By Kai Su Diana Evans, J.D. ’12, and Jason Lambert, B.B.A. ’02, J.D. ’12, both note Stetson’s Moot Court Board as a defining experience during their time studying at the College of Law. “Moot Court was probably the part of law school I enjoyed the most,” Lambert said, who returned to coaching this year for the Civil Rights and Liberties team, helping the team win… » Read more

By Kai Su The Go Green Committee hosted Stetson’s first zero-waste event during the Foreman Biodiversity Lecture featuring fish and wildlife biologist Tonya Long in the Great Hall on Monday, Oct. 23. To illustrate the impact of this approach, a pile of trash cans was moved into a corner and upended during the lunchtime lecture. The lunch used reusable plates and silverware, rather than paper… » Read more

Tonya Long, biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, presented the Oct. 23 Foreman Biodiversity Lecture on “The Dark Side: Improving Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches Through Comprehensive Light Management.” Long discussed how to reduce the impact of artificial lighting on nesting and hatchling sea turtles. “Florida is a globally important nesting beach,” said Long. Five species of sea turtles nest in Florida. Many… » Read more

A team of law students from Texas Tech University School of Law won the National Pretrial Competition at Stetson University College of Law on Oct. 12-15 in Gulfport, Florida. Texas Tech student Brian Burkhart won Best Advocate in the final and semi-final rounds of competition. Baylor Law School placed second in the competition. Mississippi College School of Law won the Best Plaintiff Brief and Golden… » Read more

Author and gender equality pioneer Professor of Law Catharine A. MacKinnon presented the Nichols Foundation Prominent Speakers Lecture on “Butterfly Politics: A Theory of Social Change through Legal Practice” at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on Oct. 19. Through her talk, also the title of her new book Butterfly Politics, Professor MacKinnon explained how the butterfly effect can be applied to show how… » Read more

Dr. Dwight Pitcaithley, historian and professor at New Mexico State University, kicked off the Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series on Oct. 9 at Stetson Law in Gulfport with a lecture on the National Park Service history, challenges and opportunities. “There is more to national parks than parks,” Dr. Pitcaithley explained to the audience of law students, faculty, staff and members of the public gathered in the… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association presents a Continuing Legal Education program on Black Lives Matter: The Media and the Law from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the Great Hall on Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S. The CLE program is complimentary and open to the public. Lawyers, legal professionals and members of the community are invited to… » Read more

The Stetson University College of Law Public Service Fellows organized a group of students on Sept. 27 to make more than 100 activity bags for children at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. The bags included pages to color, crayons, markers, puzzles and stickers for the children. The mission of Stetson’s Public Service Fellows is to promote the concept and awareness of public… » Read more

  Stetson Law students learned more about opportunities and how to prepare during law school for the field of international law at a program on “Pathways to International Law” on Sept. 27. The program featured a panel of attorneys from a variety of international law practice areas. Panelists Alexandra Taylor J.D. ’15 of the Maxey Law Office presented on intellectual property; Paul Suppicich J.D. ’05… » Read more

Stetson presents a complimentary forensic science webinar for prosecutors and defense attorneys on Sept. 26 from 4-6 p.m. The webinar, “Organization of Scientific Area Committees Essentials: Forensic Science Resources” is part of the free forensic science webinar series funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Capital Litigation Initiative: Crime Scene to Courtroom Forensics Training. The webinar offers a judicial perspective on admissibility of evidence and… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law continues this year’s Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series in September with lectures on wildlife conservation, national parks and the future of the Great Barrier Reef and Australian mangroves. All lectures in the series are complimentary and open to the public in the Great Hall on Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S. The fall lecture series includes: Oct. 9, 12… » Read more

Friday, Sept. 15, 11:31 a.m.: Power is now restored at both the Gulfport campus and the Tampa Law Center. It will take us a little while to get back up and running, cool the buildings, and bring up all IT systems (including VPN, file servers and WiFi).  We will be opening campus at noon today for students, staff, and faculty. Except for our facilities staff… » Read more