Stetson University College of Law announces the appointment of Roberta Kemp Flowers, J.D., professor of law, as the interim director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy. She begins her new role on June 1. Flowers will be stepping down from her role as the director of the Center for Excellence in Elder Law to temporarily take the helm as the interim director of the… » Read more

Michael Davids J.D. ’19 has published a scholarly legal article, written originally for a Stetson seminar, in the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law. It is called To Bee or Not to Bee and addresses threats to useful honeybees and suggestions for legal reform.  … » Read more

Second-year student Christopher Hedges spent his spring semester working at the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida. Professor Beane’s Federal Litigation Externship class places students in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs in order to gain real-world experience in federal litigation. Hedges is a second-career law student with a background… » Read more

Stetson’s Gulfport, Florida, campus. Stetson University College of Law’s annual Legal Tech CLE on June 14 is a full-day program for lawyers and legal practitioners on using technology in the legal practice. The program begins with registration at 8:30 a.m. at 1401 61st S. in Gulfport. Topics include the process of integrating software when starting a firm; improving the bottom line; getting and keeping clients;… » Read more

Stetson’s Gulfport campus. Stetson University College of Law has recently received a grant to support its efforts to protect aquatic resources through its Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy. The Joy McCann Foundation has awarded Stetson Law’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy a $150,000 grant for a project to ensure effective long-term protection of aquatic restoration efforts in Florida and across the country. Under… » Read more

Michèle Alexandre. Michèle Alexandre, the next dean of Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, was welcomed on the floor of the senate in Tallahassee on May 1 as Stetson Law’s first African-American dean. As Florida’s first law school, Stetson has been instrumental in training lawyers and judges throughout the state for more than a century. (L-R): Senator Darryl Rouson, Dean Alexandre and Senator Jeff… » Read more

Bianca Lopez. By Taylor Allyn Every year, the American Constitution Society (ACS) selects a small and elite group of Next Generation Leaders who have demonstrated special leadership in their communities. ACS is a non-profit progressive legal organization founded as a response to the Supreme Court’s Bush v. Gore decision, with chapters in law schools nationwide. This year, student Bianca Lopez was chosen as a Next… » Read more

Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus. Stetson University College of Law is offering the webinar, “End of the Academic Year Title IX Update: Planning Now for Next Year’s Compliance Requirements,” for higher education professionals, attorneys and Title IX investigators from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on May 8. Stetson Law Professor Peter Lake will present the one-hour webinar on proposed Title IX regulations, how college and university campuses should prepare,… » Read more