Bailiffs needed for the upcoming IEMCC!
Students are invited to sign up as bailiffs for the 30th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, taking place April 16–18, 2026. This is a great opportunity to gain moot court experience while meeting students and judges from around the world. Participants can earn non‑legal pro bono or administrative hours, and bailiff training is provided.
Sign up using this link: https://stetsonlaw.formstack.com/forms/volunteer_bailiffs_iemcc. Additional volunteer opportunities during the competition are also available. Email [email protected] for more information.
Register to Attend the April Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
IF WE COULD TURN BACK TIME – Modern biotechnology raises profound questions about whether, and how, we should revive extinct species, balancing scientific possibility with ethical responsibilities to animals and the environment.
Join the Biodiversity Institute in welcoming Alta Charo to give the final Foreman Biodiversity Lecture of the 2025-26 academic year. Alta Charo is the Warren P. Knowles Professor Emerita of Law and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Head of Bioethics at Colossal Laboratories & Bioscience, and a nationally recognized leader in bioethics and science policy with service spanning the American academies, the White House, and the FDA.
April 15th at 5:00 p.m. in the Great Hall. The lecture will be followed by the 30th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition Welcome Reception. Refreshments will be served. Please register by April 10th at this link: Foreman Biodiversity Lecture and IEMCC Welcome Reception
Apply for the Environmental Law-Student Teaching Program
The Biodiversity Institute is now accepting applicants for the Environmental Law-Student Teaching Program. Students who will be 3Ls (or equivalent) and have taken Environmental Law are invited to apply to co-teach an undergraduate course in Environmental Law or Environmental Regulation. Student teachers will receive instruction during Fall 2026 to prepare them to teach a Spring 2027 class.
Send your resume, unofficial law school transcript, and a cover letter to Professor Gardner ([email protected]) and Katherine Pratt ([email protected]) by April 20, 2026.
For more information, email [email protected].
Foreman Biodiversity Lecture – Dr. Christina Leb
Don’t miss Dr. Christina Leb, Lead Water Specialist with the World Bank, speak about the role of multilateral development banks in advancing environmental and water law standards worldwide. More information is available here.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Great Hall
Lunch will be available for registered attendees. Register at this link by February 23rd: Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
Foreman Biodiversity Lecture – Dr. Christina Leb
Don’t miss Dr. Christina Leb, Lead Water Specialist with the World Bank, speak about the role of multilateral development banks in advancing environmental and water law standards worldwide. More information is available here.
Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Great Hall
Lunch will be available for registered attendees. Register at this link by February 23rd: Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
Dr. Christina Leb, Lead Water Specialist in the World Bank’s Group’s Global Water Department, will speak on the role of multilateral development banks in supporting the implementation of international water law and sustainable water resources development.
See the flyer for more information
Lunch will be served for registered attendees. Register here.
22nd International Wildlife Law Conference
RSVP by November 14th for the Foreman Biodiversity Lecture!
Join us for the November 2025 Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture with acclaimed author Michael Grunwald. Grunwald will explore the themes of his latest book, We Are Eating the Earth, examining how our global food choices shape the planet and influence the climate.
November 18, 2025, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Mann Lounge. Lunch will be served!
RSVP HERE by November 14 for a chance to win a copy of We Are Eating the Earth or Grunwald’s award-winning bestseller The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, to be distributed at the event.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Featuring Michael Grunwald
Join us for the November 2025 Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture with acclaimed author Michael Grunwald. Grunwald will explore the themes of his latest book, We Are Eating the Earth, examining how our global food choices shape the planet and influence the climate.
November 18, 2025, 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Mann Lounge. Lunch will be served!
RSVP HERE by November 14 for a chance to win a copy of We Are Eating the Earth or Grunwald’s award-winning bestseller The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, to be distributed at the event.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
We Are Eating the Earth
Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald will discuss his new book, We are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix our Food System and Save our Climate. His book examines how our food system is colliding with the climate crisis. He exposes false solutions making the problem worse while spotlighting the scientists and entrepreneurs pioneering real innovations.
November 18, 2025, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in the Mann Lounge
Lunch will be served. RSVP HERE
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture – Author Michael Grunwald
We Are Eating the Earth
Best-selling author and award-winning journalist Michael Grunwald will discuss his new book, We are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix our Food System and Save our Climate. His book examines how our food system is colliding with the climate crisis. He exposes false solutions making the problem worse while spotlighting the scientists and entrepreneurs pioneering real innovations.
