Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was featured in an Oct. 7 interview on NPR’s Marketplacecalled, “Candidates are hoping you’ll buy their rhetoric — as well as their merchandise.”… » Read more

House Panel’s Kramer Levin Hire Brings Heat To Trump Probe By Cara SalvatoreLaw 360Sept. 26, 2019 Excerpt And although [Barry] Berke brought his skill as a trial lawyer to the [Corey] Lewandowski hearing, he lacked one thing: a judge to keep things fair, experts said. Bernstein of UCLA noted that Lewandowski’s habit of “making objections and sustaining his own objections” to Berke’s questions probably wouldn’t… » Read more

Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan wrote the following blogs on the Elder Law Prof Blog: Sept. 27, 2019: “Student Views of Recent Events”Sept. 30, 2019: “Special Touches in an Elder Law Practice”Oct. 1, 2019: “Make These a Part of Your Exercise Routine?”Oct. 1, 2019:  “Changing the Perceptions of Ageism Through Positive Media”Oct. 2, 2019: “Emergency Planning & Older Adults: A New Report on Preparedness”… » Read more

Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote a Sept. 26, 2019, blog post for the American Constitution Society called, “Congress Has Used Campaign Finance for Impeachment Before: Here’s How To Do It Now.”… » Read more

Law Professor Ellen Podgor was featured in an online symposium for SCOTUSblog. The blog post introducing the symposium and its participants is called, “SCOTUSblog online symposium previews ‘Bridgegate’ political corruption case,” and Professor Podgor’s piece is, “Symposium: Corruption is not a crime.” This symposium is promoted on both the Doug Cogan blog and the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog.… » Read more

Law Professor Ellen Podgor was quoted in an Oct. 2, 2019, ABA Journal article called, “Split intensifies over prosecutors’ ethical disclosure duties.”… » Read more

Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy was mentioned on the Election Law Blog as a panel speaker for the Don McGahn II and Bob Bauer In Keynote Conversation at George Mason Conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 4, 2019.… » Read more

Members of the Stetson Law Dispute Resolution Board are, from left, Kaile Bennett, Coach Bill Greiner, Erica Eddy, Corey Roberts, Brittany Kovalskaya, Professor and Coach James Sheehan, Julia Knoll, and Jeremy Funt. Two Stetson students won a regional negotiation competition and will advance to the nationals in Chicago in February. Stetson Law Dispute Resolution Board members Brittany Kovalskaya, Corey Roberts, Erica Eddy, Jeremy Funt, Julia… » Read more

Professor Ellen S. Podgor Law Professors Ellen S. Podgor and Louis J. Virelli III co-authored, along with five other legal scholars, the book The Mueller Investigation and Beyond published by Carolina Academic Press this year. From the publisher: “The Mueller Investigation and issues emanating from that investigation are at the heart of this book, providing a contextual setting for learning and reviewing materials across the… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote a new book called Political Brands that examines how branding and politics have gone hand in hand throughout history. It was published in September 2019 by Edward Elgar Publishing.   From “I Like Ike” to President Donald Trump’s MAGA hats, branding in politics have sold both ideas and candidates. Political Brands explores the legal framework for the use… » Read more

Law Professor Catherine J. Cameron Law Professors Catherine J. Cameron and Lance N. Long co-authored the manual, The Science Behind the Art of Legal Writing: Second Edition, published by Carolina Press. “New research on topics already addressed in the first edition spurred us to write the second edition,” said Long. “We also added a chapter on the science of using the passive voice and a… » Read more

Professor of Law Marco Jimenez Law Professor Marco Jimenez’s article, “Retribution in Contract Law,” was published in the University of California-Davis Law Review, and Lawrence Solum featured the article on his Legal Theory Blog. Article Summary Traditional contract doctrine holds that there is no place for “fault” in Anglo-American contract law, in which a promisor is said to be held strictly liable for breaching a… » Read more