Stetson University College of Law hosted a public lecture on the “Role of Courts in Promoting Biodiversity” on March 30 in the Great Hall at Stetson law school. Judge Anthony Lucky of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea presented the complimentary Foreman Biodiversity Lecture, held in conjunction with the International Finals of Stetson’s International Environmental Moot Court Competition, now in its 21st… » Read more

Stetson law school launched its first annual Women’s Week celebration during the week of March 13, with a pro bono event, performance/fundraiser, panel with area leaders on the Gulfport campus, and a career networking event in downtown St. Petersburg. The celebration kicked off with a pro bono event on March 13 to benefit Alpha House, a local shelter for homeless pregnant women and mothers. Students… » 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

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

By Carmen Johnson, Assistant Director for Admissions and Diversity Initiatives Stetson University College of Law recently hosted the 15th Annual Diversity and Inclusion Youth Pre-Law Conference on Feb. 24 at the Tampa Law Center. This year, students from Thomas Jefferson High School’s Law and Criminal Justice Academy attended the event.  Held annually in partnership with the Law School Admission Counsel’s (LSAC) DiscoverLaw.org since 2002, the… » Read more

Stetson University Associate Professor of Chemistry Song Gao, Ph.D., discussed the impacts of global climate change with the College of Law community and members of the public on Feb. 27. Dr. Song Gao presented on “Atmospheric Aerosols, Super Greenhouse Gases, Global Climate Change: Where Science Meets Policy” as part of Stetson’s Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series. “I think the take home message is that the earth’s… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law students and alumni celebrated student scholarship recipients with a softball game in Hoyt Field in Gulfport on Feb. 11. A reception followed the game on Saturday night, honoring student scholarship recipients Marissa Marchena and Miles Hickman who received the Nenezian-Jones-Cooley Scholarship. A committee established the scholarship in honor of the scholarship’s namesakes Rich Nenezian J.D. ’84, Jim Jones J.D. ’84,… » Read more

What are the skills employers look for when hiring law school graduates? What skills would you improve? Social scientist and education expert Dr. Terrell L. Strayhorn asked a roomful of approximately 100 first and second-year law students on Stetson’s Gulfport campus to develop some ideas to help prepare for their future careers. Dr. Strayhorn’s keynote address at Stetson’s daylong Intention and Impact Summit on Jan.… » Read more

“The flag flew over the tower when I was here,” Oliver “Buzz” Baudoin remarked as he leafed through yearbooks and photographs from the Florida Military Academy on display in Stetson law school’s Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library archives on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon. “It was my job to take that flag up and down.” Baudoin, who graduated from the Florida Military Academy in 1947… » Read more

Ten students at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, participated in a class designed to assist the 2014 Clemency Project. One of the 1300 clemency grants out of a total of 16,000 petitions was prepared by Stetson Law students in the class. “The very fact that you, as a student, may be one of the last remaining hopes for an individual to have… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s spring semester Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series kicked off on the Gulfport campus on Jan. 24 with a lecture by Jaclyn Lopez, Florida director of the Center for Biological Diversity. Close to 100 people attended Lopez’ talk on “Florida’s Frightening Phosphate Problem” in the Great Hall. Lopez described how Florida is home to the world’s largest phosphate mine, and the hazardous… » Read more