As the 2026 academic year begins, Stetson Law welcomes new and visiting faculty representing a diverse range of specialties. Their expertise and experience will enhance the College of Law’s robust offerings and empower students to build the skills that will make them exceptional, ethical legal professionals.

Professor of Law W. Edward “Ted” Afield – Tax Law 

Specializing in federal taxation and business law, W. Edward “Ted” Afield joins the Stetson Law community following faculty and leadership roles at Georgia State University College of Law and Ave Maria School of Law, including serving as vice dean and associate dean. Early in his career, Afield practiced law in Tampa and clerked for Judge Charles R. Wilson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. His research focuses on tax compliance, professional regulation, and the intersection of tax law and religion, with publications in leading law journals. Afield holds an AB from Harvard, a JD from Columbia Law School, and an LLM from the University of Florida.  

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Assistant Professor of Law Kate Donoghue – Advocacy 

A driving force behind Stetson’s reputation as an advocacy powerhouse, Katherine “Kate” Donoghue teaches evidence, jury selection, and trial advocacy and directs Stetson’s celebrated Trial Team. Her scholarship focuses on evidence, advocacy, legal ethics, jury decision-making, and the impact of emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, on the legal profession. A leading voice on AI’s role in advocacy education, she develops innovative advocacy training tools and presents nationally on legal education and technology. Before academia, she practiced commercial litigation, represented vulnerable children as well as domestic violence survivors, and served as a prosecutor in Connecticut. An award-winning educator and advocate, she holds a JD, magna cum laude, from Fordham Law School and remains active in legal scholarship and professional training nationwide. 

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Assistant Professor of Law Victoria Litman – Drug Law, Law & Religion

Specializing in drug law, law and religion, nonprofit organizations, and constitutional law, Victoria Litman is a nationally recognized expert in cannabis and psychedelic law and policy. Her scholarship explores drug regulation, religious freedom, taxation, and federalism. She has been affiliated with Harvard Law School’s Petrie-Flom Center, contributing to research on psychedelic law and spiritual experience. Previously a nonprofit tax attorney, she advised cannabis and psychedelic organizations on tax-exemption issues. Her scholarship around shifting federal-state power dynamics has earned her national recognition and she has taught at Roger Williams University School of Law. She earned her JD at New York University Law School and holds an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center.  

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Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Professor of Law Brianna Rosier Kabwika – Professional Responsibility

Teaching professional responsibility at Stetson Law, Brianna Rosier Kabwika has extensive experience teaching and researching in such areas as children’s rights, climate and environmental justice, state constitutional law, property, family law, and trusts and estates. Before joining Stetson, she served as a fellow and staff attorney with the nonprofit Our Children’s Trust, where she developed innovative constitutional climate litigation strategies focused on young people’s right to a stable climate. She previously practiced civil and criminal litigation in Idaho. A graduate of Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, Rosier Kabwika earned her BA in criminal justice from the University of Central Florida, and remains an active scholar, attorney, and advocate committed to advancing justice and constitutional rights. 

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Assistant Professor of Law Gregory G. Schwab – Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law

Gregory Schwab’s scholarship focuses on executive power and administrative law, with particular emphasis on gubernatorial emergency powers. Before entering academia, Schwab served as general counsel of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, leading an office of more than 500 attorneys and advising state leadership on major legal issues, including voting rights, redistricting, and pandemic response. A former government lawyer and litigator, he is also a Uniform Law Commission commissioner, writer, and frequent speaker on state governance and constitutional law. He earned his JD at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. 

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With expertise spanning advocacy, constitutional law, taxation, legal writing, professional responsibility, and law’s complex relationship with religion, these faculty members further elevate Stetson Law’s mission to educate the next generation of exceptional lawyers and leaders.