Bestselling author Michael Grunwald spoke at Stetson Law in November 2025. What does the food on your plate have to do with rising sea levels? As it turns out, says best-selling author Michael Grunwald, quite a bit. Grunwald, who spoke on the Stetson Law campus November 18 as part of the Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Series, covers environmental policy and politics for The… » Read more

Teammates Valeriya Gilmutdinova and Clayton Smith following their championship win at the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, DC. in 2025. This one’s for Logan. For the seventh time in the competition’s 16-year history, a Stetson Law team secured a championship win at the National Veterans Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, DC. Going into the November event, teammates Valeriya Gilmutdinova and Clayton Smith decided to… » Read more

Student Frank Giallourakis chats with Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muniz. Members of the Stetson Law community packed the Mann Lounge on Thursday, October 23 to hear Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muniz’s thoughts on everything from judicial philosophy to how to succeed in the legal profession. The fireside chat-style event was organized by the Stetson Law chapter of the Federalist… » Read more

Cases & Places brought students face-to-face with wild Florida and those who fight to preserve it. Law courses don’t usually require a bottle of bug spray – let alone a tent. But for students who enroll in Cases and Places, a new course offered at Stetson Law, they are necessary. One of the numerous outside-the-box courses the College offers, Cases and Places introduces students to… » Read more

Branding expert Bailey Martindale spoke at Stetson Law in October of 2025. What does branding have to do with fulfillment? For legal professionals, more than one might expect. Earlier this month, Law Professor Tim Kaye hosted a speaker who shared sharp insights about the important connection between personal values and professional identity. The dinner event was part of the Stetson Inns program, the College’s fresh… » Read more

As Stetson Law continues to maximize its offerings to students as well as magnify its scholarly contributions to legal education, the College is thrilled to welcome four visiting professors and one returning professor emerita to campus in fall of 2025. Stetson Law is proud of its tradition of inviting visiting faculty to engage in projects that enrich students’ learning experiences while conducting important work that… » Read more

In the fall of 2025, two esteemed educators joined Stetson Law’s faculty as tenure-track professors. Both new hires demonstrate the College of Law’s commitment to growing its already robust offerings in the area of international law, as each brings a unique and impressive set of scholarship and experience to our law school. Dagmar Rita Myslinska: Immigration Law Stetson Law has hired noted immigration law scholar… » Read more

Left: Associate Dean for Assessment and Professional Engagement and Professor of Law Anne Mullins; Right: Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Generative AI and Higher Education and Professor of Law Kirsten Davis. For law students and legal professionals alike, generative artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword: a powerful tool that can enhance work and save time, but only if one knows how and why to use it.… » Read more

Left to right: 2L Mia Bartolomei-Negron, Dean Benjamin Barros, AccessLEX financial advisor LeAndra Ross Given her focus on tax law, April 15 was always going to be a significant date for Stetson 2L and J.D./M.B.A. candidate Mia Bartolomei-Negron. But Tax Day 2024 – Monday, April 15 – will now hold even greater significance for her. Faculty, staff, and students gathered in Crummer Courtyard in the… » Read more

Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez speaks at a Stetson Law Innocence Initiative event. A young father of an infant and a toddler, Jon-Adrian “JJ” Velazquez walked into a New York City police station in 1999 thinking he was helping solve a murder. His father, who had died recently, had been a police officer and Velazquez trusted the system. Plus, he was on the other side of town… » Read more

Clockwise from top left: Former GA Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein; Retired USDA General Counsel Eunice Luke; Senior Judge for the Middle District of Florida Elizabeth Kovachevich; Former FL Supreme Court Chief Justice Peggy Quince. By Curtis Krueger More than half the students at Stetson University College of Law are women, and this has been true for more than a decade – but some… » Read more

Pride flags fly on Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus every June. Reflecting Stetson Law’s deep commitment to diversity and inclusion, the Association of American Law Schools Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues (SOGII) has chosen the college for its 2024 LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award. The recognition follows years of considerable effort recruiting and enrolling LGBTQ+ students, supporting them in their law school journey and… » Read more