Professor of Law Kristen D. Adams has been selected as the interim dean of Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, effective June 1. Current Stetson Law Dean Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz, dean at the College of Law since 2012, has been appointed president of the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana, effective July 1, 2018. Professor Adams is the faculty advisor for the nationally… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer Editor’s Note: Joseph Sise is the recipient of Stetson University College of Law’s prestigious Foreman Award, announced on May 18. Joseph Sise, a third-year law student at Stetson graduating in May, is a member of Stetson’s Trial Team. He spends an average of 20 hours on weekends preparing for competitions scattered across the country from Kansas City to Miami, participating in four… » Read more

Stetson’s chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers was again honored by FAWL, receiving the 2018 Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the fourth year. FAWLS, which recently hosted the second annual Women’s Week at Stetson this year, with programming to help support and advance women, was also named Student Organization of the Year.  Kimberly Lopater, FAWLS incoming president, was named Rising Star during Stetson’s… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law was honored on Monday night, April 23, with the Delano S. Stewart Diversity Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to improving the status of African-Americans in the community during the George Edgecomb Bar Association scholarship banquet. Third-year Stetson Law student Reed Blair received the GEBA Bar Prep Scholarship and was recognized during the banquet. The keynote speaker was Dick Vitale,… » Read more

By Rachel Wise The Student Leadership Development Committee hosted its final luncheon of the semester on April 18 with Ella Shenhav, a partner at the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, presenting. Shenhav received her B.A. from the University of South Florida and later earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2009. During the luncheon, she engaged with students and spoke about the… » Read more

Two Stetson University College of Law alumni, Katie Cleveland Bright J.D. ’15 and Rachael Curran J.D. ’17, and third-year law student Brittany Atwell worked with Professor of Law Lance Long to provide research and assist in drafting a complaint on behalf of eight Florida youth, climate activists Delaney Reynolds and Levi Draheim, against the state of Florida, Governor Rick Scott, and several agencies in Leon… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law was selected as the winner of the Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service by an Organization by the 13th Judicial Circuit and Hillsborough County Bar Association. Stetson’s Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law Ann Piccard J.D. ’85 and Stetson student president of the Public Service Fellows Evelyn Passino accepted the award on behalf of Stetson at the Pro… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association coordinated the annual Alumni Banquet at the Tampa Law Center on April 14 to honor alumni and celebrate graduating third-year BLSA members and BLSA accomplishments. Aaron Watson J.D. ’09 presented remarks at the event. Watson, founder of the Watson Firm PLLC, was a national champion in trial advocacy while he was a student at Stetson, winning… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer When Taofikat Ninalowo came to the U.S. from Nigeria, she was determined to have an impact on poverty in the world. She moved to Peoria, Illinois, from Nigeria, Africa, at age 17. In Illinois, she enrolled at Illinois Central College, then moved to a larger school, Illinois State University. In Illinois, she launched a UNICEF program to bring awareness to the plight… » Read more

Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart, the Deputy Commander for U.S. Cyber Command, presented the commencement address in the Plaza Mayor Courtyard at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, on May 19. Stewart told the story of coming to the U.S. at the age of 13. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Stewart is a decorated Marine who received honors including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal,… » Read more

Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has been selected as Stetson University College of Law’s Cornerstone Award winner. Judge Restrepo will be presented with the award during Stetson’s Educating Advocates Teaching Advocacy Skills conference on May 21-23 in Gulfport, Florida. Judge Restrepo, who was born in Medellin, Colombia, has spent much of his legal career in public… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer When third-year law student Viviana Vasiu B.A. ’15 talks about becoming a legal fiction writer on par with John Grisham, she’s not joking. Vasiu is determined to write iconic popular legal fiction, but in a way that accurately represents the roles of women in the legal field. “For the most part, the novels either had no female heroines, or they were set… » Read more