Stetson University College of Law’s 32nd Annual National Conference on Law & Higher Education brings national academic leaders and scholars to Orlando Feb. 5-8.

Professor Gardner recently spoke in Mexico at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Ramsar Convention. As part of the event, Ramsar launched "Wetlands in the Americas: The Role of the Ramsar Convention and the Benefits of Ramsar Site Designation," a book to which Professor Gardner contributed chapters and co-edited. Professor Gardner has also written a chapter about the Ramsar Convention for "Wetlands: Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts," which Springer will publish next month. Moving to the domestic front, this month's Environmental Law Reporter just published "Stacking Opportunities and Risks in Environmental Credit Markets." Finally, "Lawyers, Swamps, and Money: U.S. Wetland Law, Policy, and Politics" will be published by Island Press in May.

Stetson Law’s Alternative Dispute Resolution board won the Liberty University National Negotiation Competition in Lynchburg, Va.

Professor Wilson has been elected Chair of the Code Enforcement Board for the City of St Petersburg.

Stetson Law honored John R. Blue with its 2011 Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award at its annual Inns of Court Banquet.

Claire Grove has joined Stetson University College of Law as assistant dean for administration.

Teams qualified to compete in Stetson’s 15th Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition.  

Professor Allen will be speaking this June in Palm Beach at the annual meeting of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers about judicial independence as part of a reception honoring several members of the Florida Supreme Court. In September 2011, he will be speaking at the Florida Appellate Judges Conference about the U.S. Constitution. In November 2011, he has been invited to speak in Washington, D.C. to the annual meeting of the Appellate Judges Education Conference, an organization that focuses on educational programs for U.S. appellate judges at the federal and state level.

Professor Podgor will speak at the 20th Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, co-sponsored by The Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and The Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Associationthe Federal Bar Association; the conference will be held May 4-6, in Orlando.

In San Francisco last week Professor Palmer presented at the AALS Section on International Law's Year-in-Review program. He spoke on the Human Rights panel about “The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: A Holistic Approach to Disabilities.”

Professor Virelli is a member of the programming board for the AALS Constitutional Law section.

Professor Podgor has been selected to serve on the AALS Criminal Justice Working Group; she is also chairing the ABA's Legal Education Committee on Technology and Education.