Martin Dyckman, former chief editorial writer for the St. Petersburg Times, talked to Tampa Bay area high school students on Sept. 16 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport to celebrate Constitution Day. “Students who don’t understand history become uninformed voters,” Dyckman told the group. He urged the students to register to vote and to thoroughly research issues. “Use your minds. Think. Let’s keep… » Read more

Story by Valeria Obi Professor George Belnavis visited Stetson Law this fall from the Norman Manley School of Law in Kingston, Jamaica, to teach a course Sept. 6-16 on Criminal Law in the Caribbean. It was the professor’s first time teaching in the U.S. The American and Caribbean Law Initiative, of which Stetson is a member, brought Professor Belnavis to Gulfport to teach the two-week… » Read more

On Sept. 15, Stetson Law student Paul Sarlo presented his paper on how the State of Florida might revitalize its outpatient treatment law to care for the severely mentally ill among its homeless population while saving millions in mental healthcare expenses. In 1999, a tragedy in New York turned the spotlight on the issue of untreated mental illness when a journalist named Kendra Webdale was… » Read more

Professor Ellen Podgor spoke with Forbes about rogue traders serving  jail time.… » Read more

Professor Darryl Wilson’s participation in a panel decision regarding the term “modern warfare” in a domain name has run in Entertainment Law Digest.… » Read more

Stetson Law adjunct professor Dr. Jay Wolfson speaks with the Daytona Beach News-Journal about the government likely seeing strong probable cause in a whistle-blower suit against Halifax Health.… » Read more

Stetson University’s strong academic quality has earned it a ranking of third place among the South’s top regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of “Best Colleges.” Stetson is also listed as one of the South’s “Great Schools, Great Prices,” based on academic quality and the average net cost after need-based financial aid. Listed consistently as one of the South’s leading universities… » Read more

Military service changes the lives of many, including the soldiers who are today veterans. Many continue to serve justice in several ways. “Veterans took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same,” said Charles Rose, the director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy at… » Read more

Professor Carol Henderson talked about the CSI effect and forensics in the Longboat Key News.… » Read more

Professor Darryl Wilson discusses a property dispute over a neighbor erecting a view-obscuring fence with the St. Petersburg Times.… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake spoke with the Chronicle of Higher Education about the case of a Sewanee student who sued his former college for accusing him of rape.… » Read more

Professor Charles Rose spoke with the St. Petersburg Times about the difference between the insanity defense and incompetency for a case about a machete murder.… » Read more