Addressing bias: visiting scholar Deleso Alford discusses cultural competence

When Deleso A. Alford visited Stetson law school’s Gulfport campus briefly this summer, she brought with her an important goal: collaboration. The Florida A&M University law professor’s research and teaching focuses on building a framework for cultural competence through the lens of personal narratives that shapes the way we see and understand each other. During her short time as a visiting scholar at Stetson, Professor… » Read more


Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Torres-Spelliscy’s new book Corporate Citizen? An Argument for the Separation of Corporation and State, is available from Carolina Academic Press http://www.cap-press.com/books/isbn/9781632847263/Corporate-Citizen and Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Corporate-Citizen-Argument-Separation-Corporation/dp/1632847264.  The e-book version is available for Kindle users, and the Law Library has a hard copy available for check out.… » Read more


WMNF News – July 25, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy did a live interview with WMNF News about corporate money in politics for the Midpoint talk show.  … » Read more


Yes!Magazine – July 21, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Yes!Magazine story, “Florida Town Proposes a Ban on Super PACs—What Could Happen?”… » Read more


Stetson University hosts Legal Writing Academy for lawyers in August

Stetson University College of Law is hosting a Legal Writing Academy for lawyers on Persuasive Legal Writing: What Every Lawyer Should Know on Aug. 19 in Tampa. WHERE: Stetson University’s Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa St. WHEN: Aug. 19, 8:15 a.m.-3:45 p.m. WHAT: Stetson’s Legal Writing Academy helps lawyers improve their persuasive legal writing skills with sessions on how to apply storytelling techniques to… » Read more


Stars and Stripes – July 17, 2016 – Professor Louis Virelli

The July 17 Stars and Stripes article, “Ginsburg finally saw error of her ways,” quotes Professor Louis Virelli in a reprint of an article that ran in the Washington Post.… » Read more


WGN Plus – July 15, 2016 – Professor Louis Virelli

Professor Louis Virelli spoke with WGNPlus for a newscast on Justice Ginsburg’s comments on Donald Trump.… » Read more


Boston Herald – July 15, 2016 – Professor Louis Virelli

Professor Louis Virelli spoke with the Boston Herald about Justice Ginsburg’s statements and Supreme Court recusal for the article, “Ginsburg apologizes for ‘ill-advised’ remarks on The Donald.”… » Read more


Law 360 – July 15, 2016 – Professor Louis Virelli

Professor Louis Virelli is quoted in the Law360 article, “Ginsburg’s Trump Attack Breaks New Ground In Court Politicization.”… » Read more


Washington Post – July 14, 2016 – Professor Louis Virelli

Professor Louis Virelli is quoted in the Washington Post article, “Ruth Bader Ginsburg just showed why justices don’t–and probably shouldn’t–play politics.”… » Read more


Stetson University offers capital litigators crime scene to courtroom training

Litigators who work on death penalty cases immersed themselves in a complimentary two-day crime scene to courtroom training seminar at St. Pete Beach on July 11-12 offered by Stetson University College of Law. Seminar topics included forensic science 101 for capital litigation; forensic report wording and statistics–interpreting DNA results; science research for lawyers; and forensics after the National Academy of Sciences Report. Nationally known experts… » Read more


ABA Journal – July 12, 2016 – Professor Louis Virelli

Professor Louis Virelli’s comments in the Washington Post on Justice Ginsburg’s statements regarding GOP presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump have been picked up by the ABA Journal.… » Read more