Luz Nagle is the former Co-Chair of the IBA Crimes Against Women Subcommittee and Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law in Florida, US. She says, "we are always amending the existing system. But the existing system wasn’t built equitably."

Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the following blogs for the Elder Law Prof Blog: Prof. Rebecca C. Morgan August 23: Elder Abuse, SNFs & COVID. An Article in Harper’s MagazineAugust 24: ASA Reveals Digital Platform, GenerationsAugust 25: Webinar on Elder Fraud Prevention and Response Networks – Building CollaborationAugust 26: Guilty Plea in Prize Notification Scam… » Read more

Louis J. Virelli III explains why the current mask debate has nothing to do with the Constitution.

By Josh SidorowiczWTSP Tampa BayAug. 26, 2020 Excerpt Prof. Louis J. Virelli III Stetson law professor Lou Virelli says legally it’s a cut and dry case because it’s not a legal issue so much as a policy issue. “When public safety is the issue, our elected officials have the ability to change the way we behave in order to protect that public safety,” he said.… » Read more

By Ryan DaileyWFSUAug. 25, 2020 Excerpt Prof. Louis J. Virelli III Professor Louis Virelli teaches constitutional law at Stetson University – he explained why a stay is commonly applied in high profile cases on appeal. “When that appellate court makes a decision, if it is different than the decision the trial court made, then whatever the trial court put into effect will have to be… » Read more

By Ian Millhiser VoxAug. 25, 2020 Excerpt Prof. Ciara Torres-Spelliscy America could become even less democratic if President Donald Trump gets to fill another Supreme Court seat. “There are already five conservative votes on the Supreme Court to dismantle campaign finance reforms,” according to Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, a law professor at Stetson University and an expert on money in politics. In this sense, Torres-Spelliscy told me,… » Read more

Dean Alexandre with the trophy. The Florida Bar Foundation announced the winners of the 2020 Florida Pro Bono Law School Challenge, and Stetson Law took top honors for most law school clinic engagement. “This is great news,” said Christine E. Cerniglia, director of Clinical and Experiential Education at Stetson Law. This is the second iteration of the Challenge, which launched with a pilot version in… » Read more

This year’s orientation was one of the longest and most logistically complicated programs in the law school’s history. Stetson Law staff worked hard to accommodate this year’s large incoming class while maintaining physical distancing. Mario Makram, an incoming first year law student from Clearwater, said he was nervous on his first day of orientation August 11. But, he clarified, it was typical “first day of… » Read more

Starting August 1, 2020, Stetson Law students will have access to real-time virtual medical consultations with physicians 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through a new telehealth partnership with iSelectMD. Students can simply visit https://mhealth.iselectmd.com/stetson-law.html to register and create an account. They will then gain access to a toll-free number and/or mobile health portal for consultations with health care providers for COVID-19 concerns,… » Read more

Clinical and Experiential Education is a key component of the Stetson Law experience, one that College of Law officials feared might be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Faculty and staff, expecting that many of Stetson’s community and professional externship partners might not be able to host students in summer 2020, did what they do best: innovated. In an effort to simulate the learning opportunity students… » Read more

PRESS RELEASEJuly 14, 2020 GULFPORT, Fla. – Stetson University College of Law and Community Law Program (CLP) received a $33,500 grant from the American Bar Endowment (ABE) to create clinics to help returning citizens previously convicted of felonies get their voting rights restored. In 2018, 65 percent of Floridians voted to amend the Florida Constitution to restore voting rights to 1.4 million citizens previously convicted… » Read more

Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox. As part of digital ABA Day, Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox led a panel of experts from the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium — a group dedicated to addressing the unique legal needs of military veterans — in discussing the importance of Legal Services for Homeless Veterans Act. As part of her introduction, Simcox explained Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute’s role in the community.… » Read more