About Stetson University
As Florida's first law school, Stetson has educated outstanding lawyers, judges and community leaders for more than a century.
Academics
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Admissions
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Faculty
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Campus Life
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Career
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Mary Stewart Howarth-Hewitt: A Trailblazers in Law

Mary Stewart Howarth-Hewitt was the first woman in Florida to attend law school and earn a law degree. She was admitted by the Florida Supreme Court to practice on June 20, 1908. She supported Stetson throughout her life and taught constitutional law at the school part-time. Learn more about her and other women trailblazers on the Women’s History Month webpage: https://www.stetson.edu/law/campus-life/womenshistorymonth.php