Stetson University College of Law invites future law students to attend the “Stetson Experience” open house on Saturday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-2p.m. in the Great Hall at 1401 61st St. S. in Gulfport. Stetson law school professors and admissions staff will lead workshops and presentations on “The First Year Experience,” “Awakening the Advocate Within,” and “Applying to Stetson.” Future law students may tour the Gulfport… » Read more

More than 350 teams from across the U.S. competed in invitational events and 11 regional tournaments around the country to qualify to participate in the national tournament of the American Moot Court Association on Jan. 6-7 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida. A team from Patrick Henry College won the national championship. The U.S. Air Force Academy team was the national finalist.… » Read more

Steve Renault, author of Mid-Life Crisis Retirement, was a guest speaker in Professor Joe Morrissey’s Business Entities class in the fall. Renault, who helped build one of the most successful brokerage firms in Canada, took time to share ideas on investing and personal finances with Professor Morrissey’s students. “As a 20-something, the idea of retirement seems far removed,” said student Stephanie Pletcher. “Finances are one… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is hosting open houses in January at the Tampa Law Center and in February at the Gulfport campus with afternoon, evening and one-on-one sessions available for future law students seeking information about the part-time J.D. program. Future law students are invited to learn more about Stetson law school’s part-time J.D. program by registering for a session at the Tampa Law… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law students celebrated their completion of law school on Dec. 15 in the Great Hall on the Gulfport campus. A total of 47 degree candidates, including 20 full-time and 27 part-time J.D. students, were invited to attend the celebration. The full-time J.D. class includes two J.D./Grado students, one J.D./MINTEC and one J.D./MIEBL student. Eight LL.M. in Advocacy, one joint J.D./LL.M. in… » Read more

Ask third-year Stetson Law student Kyle J. Goss what brought him to law school, and he recalls reading “The Street Lawyer” by author John Grisham in the seventh grade. Goss says that he fell in love with the idea of being an attorney while reading the book. “I made it my life-long goal to pursue a career in the legal industry,” says Goss. He majored… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is again partnering with the Community Law Program and the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation during the month of February to prepare free simple wills and advance directives for low income veterans and their spouses aged 60 or older though the Annual Wills for Warriors Program, now in its fifth year. Walk-in appointments are not available. Veterans or their spouses must… » Read more

Stetson’s Black Law Students Association, George Edgecomb Bar Association, Solo & Small Firm Section of the Florida Bar, and the Fred G. Minnis Sr. Bar Association hosted a workshop on Nov. 5 to help students build practical skills to successfully navigate the legal profession. The six-hour Survival of the Fittest: Unite and Conquer workshop on Stetson’s Gulfport campus, now in its ninth year, featured presentations… » Read more

Jo Ann Palchak J.D. ’05 was honored with the J. Ben Watkins Award for excellence in the legal profession at the Stetson Law Review banquet on Nov. 19 in Gulfport. The J. Ben Watkins Award honors individuals who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and accomplishment in the legal community. Palchak is a criminal defense attorney in Tampa who specializes in representing individuals and companies in criminal… » Read more

Stetson’s Lambda Legal Society hosted a discussion and candlelight vigil on Monday evening, Nov. 21, on Stetson’s Gulfport campus to discuss the challenges faced by the transgender community and to honor the lives of transgender people who have been violently killed. A candlelight vigil on Stetson’s Gulfport campus honored Transgender Day of Remembrance. Photo by Alan Brock. Nathan Bruemmer, president of Lambda, and student Alaina Wilson presented to students,… » Read more

A panel of international law experts discussed the global refugee crisis and human trafficking with a delegation of international journalists Monday morning in the Mann Lounge at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on Nov. 14. The delegation of approximately 50 international journalists from the Middle East visited Stetson for the special presentation as part of the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists, sponsored… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law unveiled a display of photographs honoring veterans in the Stetson family in the Mann Lounge during a Veterans Day lunch celebrated on Nov. 10 in Gulfport. The Student Veterans Organization and Stetson Chapter of the American Bar Association-Law Student Division co-sponsored the event, which included a talk and Q&A with Retired Colonel DJ Reyes about the Hillsborough County Veteran Treatment… » Read more