Wanita Scroggs has an article, “Free and Low Cost LegalResearch” coming out in the June issue of the St. Pete Paraclete.

Kristen Moore won an award from The American Association of Law Libraries for the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Paper Awards, New Member Division, and thanks to her hard work, the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library won the Excellence in Marketing Award for the Best PR Tool Kit.

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy presented on a panel entitled “The Implications of Citizens United and McCutcheon for Campaign Finance and Beyond” at The Law of Democracy at a Crossroads: Reflecting on Fifty Years of Voting Rights and the Judicial Regulation of the Political Thicket Symposium at The Florida State University Law School in Tallahassee, FL on March 28, 2015. She talked about partisan politics and branding.

Professor Royal Gardner has co-authored a Ramsar Briefing Note on the “State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People: A compilation of recent analyses” with authors from a variety of organizations, including UNEP-WCMC, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and the Tour du Valat Research Centre for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands in France.

The second edition of Mastering Criminal Procedure: Volumes 1 and 2, co-authored by Professor Ellen Podgor, Peter Henning, Andrew Taslitz, Margaret Paris, and Cynthia Jones, was recently published by Carolina Academic Press.

Professor Jason Palmer recently presented to the Suncoast Estate Planning Council on Marriage Equality  and Planning for LGBT Clients Post-Windsor.

Professor Peter Lake will assume the role of Interim Director of Title IX Compliance for the University and has agreed to lead our Title IX compliance efforts.  Professor Lake has great depth of experience in assisting organizations fulfill their Title IX responsibilities.

Professor Cynthia Batt’s paper, “DELIVERING EFFECTIVE EDUCATION IN EXTERNSHIP PROGRAMS (FROM BUILDING ON BEST PRACTICES)”, was recently listed on SSRN’s Top Ten download list for: Clinical Law Teaching & Practice eJournal, LSN: Education Research (Topic), LSN: Legal Education (Topic), Law Educator: Courses, Materials & Teaching eJournal and Legal Education eJournal. As of 17 February 2015, Professor Batt’s paper has been downloaded 106 times. You may view the abstract and download statistics at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2561521.

Professor Roy Gardner presented in a webinar for the Convention on Biological Diversity in Granada this week.  Next week, he heads to the UK to speak at a biodiversity and sustainable development symposium at Cambridge University.

Stetson faculty papers top the charts for Clinical Education.  Professor Cynthia Batt is #6 and #8 and Professor Stacey-Rae Simcox is #5 on the chart (Faculty papers top the charts for clinical law education).

The MacArthur Foundation just announced that the 2015 MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions was given to the National Institute on Money in State Politics (www.followthemoney.org)  where Professor Torres-Spelliscy is on the Board of Directors.  http://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/nine-nonprofits-recognized-exceptional-creativity-and-effectiveness-awarded-1-million-each/

Professor Candace Zierdt and Professor Kristen Adams have been invited to take on the CISG portion of the UCC Survey that the ABA’s Business Lawyer publishes every year.  The Business Lawyer is the Section’s scholarly publication that goes to all section members and has a large readership.