Professor Paul Boudreaux is quoted in the April 14 Daytona Beach News-Journal article, “Retiring Volusia Circuit Judge Joseph Will says judges should be appointed, not elected.”… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is hosting the 16th International Wildlife Law Conference on April 13-14 in Gulfport, Florida. Speakers, students, and attendees from around the world are participating in this year’s conference and will address topics such as hunting, fishing and other impacts on wildlife, as well as connections and collaborations across multilateral environmental agreements. Download photos from the conference here: This year’s conference… » Read more

Professor Jason Bent spoke with the Orlando Sentinel for a story that also ran in Bloomberg, “Equal Pay Day shines light on pay disparity between men and women.”… » Read more

by Brandon Robinson, Elder Consumer Protection Fellow. Stetson University College of Law’s Elder Consumer Protection Program hosted a Money Smart Train-the-Trainer Workshop on March 29 for elder advocates. Tami Lucero of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Office for Older Americans in Washington, D.C., presented on how to implement the Money Smart Program in communities to raise awareness and prevent the financial exploitation of older adults.… » Read more

Elizabeth Gitari will speak in the Great Hall at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on April 13 at 6 p.m. about “Innovations in the Prosecution of Illegal Wildlife Trade.” The event, part of the Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Series at Stetson, is free and open to the public. RSVP to [email protected]. Gitari leads efforts to provide legal interventions in Africa in the… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the April 7 Chronicle of Higher Education article, “Tenure Rights and the Rise of Title IX: a Looming Culture Clash.”… » Read more

Student Miles Archabal is working with Stetson’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy and the Environmental Law Society to steer efforts to launch a bike share program for students on the Stetson law school campus in Gulfport. Archabal began researching the idea of a bike share program as part of a class project for Professor Lance Long’s Environmental Advocacy course. A component of Professor Long’s… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law students won the 2016 Law Student Professionalism YouTube Contest for their training and educational video depicting professional conduct for lawyers. It is the second year in a row that Stetson students have won the Florida Bar contest. The video, “Legal Ethics Play of the Day,” features Stetson law students Dan Kavanaugh and Shaheen Nouri as television sportscasters reviewing a play-by-play… » Read more

Naomi L.P. Ardjomand-Kermani of WellFlorida Council Inc., St. Petersburg City Council member Steve Kornell, and Kristen Whitesell of Metro Wellness and Community Centers presented at Stetson law school on March 31 on the need for a law and policy response to rising cases of HIV infection in Florida. Stetson’s Lambda Legal Society, Black Law Students Association, Health Care Law Association and Law Students for Reproductive… » Read more

In a course launched this semester by Professor of Law Joseph Morrissey, students are studying more than case law from text books, and alumni are sharing their tools of the trade. Professor Morrissey’s new course, “Documents of the Deal,” is a business law boot camp designed to provide students with skills training to enter a sophisticated transactional practice.  Students complete negotiating and drafting exercises and… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law students won the 31st Annual Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Moot Court Competition on April 2 at Brooklyn Law School in New York. The Stetson team of Brittany Cover, Kristina Hartman and Jeremy Rill won rounds against teams from the University of Florida, Wayne State, Michigan State, Louisiana State, Georgetown and the University of Tennessee. Stetson’s team also won the… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Harvard Crimson article, “Title IX Interpretations Could Threaten Academic Freedom, Report Says.”… » Read more