John T. Berry, legal division director of the Florida Bar, was presented with this year’s Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award. Stetson established the prestigious public service award for Wm. Reece Smith Jr. more than two decades ago. Berry is an expert in judicial education, ethics and professionalism who established professional development programs for the Florida Bar and State Bar of Arizona. He served… » Read more

Shivani Alamo, a student at Stetson University College of Law, has won the prestigious Lewis Hine Award for her volunteer work with children. Alamo received the New Generation Award, a special Lewis Hine Award for Service to Children and Youth, named for the National Child Labor Committee photographer who documented early 20th century exploitation of children to facilitate child labor reform. Traveling to New York… » Read more

Dean Michael Allen spoke with the News-Press for the story, “Class action suits are many.”… » Read more

Professor Peter Fitzgerald spoke with Fox 13 for the story, “What is the Value of Your Pet?”… » Read more

Professor Peter Fitzgerald is quoted in the Tampa Bay Times article, “Seminole veterinarian’s crusade to change law is born of loss.”… » Read more

The Feb. 12 Gavel Grab cites Professor Louis Virelli in the article, “Scholar Examines High Court Recusal, Separation of Powers.”… » Read more

Verónica Cáceres Chamorro, secretary pro tempore for the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, talked to Stetson University College of Law students on Feb. 20 about the need for global collaboration and conservation. Cáceres Chamorro discussed threats to sea turtles including incidental capture from trawling gillnets and longline fishery, habitat loss like beach erosion on nesting beaches, and global climate change… » Read more

Professor Darryl Wilson is quoted in the Feb. 10 Tampa Bay Times article, “One Fatal Night Roars Back.”… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Times Union Jacksonville article, “FSCJ collecting VA money from students despite confusion over source of GI bill debt.”… » Read more

On Feb. 6, Stetson University introduced the Social Justice Advocacy Series to students on the Gulfport campus, featuring Robin Rosenberg, deputy director of Florida’s Children First. Rosenberg, who fights for the rights of at-risk children and youth in Florida, talked with Stetson Law students about the importance of advocating for justice in the community. Her talk was simply entitled “Do Good.” “You are here today… » Read more

Professor Charles Rose is quoted in the Feb. 7 News-Journal article, “Appeals judge condemns prosecutor’s actions in sex predator case.”… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association was recently named Chapter of the Year for the Southern Region for outstanding community activism. The Stetson student group was selected from a pool of 43 law school chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The students were honored during the Southern Regional BLSA Convention in Nashville, Tenn., Jan.… » Read more