Visit Graduation Events for more photo galleries and videos.   Retired Army Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess Jr. is Stetson University College of Law’s spring commencement speaker. Lieutenant General Burgess is presently serving as the senior counsel for national security programs, cyber programs and military affairs at Auburn University. Burgess addressed more than 200 students during Stetson law school’s commencement on Saturday, May 13, in… » Read more

Student Kiera Forlenza is a social justice advocate focused on helping children. Second-year law student Kiera Forlenza admits that she wasn’t sure law school was for her during her first year of studying the fundamentals, buried in books. Forlenza came to law school with the purpose of becoming an advocate for children. It was not until she delved into coursework in Stetson’s Social Justice Advocacy… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law hosts the inaugural Legal Technology continuing legal education program on June 9 on the Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St S. The daylong CLE program for lawyers and legal practitioners covers topics ranging from cyber security in the law firm to courtroom technology to using social media in advertising. Presentations include “Cyber Security and Your Law Firm: Protect Yourself,” “Courtroom Technology,”… » Read more

Biodiversity Fellow Erin Okuno has an abstract of her article, “Frankenstein’s Mammoth: Anticipating the Global Legal Framework for De-Extinction,” running in the Legal Theory Blog. The complete article is available at (Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2016) on SSRN.… » Read more

In 2003, Agata “Aggie” Kuzniar moved across the world from Poland to the U.S. to pursue an education in the American legal system. “In Poland, civil law is very different from the legal system in the U.S.,” said Kuzniar, who said she found learning about the law in the U.S. fascinating. Her family in Poland was supportive, and Kuzniar moved to the U.S. as a… » Read more

Professor Charles Rose is quoted in the May 4 Tampa Bay Times article, “Judge rips USF player, Strong.”… » Read more

Professor Charles Rose spoke with Bay News 9 for a story about judicial ethics and admonishing the new coach for USF players before the court.… » Read more

Ashley Krenelka Chase is the recipient of the American Association of Law Libraries Emerging Leader Award for 2017. Chase is the associate director of Stetson University College of Law’s Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library, coordinator of legal practice technology, and an adjunct law professor. She holds both a J.D. degree from the University of Dayton School of Law and a master’s degree in library… » Read more

By Cory Lancaster Tell us about your job at Stetson. Fifteen years ago, a Dean’s job at the College of Law was very different than it is today. In the past, we made tweaks to the curriculum to help students get better prepared for practice. Today it is so much broader.  It is understanding our community, connecting with students, and telling the story about their… » Read more

First-year law student Matthew Ceriale has been awarded the inaugural Shumaker Diversity Scholarship from the Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP law firm. Ceriale will join Shumaker’s Tampa office as a summer associate. The Shumaker Diversity Scholarship is available to students who are members of minority groups. Applicants must have outstanding undergraduate and law school academic credentials, exhibit leadership abilities and community involvement and demonstrate a… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is profiled in the Spring 2017 AALS News, “Spotlight on Sections: Election Law.” Professor Torres-Spelliscy is chair-elect of the section.  … » Read more

Professor Louis Virelli spoke with WMFE Orlando for the story, “Rick Scott Defends Reassigning Aramis Ayala’s Cases in Court.”… » Read more