Third-year student Natalie Yello recently presented a brief segment at the Ms. JD’s Ninth Annual Conference on Women in the Law in Chicago, Illinois, on March 2-3. Yello co-presented with Irene Mo, a third-year law student from Michigan State University, on what it’s like to be a first-generation law student and shared tips with other law students. Kelly Jo MacArthur, vice president and associate general… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Trial Team won the regional qualifying round of the American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition March 9-12 in Miami, Florida. Stetson students head to the national AAJ competition in Cleveland, Ohio, in April. Stetson sent two teams of students to the regional competition in Miami who both advanced to the final round, beating all the other law schools… » Read more

Professor Royal Gardner spoke with the Tucson Daily Star for the story, “Rosemont, homebuilders would benefit from Trump’s proposed water rule change.”… » Read more

Internationally known human rights activist John Prendergast presented on “Stopping Genocide by Stopping the War Profiteers” on March 16 in the Great Hall on Stetson law school’s Gulfport campus. Prendergast, author of Not on Our Watch, co-author with Michael Mattocks of Unlikely Brothers, and founder of the Enough Project, discussed the genocide which began in Darfur, Western Sudan, in 2003, that continues today. The program… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy is referenced in the Common Dreams article, “Ethics Office Tells Trump & Co.: Sorry, You’re Not Above the Rules.”… » Read more

By Brielle Tucker Stetson University College of Law celebrated Diversity Week in honor of the American Bar Association’s Diversity Day with a series of events designed to provoke discussions about how to improve diversity and inclusion on the law school campus, as well as how to address implicit bias in the legal profession. At Stetson, organizations partnered to host interactive discussions, questions of the day,… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport is hosting a screening of the documentary film Foster Shock followed by a panel discussion on March 29. WHO: The Child Advocates of Stetson Law student organization is partnering with the Guardian ad Litem Foundation of Tampa Bay to present an event to help people learn more about challenges facing youth in group homes in the Florida foster… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law students were named co-champions at the Boston Regional of the American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy Competition on March 4. Stetson law students Felicia Kitzmiller and Taylor Ryan won one of the final rounds of the competition as well as the second best brief and will advance to the national finals of the competition in April. A second team from… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer “I never thought I was going to do anything in entertainment,” Madison Brown J.D. ’16 said as she prepared to travel to film two episodes of her new television program. As a law student at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, Brown was focused on corporate law and business when the opportunity to play a role in a movie presented… » Read more

The March 6 Bloomberg BNA references a case brought by Professor Joseph Morrissey in the article, “Deductibility of Surrogacy Expenses by Same-Sex Couples: Florida District Court Weighs In.”… » Read more

Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox is quoted in the ChronLaw article, “Stetson law students help veterans navigate VA.”… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy spoke with McClatchy for the story, “Did companies’ donations buy a Trump change in private-prison policy?”… » Read more