By Julie McHaffie The Black Law Students Association hosted an engaging panel on Sept. 25 with the attorney for the Markeis McGlockton family Michelle Rayner, Professor Judith Scully, and Associate Dean Darryl C. Wilson. They discussed the background of the Stand Your Ground Law and how it relates to the McGlockton case in Florida. Michael Drejka invoked Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law in the… » Read more

From Selma, Alabama, to Cape Town, South Africa: Recent graduate spends summer exploring social justice on two continents By E. Alan Brock J.D. ’17/LL.M. ’18 I have spent the past four years studying at Stetson, earning my J.D. and LL.M. in International Law, and along the way, I have developed my advocacy skills, made great friends, and seen the world. Stetson has provided me with… » Read more

By Kathryn Bonti The student members of Stetson Law’s Christian Legal Society kept busy at their last group meeting on Sept. 12 by making more than 40 care bags for different homeless shelters across the St. Petersburg, Florida, area. CLS collected items including toilet paper, soap and granola bars. “Something that seems like nothing to us – will be everything to these people,” said CLS… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Forbes Sept. 24 article, “The Rich Get Richer: Harvard.”… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Sept. 24 Harvard Crimson article, “Harvard’s Capital Campaign Shows Enduring Support for Higher Ed, Growing Financial Gap Between Schools.”… » Read more

Adjunct Professor Richard Harrison spoke with Newschannel 8 about Amendment 4 for a special panel.… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Sept. 22 Wall Street Journal article, “Colleges, Buffeted by Courts and Washington, Navigate Sexual Assault.”… » Read more

Adjunct Professor Richard Harrison is quote in the Sept. 21 Click Orlando discussing Amendment 4.… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law Interim Dean and Professor of Law Kristen D. Adams has been appointed to the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. “Many of my professional heroes have been involved in the work of the Commission in educating the public and the bar about homelessness, poverty, and ways in which lawyers can help to address both,” said Dean Adams. “I… » Read more

Professor James Salzman presented on Sept. 6 on Stetson’s Gulfport campus on “Payments for Ecosystem Services.” Salzman is the Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at the UCLA Law School and at the Bren School of the Environment at UC Santa Barbara. Ecosystem services are the benefits humans gain from the natural environment that provide necessities such as clean drinking water, waste management and… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Diverse magazine article, “Guns on College Campuses Debate Ushers in New School Year.”… » Read more

Professor Peter Lake is quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education article, “DeVos’s Rules on Sexual Misconduct, Long Awaited on Campuses, Reflect Her Interim Policy.”… » Read more