By Caitlin JohnstonTampa Bay TimesSept. 26, 2019 Excerpt Professor Andrew Appleby. Hillsborough County, Fla., Commissioner Les Miller wants to give voters another chance to pass a one-cent transportation sales tax, but he’s adamant the attempt will be in place of, not in addition to, the tax voters already passed in 2018… Andrew Appleby, a professor of tax law at Stetson University, said the ordinance provides… » Read more

By Susan Giles WantuckWUSFMarch 5, 2020 Louis J. Virelli III Excerpt It’s a longtime practice that the Florida Legislature was trying to do away with by passing the Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Saving Time permanent year-round in 2018. Rep. Vern Buchanan and Senator Marco Rubio introduced bills in their respective houses of Congress in 2019 to allow that state law to take effect.… » Read more

Watch the complete lecture online here or on Stetson Law’s YouTube channel. By Taylor Allyn On Feb. 27, the Stetson Law community welcomed writer Craig Pittman to speak as a part of the Foreman Biodiversity lecture series. Pittman is a native Floridian and an environmental reporter for the Tampa Bay Times. He has written five award-winning books– his most recent work is titled Cat Tale:… » Read more

Stetson Law’s Vis International Arbitration Moot team won the Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot competition in Miami on Feb. 29, 2020. From left: Huda Awan, Audrey Gangloff, Melissa Micceri, Prof. Stephanie Vaughan (coach), Joe Cuffel, Devin Dudley, Pedro Aranguez Diaz, Clare McQueen (student coach) and Prof. Joseph Morrissey (coach). Stetson University College of Law’s Vis International Arbitration Moot team won the Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot on… » Read more

Dean Michèle Alexandre, far left, takes a question from Stetson Law student Kia Tolbert during the town hall meeting on the Campus Climate Survey. By Molly Kaelin Dean Michèle Alexandre hosted a town hall meeting to discuss the Campus Climate Survey with students, faculty, and staff in the Great Hall on Feb. 18. The informal gathering gave participants a chance to express concerns and exchange… » Read more

By Sean Kinane88.5 WMNFDec. 26, 2019 Excerpt Associate Dean Darryl Wilson One of the most famous guitar manufacturers in the world is suing a much smaller company that makes guitars in Tampa; Gibson is suing Tampa’s Armadillo Enterprises, which makes guitars under the Dean and Luna brands. Gibson says three Dean or Luna guitars violate its trademarks. Law professor Darryl Wilson, an associate dean at … » Read more

By Jeff John RobertsFortuneFeb. 12, 2020 Professor Jason Bent Excerpt The short answer, according to legal experts, is that workers can’t cite the coronavirus outbreak as a reason not to carry out their ordinary duties—including duties that involve general travel. While a federal law called the Occupational Safety and Health Act offers some protection to workers who refuse to work in the face of danger,… » Read more

By HuffPostHuffPost NewsDec. 9, 2019 Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Excerpt Stetson University College of Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy said Michael Bloomberg won’t have to raise money for his presidential bid, unlike most other candidates. “He is a true billionaire. He actually has the money if he wants to go, you know, if he wants to spend half a billion dollars on a presidential run, he probably… » Read more

Law Professor Anne E. Mullins published Meta is Better in the North Dakota Law Review (94 N.D. L. Rev 325 (2019).

Professor Cynthia G. Hawkins Cynthia G. Hawkins authored The Child Support Enforcement Handbook, published by Cognella Academic Publishing in 2019. Details from the publisher The Child Support Enforcement Handbook provides students with an historical overview of child support and enforcement, including relevant federal and state legislative and statutory schemes. Decades of state and federal legislation, and their varying impacts, are presented to help readers decode this… » Read more

Dr. Kirsten K. Davis Dr. Kirsten K. Davis, Director of the Institute for Advancement of Legal Communication, published Reading Legal Writing Together: Reading Groups Can Build the Disciplinary Community of Legal Writing Scholars in Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing Institute. The essay describes how a reading group of scholars can help develop community in a scholarly discipline. About Kirsten Davis Kirsten Davis… » Read more

Professor Royal C. Gardner Royal C. Gardner, Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, was the lead author of Advocating for Science: Amici Curiae Brief of Wetland and Water Scientists in Support of the Clean Water Rule, which appeared in the June 2019 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Wetlands. Co-authors of the article, which has more than 1,100 downloads,… » Read more