By Brandi Palmer Third-year Stetson Law student John Pilz is serious about change. “True change occurs when we utilize every experience as an opportunity to move forward,” said Pilz. He won an award from the City, County and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar on May 11 for his work on local issues. Pilz was honored as the Outstanding Local Government Law School… » Read more

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob retires in May after 13 years as dean, from 1981-1994, and 20 years as a faculty member at Stetson University College of Law. He graduated in 1959 with his law degree from Stetson, and went on to become assistant attorney general of Florida and argue his first case before the U.S. Supreme Court, the historic Gideon v.… » Read more

  By E. Alan Brock Outgoing Student Bar Association president Dale Tan presented Professor Erika McArdle with the inaugural Stetson Student Bar Association Educator of the Year Award on Monday night, April 23, during the SBA End of the Year Banquet on the Gulfport campus. Student Cymoril White was sworn in as the 2018-2019 SBA president. “For years, my professors and coaches allowed me to… » Read more

Professor of Law Kristen D. Adams has been selected as the interim dean of Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, effective June 1. Current Stetson Law Dean Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz, dean at the College of Law since 2012, has been appointed president of the University of Evansville in Evansville, Indiana, effective July 1, 2018. Professor Adams is the faculty advisor for the nationally… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer Editor’s Note: Joseph Sise is the recipient of Stetson University College of Law’s prestigious Foreman Award, announced on May 18. Joseph Sise, a third-year law student at Stetson graduating in May, is a member of Stetson’s Trial Team. He spends an average of 20 hours on weekends preparing for competitions scattered across the country from Kansas City to Miami, participating in four… » Read more

Stetson’s chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers was again honored by FAWL, receiving the 2018 Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the fourth year. FAWLS, which recently hosted the second annual Women’s Week at Stetson this year, with programming to help support and advance women, was also named Student Organization of the Year.  Kimberly Lopater, FAWLS incoming president, was named Rising Star during Stetson’s… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law was honored on Monday night, April 23, with the Delano S. Stewart Diversity Award, in recognition of outstanding contributions to improving the status of African-Americans in the community during the George Edgecomb Bar Association scholarship banquet. Third-year Stetson Law student Reed Blair received the GEBA Bar Prep Scholarship and was recognized during the banquet. The keynote speaker was Dick Vitale,… » Read more

By Rachel Wise The Student Leadership Development Committee hosted its final luncheon of the semester on April 18 with Ella Shenhav, a partner at the Tampa office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, presenting. Shenhav received her B.A. from the University of South Florida and later earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2009. During the luncheon, she engaged with students and spoke about the… » Read more

Two Stetson University College of Law alumni, Katie Cleveland Bright J.D. ’15 and Rachael Curran J.D. ’17, and third-year law student Brittany Atwell worked with Professor of Law Lance Long to provide research and assist in drafting a complaint on behalf of eight Florida youth, climate activists Delaney Reynolds and Levi Draheim, against the state of Florida, Governor Rick Scott, and several agencies in Leon… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association coordinated the annual Alumni Banquet at the Tampa Law Center on April 14 to honor alumni and celebrate graduating third-year BLSA members and BLSA accomplishments. Aaron Watson J.D. ’09 presented remarks at the event. Watson, founder of the Watson Firm PLLC, was a national champion in trial advocacy while he was a student at Stetson, winning… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer When Taofikat Ninalowo came to the U.S. from Nigeria, she was determined to have an impact on poverty in the world. She moved to Peoria, Illinois, from Nigeria, Africa, at age 17. In Illinois, she enrolled at Illinois Central College, then moved to a larger school, Illinois State University. In Illinois, she launched a UNICEF program to bring awareness to the plight… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer When third-year law student Viviana Vasiu B.A. ’15 talks about becoming a legal fiction writer on par with John Grisham, she’s not joking. Vasiu is determined to write iconic popular legal fiction, but in a way that accurately represents the roles of women in the legal field. “For the most part, the novels either had no female heroines, or they were set… » Read more