Professor Peter Lake spoke with Inside Higher Ed for the article, “Asking for an Apology.”… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Aug. 10 Creative Loafing article, “PAC it out: St. Pete’s effort to curb outside spending in local races.”… » Read more

Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox spoke with Newschannel 8 for the story, “8 INVESTIGATES: Pinellas vet appealing denial of VA benefits is 12,396th in line.”… » Read more

Stetson University’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy has received the American Bar Association’s 2016 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award. “This award recognizes the contributions of the Stetson community and our partners in wetland, wildlife conservation, and environmental issues around the world,” said Professor Royal C. Gardner, director of Stetson’s Institute and an internationally recognized expert in wetland law and policy. Every… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer Joshua Magidson J.D. ’80, a Stetson University trustee and past-president of the Stetson Lawyers Association who has chaired the board of overseers at the College of Law for the past eight years, was recently honored with The Barney by the Barney Masterson Inn of Court. Every year, The Barney is awarded to a lawyer who demonstrates the highest degree of professionalism, ethics,… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote the article, “Could Florida, Of All Places, Be a Leader in Campaign Finance Reform?” for the Brennan Center for Justice.… » Read more

Professors Brooke Bowman, Catherine Cameron, Kirsten Davis, Lance Long and Jason Palmer presented at the Legal Writing Institute Biennial Conference July 10-13 in Portland, Oregon.… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Tampa Bay Times article, “Attorney cites bias in Antonio Callaway’s sexual assault hearing.”… » Read more

“Corporate citizens are strange bedfellows to have in a democracy,” Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes in the June 14 American Constitution Society Blog. Professor Torres-Spelliscy, author of the new book, Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State, asserts that throughout U.S. history, corporations have sought to expand their constitutional rights, and American courts have obliged. Torres-Spelliscy posits that corporations have steadily gained… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer This fall, Lane Cryar, J.D. ‘14, will be joining the Department of Homeland Security’s Honors Program for Attorneys in Washington, D.C. The Honors Program for Attorneys is a highly competitive program open to application by recent law graduates as well as federal or state judicial law clerks with no more than two years of clerkship experience. Only four attorneys from a large… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education article, “What the Future Holds for the Federal Crackdown on Campus Sexual Assault.”… » Read more

Future law students can learn more about the part-time law program at Stetson University College of Law during an open house on Thursday, Aug. 25, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S. By taking evening classes at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center and the Gulfport campus, busy people with daytime commitments can earn a law degree in as little as four years from… » Read more