MSNBC – Feb. 22, 2015 – Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox
Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox spoke with the host of Taking the Hill on MSNBC on Feb. 22 about Stetson’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic.… » Read more
Truthout – Feb. 22, 2015 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy’s article, “Dark Money Could Get Even Darker,” was picked up by Truthout.… » Read more
Florida Times-Union – Feb. 21, 2015 – Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob
The Florida Times-Union Jacksonville spoke with Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob for the article, “Allied Veterans of the World: A Massive Scandal – or Just Overreach?”… » Read more
Judge Patrice Moore ’95 presents student leadership luncheon
Judge Patrice Moore ’95 presented the Feb. 18 leadership luncheon for students on the topic of community. “A good leader is a team player,” Judge Moore told the audience. As a judge serving in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Unified Family Court in Pinellas County, Florida, for more than four years, Judge Moore works with children in civil dependency cases and criminal court. Before being elected… » Read more
Law librarians publish Free Internet Legal Research
Stetson Law News recently asked law librarians and adjunct professors Sally Waters and Wanita Scroggs to participate in a Q & A about their new book, Free Internet Legal Research, a guide attorneys can use to find and effectively use the best free legal sites. Scroggs is Stetson’s Foreign and International Law Librarian. Waters is Stetson Law’s self-proclaimed “Queen of Reference.” Both Scroggs and Waters… » Read more
Patrick Davis ’88 presents on entrepreneurship and social justice
Stetson University graduate Patrick Davis ’88, CEO of Davis Brand Capital and co-founder of the anti-bullying foundation StandUp, presented the Social Justice Lecture on “Entrepreneurism for Social Change: Inside Stories of Making the World Better, One Company at a Time” on Stetson’s Gulfport campus. Davis’ presentation on Feb. 19 outlined his business model for StandUp, and discussed how entrepreneurship is an aspect of the battle… » Read more
Forbes – Feb. 20, 2015 – Professor Rebecca Morgan
Professor Rebecca Morgan spoke on a panel regarding Tackling the Retirement Gap and Elder Abuse according to the Forbes article, “Conference On Aging Forums Kick Off in Florida.”… » Read more
Stetson Law hosts Raising the Bar on Feb. 28
On Feb. 28, Stetson University College of Law is hosting Raising the Bar: Florida’s Legal Community Service Day, on the Gulfport campus. The initiative collects donations from the local legal community for American Red Cross care packages and holiday cards for active military service members and veterans. WHO: The initiative is part of an annual statewide service day led by the legal community and co-sponsored… » Read more
WUSF Health News Florida – Feb. 19, 2015 – Professor Rebecca Morgan
Professor Rebecca Morgan is quoted in the Feb. 19 WUSF Health News Florida story, “Aging Nation Tested by Health, Finances.”… » Read more
AARP magazine – Feb. 19, 2015 – Professor Rebecca Morgan
Professor Rebecca Morgan is quoted in AARP magazine regarding elder abuse.… » Read more
Stetson awarded bronze keys at ABA Law Student Division meeting
Stetson University College of Law was presented with a bronze key for the greatest raw membership and a bronze key for the most improved membership during the American Bar Association Law Student Division meeting on Feb. 7 on the Gulfport campus. Law students from Florida, Georgia and Puerto Rico were invited to attend the meeting hosted by Stetson Law school. Stetson Law student Brandy Pikus,… » Read more
Stetson’s J.D./M.B.A. students place in Global Top 25
Students in Stetson University’s J.D./M.B.A. program recently placed among the Global Top 25 in the GLO-BUS global simulation competition. Stetson J.D./M.B.A. students participated in GLO-BUS as part of their capstone management course. “Through the use of tools like the GLO-BUS simulation in our capstone course, students are able not only to integrate the functional expertise in business and law they have acquired during their tenure… » Read more