Tampa Bay Times – Oct. 21, 2012 – Professor James Fox
Professor James Fox spoke with the Tampa Bay Times about the contract dispute regarding the Rays for the story, “Rays put city in tough spot.”… » Read more
Body of Evidence’s Dayle Hinman presented at Stetson Law in Gulfport on Oct. 31
Stetson University College of Law’s National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law presented criminal profiler, Body of Evidence host Dayle Hinman on Oct. 31. The event was co-sponsored by Zuckerman Spaeder LLP. Her afternoon talk, “The Devil is in the Details: Criminal Profiling from an Investigator’s Perspective,” brought a crowd of more than 100 to Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus. Hinman, who served in law… » Read more
WUSF News – Oct. 19, 2012 – Dean Michael Allen, Professor Charles Rose
Dean Michael Allen and Professor Charles Rose are quoted in the WUSF News story, “Stetson Veterans Law Clinic Offers Help with VA Benefit Claims,” along with alumnus Javier Centonzio.… » Read more
The Center for Public Integrity – Oct. 18, 2012 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Center for Public Integrity article, “Pennsylvania governor benefited from untraceable $1.5 million donation.”… » Read more
Yale Daily News – Oct. 17, 2012 – Professor Peter Lake
Professor Peter Lake spoke with the Yale Daily News for the story, “Title IX Complicates Employee Dispute Case.”… » Read more
Alumnus discusses finding his niche in the law
On Oct. 16, alumnus and adjunct professor Josh Magidson ’80 talked with students about finding his niche in the law. Magidson, a Marine who once entertained dreams of playing professional baseball and worked as a rehabilitation counselor, became a student at Stetson Law in 1978. “Everybody has their own way of finding themselves in what they do,” Magidson told the students who gathered at a… » Read more
Yale Daily News – Oct. 15, 2012 – Professor Peter Lake
Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Yale Daily News story, “Former employee files Title IX retaliation suit against Yale.”… » Read more
Alumnus speaks with Stetson Law students about finding their focus as advocates
Alumnus Chris Sprowls ’09 spoke with Stetson Law students on Oct. 10 about finding their focus as advocates as part of Stetson’s Student Leadership Development Luncheon series. Sprowls is an assistant state attorney in the 6th Judicial Circuit serving Pasco and Pinellas counties. While still students at Stetson Law, Sprowls and Vilma Martinez ’09 worked with the American Bar Association to create a national veterans’… » Read more
Veterans Law CLE at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center on Oct. 27
Stetson University College of Law and the Florida Bar will host a Veterans Law Accreditation Training program at the Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa St., on Oct. 27. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The program provides legal practitioners with an overview of veterans law, a field that responds to the unique legal challenges faced by military veterans. Judge Robert N. Davis of the U.S.… » Read more
St. Petersburg Bar and Stetson Law presented ethics and professionalism seminar
Stetson University College of Law hosted a continuing legal education program on Oct. 9 on “Ethics and Professionalism: Practicing Within the Letter and the Spirit of the Law.” The St. Petersburg Bar Association co-presented the program with Stetson. Stetson Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and St. Petersburg Bar Association president Timothy Miller introduced the program for practicing attorneys, which included discussions by attorney and alumnus James… » Read more
Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Series presented “Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition” on Oct. 9
On Oct. 9 at 12 p.m., Stetson Law’s Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Series presented a discussion with Carlton Ward Jr. about the discovery and implications of the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Ward Jr. is a conservation photographer and founder of the Legacy Institute for Nature and Culture. Ward Jr. discussed his experiences with the “Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition,” a 100-day, 1,000-mile trek from the… » Read more
Conviction Integrity Unit founder talked at Stetson Law on Oct. 10 about ethical prosecutions
Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins, founder of the Conviction Integrity Unit, talked with Stetson University College of Law students on Oct. 10 about the importance of just prosecution. Approximately 200 law students gathered to hear Watkins’ talk in the Great Hall on the Gulfport campus. “You in this room have a responsibility to look at your justice system,” Watkins told the law students. “Think about… » Read more