November 18th from 12-1 pm in the Mann Lounge
Lunch will be served. RSVP here
RSVP for the September Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
Join us in the Great Hall from noon until 1 p.m. on September 30th to welcome Casey Darling Kniffin, Conservation Policy Director at the Florida Wildlife Federation. She will be discussing the role of grassroots advocacy in protecting Florida’s parks and wild spaces from development. More information about the lecture can be found here.
Lunch will be served.
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.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
Join the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy for a lunchtime lecture from Casey Darling-Kniffin, Conservation Policy Director for the Florida Wildlife Federation. She will be discussing her work on protecting Florida State Parks from development.
12:00 p.m. on September 30, 2025, in the Great Hall
Lunch will be served. RSVP here.
30th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition
Join the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy in welcoming students from all over the world for the International Finals of the IEMCC.
30th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition Welcome Reception
Join the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy in welcoming students from all over the world for the International Finals of the IEMCC.
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.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture – Florida Springs: From Geography to Politics to Restoration
The Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy welcomes Dr. Christopher F. Meindl to speak about his recent book on Florida Springs at the first Biodiversity Lecture of the 2025 spring semester.
Dr. Meindl will discuss the complex geography, history, science, and politics of Florida Springs including more recent efforts to restore these treasures of the Florida landscape.
Lunch will be served.
Register to attend here: https://forms.office.com/r/E5Zi7V6BMn
Nitrogen Pollution and Solutions Symposium
Join clean water advocates, leading scientists, and policy experts as they dive into the critical issue of nitrogen pollution in our waterways. Discover the alarming consequences it has on our environment and explore solutions to make way for a cleaner, healthier future!
Learn more here: Nitrogen Pollution and Solutions Symposium
29th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition
Join the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy in welcoming students from all over the world for the International Finals of the IEMCC.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
Urban Benefits of Good Transportation: Policy Choices, Investments and Supporting Transit-Oriented Development
We welcome Martin Catala from the University of South Florida’s Center for Urban Transportation Research for a lunchtime lecture on the environmental benefits of effective transportation policy.
March 2024 Biodiversity Lecture Flyer
March 28, 2024, at noon in the Mann Lounge. A catered lunch will be served.
RSVP at https://forms.office.com/r/yCxQgyhRu5?origin=lprLink or email [email protected] by March 25th.
Foreman Biodiversity Lecture – Unpacking Environmental Racism and Advancing Ecojustice
Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown will discuss the links between environmental racism, climate change, and sustainability.
February 20, 2024, at noon in the Great Hall
A catered lunch will be served.
RSVP at this link by February 16 to attend or request the Zoom link. Or email [email protected].
Unpacking Environmental Racism and Advancing Ecojustice
The Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Series begins the Spring 2024 semester with Dr. Rajni Shankar-Brown. She will use history, research, poetry, and art to address the impacts of and deep links between environmental racism, climate change, and sustainability.
Great Hall – February 20, 2024 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch will be served.
RSVP by February 16 using the link:
Foreman Biodiversity Lecture February 20, 2024, 12-1 in the Great Hall (office.com)
RSVP to Attend the April 13th Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture
The final Biodiversity Lecture of the 2022-23 academic year will kick off Stetson’s 27th Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition. Join law students from 12 different countries at the Lecture on Thursday, April 13 at 12:00 in the Great Hall.
Our speaker, Ed Gardner, will share his experiences combatting international crime and explore the link between destructive fishing practices and the growth of maritime piracy.
Please see the flyer for more information on our speaker.
Lunch will be served. RSVP to [email protected] by April, 10th.
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture – The Effect of Habitat-Destroying Fishing Techniques on Piracy in Proximate Coastal Regions
The final Biodiversity Lecture of the 2022-23 academic year is on Thursday, April 13 at 12:00 in the Great Hall. The Lecture will coincide with Stetson’s International Environmental Moot Court Competiton.
Join the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy and moot court teams from across the world as we kick off the 27th Annual IEMCC. Our speaker, Ed Gardner, will share his experiences combatting international crime and explore the link between destructive fishing practices and the growth of maritime piracy.
Please see the flyer for more information on our speaker.
Lunch will be served. RSVP to [email protected] by April, 10th.