Washington Post reporter and editor Robert Barnes delivered the Nichols Foundation Prominent Speaker Lecture at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, on April 1. He spoke to an audience of more than 100 law students, professors and staff at Stetson on the topic of “The Politicalization of the U.S. Supreme Court.” Barnes has reported for the Post since 1987, covering beats ranging from… » Read more

Adjunct Professor Jennifer Dietz spoke with Creative Loafing for the story, “The abandoned: South Florida’s population of forlorn dogs vexes Tampa Bay rescue.”… » Read more

By second-year law student Tyler Rutledge On March 18, Stetson Law’s Entertainment and Sports Law Society and Intellectual Property Law Society co-hosted “A Magical Night” in Orlando before the Cleveland Cavaliers and Orlando Magic game at the Amway Center in Orlando.  The special event for law students included a three-person panel discussion with leading attorneys in the sports, entertainment and intellectual property fields followed by… » Read more

by third-year law student Viktoryia Johnson On March 24, Stetson’s student Labor & Employment Law Association hosted a presentation on employment discrimination, titled “Florida Commission on Human Relations’ Take on Employment Discrimination in Florida.” The speakers, Jim Mallue and Gil Singer, discussed the Florida Commission on Human Relations’ operation and the administrative process available to Floridians who have experienced discrimination in the workforce. “The primary… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Vis International Arbitration Moot team won multiple awards at the 23rd Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria, March 18-24. Stetson’s team of Sadiya Hashem, Leon Innerkofler, Taylor Ryan, Brien Squires, Kaelyn Steinkraus and student coach and team member Jonathan Diamond received two Honorable Mention Awards, one for the Respondent’s Memorandum and one for the Best… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education article “Coaches Must Now ‘Step the Heck Out’ of Sex-Assault Investigations of Players.”  … » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is accepting nominations for its Hall of Fame, which recognizes individuals who have reached the pinnacle of their professions and have affected a profound, positive influence on the law school. The prestigious event is held annually in the fall. The 2015 inductees were Fred Dudley ’68, an acclaimed lawyer who served 16 years in the Florida Legislature, and Fred Schaub… » Read more

“We have to be vigilant to make sure the miscarriages of justice that have been all too prevalent over the last 40 years must end,” New York Law School Professor Emeritus Michael Perlin told an audience of Stetson law school students and faculty gathered on March 23 on the Gulfport campus to hear him talk. Professor Perlin spoke on “Power and Greed and the Corruptible… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law professor and Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy director Royal C. Gardner spoke at the United Nations in New York on March 21 on the importance of wetlands as ecosystems supporting global populations.  Professor Gardner is chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for 2016-2018 and is an internationally recognized expert on wetland… » Read more

Professor Paul Boudreaux is quoted in the March 23 Daytona Beach News-Journal article, “Daytona’s Orange Avenue merchants sue city over road work.”… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law has selected Joshua Karton for this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching Advocacy and American University Washington College of Law Professor Elizabeth L. Lippy for the Edward D. Ohlbaum Award. Both awards will be presented during the Educating Advocates Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference at Stetson law school in May. The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes people who have fundamentally… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s trial team members were named champions and won three awards at national competitions this past weekend in California and Illinois. Stetson’s trial team of Silvia Amador, Nathan Bruemmer, Kishantevia Carson and Dan Kavanaugh won the National Ethics Trial Competition at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, March 17-19. The team also won the Most… » Read more