Stetson University College of Law alumnus Brian L. Tannebaum ’94 has created an award for students who excel in their first-year criminal law course. The Brian L. Tannebaum High Grade Award in Criminal Law rewards Stetson students earning the top grade in each section of their criminal law class with a financial award of $500. To date, five Stetson Law students have received the award.… » Read more

On May 18, nine constitutional law scholars, including Assistant Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of Stetson University College of Law, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to revisit Citizens United. The brief was written by the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. The brief urges the Court to grant certiorari in American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock, a… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Orlando Sentinel and eCollege Times regarding the pending civil case against Florida A & M University.  … » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the May 20 Journal Gazette article, “Officials often wrongly bury records out of public view.”… » Read more

Professor Paul Boudreaux’s interview with Will Hobson has run in the Tampa Bay Times about a solar-powered home owner battling with a neighbor who planted shade trees that will eventually obscure the home owner’s solar panels.… » Read more

Story by Valeria Obi Nicole Martingano, a third-year law student at Stetson, experienced a severe and unexpected hardship at the age of 19 that motivated her to go to law school. In 2006, Martingano was an undergraduate student at the University of Florida in Gainesville with uncertain academic plans. On Feb. 25 of that year, Martingano’s life changed dramatically when she was hit head-on by… » Read more

Professor Darryl Wilson was interviewed by Tampa Bay’s 10 about a tenant’s rights at an apartment with a bat problem.… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law graduate Jason L. Turner ’04 and his family have established an endowed scholarship to support students concentrating in the area of elder law. With his mother, Laura Turner, and grandmother, Maurelle Hooks, the family created the LeRoy Y. Hooks Elder Law Scholarship to honor Jason Turner’s late grandfather, a life-long professional educator who lost his life to Lou Gehrig’s Disease.… » Read more

Professor Lee Coppock spoke with ABC reporter Brad Davis about the judgment against a convenient store that sold alcohol to an underage drunk driver involved in a car accident.… » Read more

Professor Ellen Podgor is quoted in the Bloomberg story, “U.S. said to Start Probe of $2 Billion JPMorgan Trading Loss.”  … » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote the Guernica magazine story, “Ciara Torres-Spelliscy: America Doesn’t Need Another CREEP.”  … » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy writes on the 40th anniversary of Watergate and whether 3M will be held accountable for political giving in Policy Shop.… » Read more