwd=HwvSncccpgi1Cv2b2scGdphdRBVbsx.1

Meeting ID: 937 6096 7124
Passcode: 980241

RSVP here and submit questions: https://forms.office.com/r/gy0j1u4cYJ

Contact Ryan Hoyle, Senior Associate Director, Office of Career and Professional Development with questions
[email protected]

Federal Judges Association – Stetson Law Clerkship Chat – 12:00pm on March 26 – ZOOM

Meeting ID: 937 6096 7124
Passcode: 980241

RSVP here and submit questions: https://forms.office.com/r/gy0j1u4cYJ

Contact Ryan Hoyle, Senior Associate Director, Office of Career and Professional Development with questions
[email protected]

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity

FosterPower is a movement to improve the lives and futures for youth in foster care by creating access to information on their benefits, protections, and legal rights. FosterPower started out as a directed research project by attorney Taylor Sartor with the Social Justice Advocacy Concentration, and has grown into a statewide and national movement. FosterPower is the first app and website in the country to contain information about the law for youth in foster care. Attorney Taylor Sartor, Creator and Legal Director of FosterPower, is seeking law students to complete pro bono legal research to update sections of content. Please send a short paragraph of interest and resume to be considered to [email protected] and [email protected]. Research will consist of checking citations of sections and updating the law as needed.

http://www.law.stetson.edu/probono

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity

http://www.law.stetson.edu/probono

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity

http://www.law.stetson.edu/probono

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity

http://www.law.stetson.edu/probono

Register to Attend the 21st International Wildlife Law Conference

The 21st International Wildlife Law Conference (IWLC-21) will take place on April 8-9, 2025, at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida.

Hosted by Stetson’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, this event will convene a diverse group of experts in wildlife conservation, including legal professionals, policymakers, and scientists. The conference encourages active participation from students and welcomes attendees who work in the legal field and scientists and other wildlife professionals with an interest in law.

For more information and to register to attend see International Wildlife Law Conference – College of Law.

Apply for the Dick and Joan Jacobs Environmental Law Externship Fund

Will you be working or volunteering for an environmentally focused organization or agency this summer? If so, financial support may be available through the Dick and Joan Jacobs Environmental Law Externship Fund. Send an application letter to Professor Gardner ([email protected]) and Katherine Pratt ([email protected]) with the name of the organization or agency that you will be working for or have applied to, a description of the work you will be doing, the likely dates of work, and a general description of your financial needs. Stipends typically range between $1500 and $3000 to help defray living and/or travel expenses. Applications are considered on a rolling basis, with those received by Friday, April 25th, 2025 given priority.

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity

http://www.law.stetson.edu/probono

Legal Pro Bono Opportunity

http://www.law.stetson.edu/probono

Join the Stetson Law Review in congratulating our new slate of Editors for the 2025-26 academic year! We are so excited to see all that our new Editors will contribute to the Stetson Law Review!