Professor Charles Rose offered insights into the new proposed bill Senator Victor Crist is endorsing that would, in part, give hit-and-run offenders 24 hours to turn themselves in. Kevin Graham, St. Petersburg Times, called for perspective on how the bill might be improved from one of our legal analysts.

The Tampa Tribune called and verified facts and photo captions on the Chester Bedell Trial Team Win release for publication.

Professor Morgan spoke with journalist Kathy Chu of USA today regarding the new way scams are being perpetrated, including senior marketing seminars used to pitch products.

Professor Ellen Podgor was quoted in Wall Street Journal Online Blog Edition about the Enron-WorldCom connection.

The Seniority section of the St. Petersburg Times ran a piece on consumer scams against the elderly in today's paper. Professor Rebecca Morgan spoke with Sharon Ginn for the article, "Trust, but verify," and Times photograper Bob Croslin and journalist Rodney Thrash visited campus during the Senior Fraud Forum Jan. 19 to take photographs and speak with fraud victims that ran with the piece today.

Professor Lizabeth Moody spoke with Michael Hinman, a journalist with the Tampa Bay Business Journal, about a non-profit statute that prevents a person convicted of a felony from being part of a charity.

Professor Robert Batey spoke with the St. Petersburg Times' Chris Tisch today about the U.S. Supreme Court blocking the execution of Clarence Hill pending a decision about the issue of lethal injection: at question is whether a federal appeals court erred in denying Hill's claim that Florida's method of execution violated his civil rights.

The Stetson University College of Law Trial Team won The Florida Bar Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition for the 16th time on Jan. 19 in Miami.

Stetson’s team of Arturo Rios, Angie Torrents, Senovia Lance and Ruel Smith defeated students from Florida State University in the final round of the state-wide competition.

Professor Ellen Podgor spoke with Emily Bazelon, Slate editor, for an article in the New Republic, "Can Anyone Define Corruption? Legal Jeopardy."

Professor Charles Rose spoke with Jennifer Yachnin at Roll Call about sex-crime legislation in the context of the 2006 election cycle.

Professor Bruce Jacob talked with the St. Petersburg Times for a story about fairness to minorities in the legal world and the Perceptions of Fairness in the Florida Courts Surveys circulating through the end of the month.

Professor Paul Boudreaux spoke with Reilly Capps at the Telluride Daily Journal about eminent domain issues surrounding a case in which the government is attempting to seize considerable acreage.