Florida Trend – April 26, 2019 – Dean Michèle Alexandre

The April 26 Southwest Florida Roundup in Florida Trend features Dean Michèle Alexandre.… » Read more


Gideon lawyer, longtime Stetson Law faculty member and former dean Bruce Jacob J.D. ’59 presents May 18 commencement address

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus Bruce Jacob. After graduating from Stetson University College of Law in 1959, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus Bruce Jacob made history with the 1963 landmark Supreme Court decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, the impetus for the idea of public defenders. Jacob presents the commencement address to 255 J.D. candidates at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the… » Read more


Stetson Law finishes among elite eight of all law schools on the planet in the Vis Moot in Vienna

(L-R): Professor Stephanie Vaughan, Jason Stearns, Kyle McCabe, Clare McQueen, Ryan Dwyer and Matthew Ceriale. Stetson University College of Law’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team competed April 13-18 in Vienna, Austria, with 372 teams from 80 countries to finish in the elite top eight of law schools that competed from across the planet. Law alumnus Jason Stearns J.D. ’08 and Professor Stephanie… » Read more


National Law Journal – April 23, 2019 – Professor Ellen Podgor

Professor Ellen Podgor spoke with the National Law Journal about her upcoming class on the Mueller investigation.… » Read more


Tampa Bay Times – April 23, 2019 – Professor Charles Rose

Professor Charles Rose is quoted in the Tampa Bay Times article, “In four states, parking officers can no longer mark your tires. Florida isn’t one of them.”… » Read more


Alternet – April 23, 2019 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Alternet article, “An election law expert explains how Citizen’s United might have spared Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner from prosecution.”… » Read more


The Atlantic – April 21, 2019 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy wrote the Atlantic article, “Luckily for the Trumps, Some Laws Are Hard to Break.”… » Read more


Vox – April 20, 2019 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the Vox article, “Did the Mueller report exonerate Trump? I asked 12 legal experts.”… » Read more


Tampa Bay Times – April 19, 2019 – Professor Susan Rozelle

Professor Susan Rozelle is quoted in the Tampa Bay Times article, “Was it wrong to let jurors talk to witnesses in the Jonchuck trial?”… » Read more


CBC – April 19, 2019 – Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is quoted in the CBC article, “Mueller’s report is worse for Trump than Barr let on-but likely not as ruinous as Trump feared.”… » Read more


Team from Bangalore wins the International Environmental Moot Court Competition at Stetson Law

A team from Bangalore won the International Environmental Moot Court Competition (with Interim Dean Kristen Adams far right). Photo by Sy-Woei Hao. A team from the National Law School of India University in Bangalore won the 23rd Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition on April 13 in Gulfport.  National Law School of India University law student Bhargov Chakraborty was named Best Oralist in the… » Read more


UCLA scholar presents Distinguished Nichols Lecture on April 15 on “Thinking Big and Small About Racial Justice”

Devon Carbado. UCLA School of Law scholar Devon Carbado presented the Distinguished Nichols Lecture at noon on April 15 in the Great Hall at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on “Thinking Big and Small About Racial Justice.” Carbado is the Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law at UCLA. In 2005, Professor… » Read more