On Feb. 2, the Food Law Society and the Family Law Society held a free evening screening on Stetson’s Gulfport campus of Occupy the Farm, a documentary film that tells the story of a community’s fight to save the last sustainable farmland in the urban East Bay area near Oakland, California. “The purpose of the event was to bring awareness to the fact that we… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law hosted 20 student teams from 11 law schools for the National Trial Competition, Region 6 regional, on Feb. 5-7. Teams from Alabama, Florida and Mississippi competed in the regional round of the NTC at the Pinellas County Justice Center in Clearwater, Florida. The team of Elliott Smith and Haley Steelman from Faulkner Law, Thomas Goode Jones School of Law placed… » Read more

The Florida Bar YLD Law Student Division and Stetson University College of Law are co-sponsoring Raising the Bar: Florida’s Legal Community Service Day, on Feb. 20 in Classroom D on Stetson’s Gulfport campus. The initiative, part of a statewide service day led by the legal community, will benefit Southeastern Guide Dogs. WHO: Members of the legal community including lawyers, law students, law firms, judges and… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law invites future law students to attend an open house, “The Stetson Experience,” on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10 a.m.- 2p.m. at 1401 61st St. S. in Gulfport. “If you ever wondered what law school is like, visit us for a few hours on a Saturday and don’t miss this open house,” said Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Financial Planning… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s moot court team of Kasey Feltner, Adriana Foreman and Sterling Lovelady won a best oralist award at the Andrews Kurth Moot Court National Championship this past weekend in Houston, Texas. It is the third best oralist award that Stetson’s advocacy teams have won in three months. The students participating in the national championship argued an issue related to terrorism before… » Read more

Second-year Stetson University College of Law student Taylor S. Parker wants her fellow students to know that they can effect change. “With the small campus, I have found a tight-knit community where I can effectively generate professional contacts, as well as a close relationship with faculty and staff which has allowed me to work with Stetson to make change on this campus,” said Parker, who… » Read more

Alumna Jennifer Anderson J.D. ’02 was among 21 lawyers who received a Florida Bar Pro Bono Award during an awards ceremony on Jan. 28 at the Florida Supreme Court. 1982 Stetson Law graduate and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine Peek McEwen was also honored at the Florida Supreme Court as the first recipient of the Chief Justice’s Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award. Anderson, who was recognized… » Read more