Moyers & co. – Aug. 11, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Moyers & co. story, “From Corporate Lawyer to Corporate Critic: Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Dissects Citizens United.” Listen to the interview.… » Read more


Moyers & co. – Aug. 11, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote the Moyers & co. blog “Book Excerpt: The Year the World Changed.”… » Read more


Inside Higher Ed – Aug. 11, 2016 – Professor Peter Lake

Professor Peter Lake wrote the Inside Higher Ed article, “The challenges and rewards of being a Title IX coordinator.”… » Read more


New Books Network – Aug. 10, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy conducted an interview about her new book, Corporate Citizen? for a feature in New Books Network.… » Read more


Inside Higher Ed – Aug. 10, 2016 – Professor Peter Lake

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


Creative Loafing – Aug. 10, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

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


Newschannel 8 – Aug. 10, 2016 – Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox

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 biodiversity institute receives ABA environmental achievement award

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


Joshua Magidson J.D. ’80 honored with Barney Award

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


Brennan Center for Justice – Aug. 8, 2016 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

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


Tampa Bay Times – Aug. 5, 2016 – Professor Peter Lake

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


Corporate Citizen? Election law expert Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes new book on the rise and resistance of corporate power

“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