Robert Levy Ph.D., chair of the Cato Institute’s board of directors, spoke to Stetson Law students on Oct. 28 about recent Supreme Court opinions and his new book, co-authored with William Mellor, The Dirty Dozen: How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom. A constitutional scholar and former CEO, Levy has written several articles on investments, law, and public policy for publications… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s annual open house and information day for prospective students is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8, this year on Stetson’s Gulfport campus. Complimentary lunch will be provided at the free event, starting at 9:30 a.m. WHAT: Prospective students will have an opportunity to meet Stetson Law students and faculty, attend a simulated law class and faculty-led seminars, tour campus, and learn… » Read more

Stetson Law librarian Kristen Moore’s article is running in the Nov. 1 issue of  The Florida Bar News, titled “Florida statutory and legislative materials are online.”… » Read more

Adjunct Professor Adam Levine is quoted in the Christian Science Monitor story, “Should the Feds reclassify marijuana?”… » Read more

Law students at Stetson University recently had the unique opportunity to visit one of Tampa’s natural springs steps away from the Tampa Law Center. On Oct. 21, students in Professor Royal Gardner’s wetland seminar met with Thomas Ries of the Ecosphere Restoration Institute for a tour of the flowing natural spring only blocks from downtown Tampa’s urban skyline. Stetson alumnus Andrew Zodrow ’95 of the… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake spoke with the Huffington Post for the article, “How Colleges Let Sexual Predators Slip Away to Other Schools.”… » Read more

Approximately 400 people crowded into the Great Hall at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on Thursday afternoon to hear a debate between former Florida Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Bell and attorney John Morgan on the topic of Amendment 2. Justice Bell and Morgan debated the need for Amendment 2 to legalize medical marijuana during the free public lunchtime event. Stetson Law’s debate was… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Nation article, “How Mitch McConnell is Bending Every Last Campaign Finance Rule.”… » Read more

Professor Charles Rose spoke with ABC Australia for the story “Blackwater security guards convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians.”… » Read more

Family, friends, students, alumni and colleagues gathered at noon on Oct. 21  to honor the life and work of longtime Stetson University Professor of Law Emeritus James (J.J.) Brown, who died in May of this year. Stetson Law dedicated one of Professor Brown’s favorite locations in Stetson’s Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library on the Gulfport campus as “Brownacre.” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman ’87,… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake spoke with NPR affiliate KPBS for the story, “Fraternity Culture Linked to College Sexual Assault Problems.”… » Read more

A panel of six lawyers discussed their varied careers as state attorneys and public defenders during a noontime lecture for students at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla. Douglas Covington ’83 of the Office of the State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Howardene Garrett of the Office of the Public Defender for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Irene Maslanik ’10 of the Office… » Read more