Alan Gura, lead plaintiff’s counsel in the landmark 2008 Supreme Court decision District of Columbia v. Heller, spoke on Oct. 27 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport. Gura spoke about how subsequent case law has evolved from the Heller decision, in which the Court examined the meaning of the Second Amendment. In Heller, the Supreme Court heard Second Amendment challenges to Washington, D.C.’s… » Read more

Professor Lance Long is quoted in the Oct. 30 article, “Solar battle rages in swing-state Florida,” in The Hill.… » Read more

The Stetson Chapter of the Young Lawyers Division Law Student Division and Florida Association of Women Lawyers at Stetson co-sponsored a networking event on Oct. 27 at the Boca Bay Grille in downtown Gulfport. More than 25 attorneys and 40 students attended “The Winning Edge Professionalism Panel & Networking Event.” The event featured a panel moderated by Associate Dean Stephanie Vaughan that included Judge Claudia… » Read more

Elder Consumer Protection Program fellow Brandon Robinson is quoted in the Fox 13 News article, “FOX 13 Investigates: The state’s license to sell your driver records.”  … » Read more

Professor Lance Long is quoted in the MyInforms article, “PolitiFact Florida Shines A Light On Solar Energy Amendment 1.”… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Gulfport campus hosted a public noontime program on Oct. 27 about a first-of-its-kind ordinance to abolish superPACs and limit foreign corporate money in St. Petersburg, Florida, elections. The one-hour program, “Taking on Citizens United: Short-and-Long-Term Strategies to Restore our Democracy,” featured a panel of national campaign finance reformers and city officials including Federal Election Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, St. Petersburg City… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law inducted three new members of its prestigious Hall of Fame at a special evening event on Oct. 22. Professor of Law Robert D. Bickel, Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince, and Matt Towery J.D. ’87 are the newest members of the Stetson University College of Law Hall of Fame. Professor of Law Robert D. Bickel has taught at Stetson… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Creative Loafing article, “What rigging? No one is stealing any elections here — and voter fraud is not a thing.”… » Read more

Professor Jason Bent wrote the article, “Teaching Worker Safety,” for the Workers’ Compensation Law Prof Blog.… » Read more

Professor Lance Long is quoted in the Politifact story, “Utilities behind solar amendment are trying to trick voters into ending net metering, Al Gore says.”… » Read more

The Innocence Initiative at Stetson brought guest speaker Jason Strong to campus Wednesday night, Oct. 12, to talk with law students about his 15-year struggle to prove his innocence in a crime he did not commit. Strong was the victim of false confessions and improper forensic science and convicted of killing a developmentally disabled woman, a crime he did not commit. Fifteen years after being… » Read more

Professor Torres-Spelliscy wrote the Moyers & co. blog, “Breaking the Fourth Wall of Democracy,” on Trump accepting election results.… » Read more