Ellen Podgor has co-authored an article with NACDL president Marty Pinellis for the National Law Journal on ethics rules bring used against attorneys who represent individuals at Guantánamo.

Professor Adams has been invited to by West to Egan, Minnesota to tour the West production facility and to serve on a panel of scholarship to discuss how to produce better casebooks.

Dean Podgor and Professor Zierdt's article, "Corporate Deferred Prosecutions Through the Looking Glass of Contract Policing," will appear as the lead article in the Kentucky Law Journal.

Please join me in congratulating Professors Bauer and Furlow on their promotion to Associate Professor of Law.

Please join me in congratulating these three professors on their promotion to full professor.

Stetson University College of Law begins offering the nation’s first online LL.M. degree in elder law in fall 2007.

This week, Kate spoke at the invitation of the Rhode Island Supreme Court about her recent article, "Gay Marriage in Rhode Island: A Big Issue for a Small State"; the presentation was part of a "Current Developments in Rhode Island Law" program.

Luz works with the ABA Committee on the Rule of law and Corruption. This Committee just finished a white paper for the ABA in which she had an active role. In addition, Luz will be participating in the International Rule of Law Symposium on Monday, April 16, 2007, in New York. The focus of the program is to discuss the white papers developed by the different committees. The papers outline what the ABA can do in areas of Economic Development, Human Trafficking, Corruption, Independent Judiciary, Corporate Responsibility and the Environment. This conference is by invitation only and advances the ABA's Plan of Action in advancing the rule of law at home and around the world.

The 2008 U.S. News & World Report has ranked Stetson University College of Law among the nation’s top 100 law schools. The national publication again ranked Stetson University College of Law first for trial advocacy. Stetson ranked number five for legal writing.

Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project and co-counsel on the O.J. Simpson defense team, presented the Nichols Foundation Prominent Speaker Lecture March 27 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport.

The Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law and the Center for Special Needs Trusts will co-sponsor a continuing legal education program, “The Nuts and Bolts of Special Needs Trusts Administration,” April 27-28 at the Marriott Suites, 1201 Gulf Blvd., Clearwater Beach.

 Stetson University College of Law student Kerrie Taylor received an outstanding oralist award at the Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court competition March 19 in New York City.