Law professor examines judges’ training in empirical data in new article
Associate Professor Anne Mullins. Law Professor Anne E. Mullins’s article, “Opportunity in the Age of Alternative Facts” was published in the Summer 2019 Washburn Law Journal. Article Summary Hotly contested constitutional litigation is increasingly shaped by empirical data. If judges and their clerks had more meaningful opportunities to develop expertise in empirical methodology and cognitive theory, they would be better positioned to (1) evaluate that… » Read more
Director of Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute examines veterans’ Second Amendment rights in article
Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox. The article, “Depriving Our Veterans of Their Constitutional Rights: An Analysis of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Practice of Stripping Veterans of Their Second Amendment Rights and Our Nation’s Response” by Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox, was accepted for publication in the Utah Law Review in March. Introduction “The oath that every enlisted member and officer of the United States Armed Forces takes before… » Read more
Stetson Law Professor Appointed Chair of Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism
Kirsten K. Davis, J.D., Ph.D., Professor of Law and Director of the Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication, has been selected as Chair of the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism for 2019-20. The Committee’s work advances civility and professionalism in the practice of law and works closely with the Bar’s Henry Latimer Center for Professionalism. “I’m excited and honored to be working… » Read more
Stetson prof. earns Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Award
Professor Luz E. Nagle Stetson University College of Law Professor Luz E. Nagle will spend the fall semester in the Canary Islands of Spain, teaching and conducting research at Universidad de La Laguna in Tenerife as a Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar in international law. “Selection as a Fulbright Senior Scholar is a highly competitive process,” Professor Nagle wrote via email from her office abroad. “The award… » Read more
Luz Nagle
Professor Luz Nagle presented on April 26 on human trafficking to the Florida Department of Corrections in Clearwater on “Visionary Women: Champions of Peace and Non-Violence” as part of the Women’s Day Program on “Trafficking Focus on Slavery: Slavery by Another Name.”… » Read more
Luz Nagle
Professor Luz Nagle presented at the 63rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women on March 15 at the United Nations in New York.… » Read more
Luz Nagle
Professor Luz Nagle presented at the Internet Governance Forum 2018 in Paris, France on Nov. 12. Professor Nagle also spoke before the Ecuador Congress in Quito, Ecuador, on Nov. 28, as part of the U.S. Speaker Program on Combating Transnational Crime in Ecuador. The event was coordinated through the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs. … » Read more
Andrew Appleby
Professor Andrew D. Appleby co-authored an article with University of Georgia Law School Professor Walter Hellerstein published in State Tax Notes that examines the Wayfair case through the lens of substantive and enforcement jurisdiction, focusing on whether there is a constitutionally required relationship between the nexus of the person that the state seeks to enlist as the tax collector and the underlying activity that the… » Read more
Ellen Podgor
Professor Ellen Podgor was awarded the 2018 Distinguished Service Award by the Southeastern Association of Law Schools.… » Read more
Luz Nagle
Professor Luz Nagle recently participated as a panelist at the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law (ISRCL) conference, discussing the links between transborder criminal organizations, public corruption, and human trafficking from Africa into Italy and on into Europe. The conference was held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.… » Read more
Jason Palmer
Professor Jason Palmer has been elected Treasurer for LWI. It is a two year term that will run from July 2018 to July 2020.… » Read more
Ashley Krenelka Chase
Adjunct Professor Ashley Krenelka Chase, Associate Director of the Hand Law Library, has written Millennial Leadership in Libraries. … » Read more