Lisa Diliberto joins Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, as director of communications and marketing.  For the past 25 years, Diliberto has held senior leadership roles in global brand marketing for two Fortune 500 companies including Hertz Corporation and Sony Electronics where she led strategic planning, brand communications and creative development. While at Hertz, Diliberto was responsible for enhancing existing brands and launching… » Read more

By Kai Su Professor Dmitriy Kamensky from Ukraine has returned to Stetson University College of Law as a visiting professor this summer to teach a course on the Introduction to Comparative Criminal Law. The one-credit course, which runs for two weeks, compares the criminal law frameworks of America to the codified criminal law systems of Europe—mainly Ukraine and Germany. Kamensky, who teaches at Berdyansk State… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law, ranked the best law school in the nation in trial advocacy, will host two open house and information sessions in July and August about the admissions process for part-time law school applicants. Future law students interested in attending Stetson should RSVP for one of the afternoon or evening sessions: Wednesday, July 26, General Session from 12:15-1 p.m., One-on-one Session from… » Read more

Visit Graduation Events for more photo galleries and videos.   Retired Army Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess Jr. is Stetson University College of Law’s spring commencement speaker. Lieutenant General Burgess is presently serving as the senior counsel for national security programs, cyber programs and military affairs at Auburn University. Burgess addressed more than 200 students during Stetson law school’s commencement on Saturday, May 13, in… » Read more

In 2003, Agata “Aggie” Kuzniar moved across the world from Poland to the U.S. to pursue an education in the American legal system. “In Poland, civil law is very different from the legal system in the U.S.,” said Kuzniar, who said she found learning about the law in the U.S. fascinating. Her family in Poland was supportive, and Kuzniar moved to the U.S. as a… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law hosts the Educating Advocates Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference on the Gulfport, Florida, campus on May 22-25. The annual Educating Advocates conference invites professors, lawyers and legal practitioners from across the U.S. to spend two and one-half intensive days learning the Stetson method of advocacy, developing their teaching skills, and networking with renowned advocacy instructors. The theme of this year’s conference… » Read more

By Kai Su About 40 students, professors, and members of the community gathered on Stetson’s Gulfport campus on Monday night, April 17, for an award recognition ceremony for the International Law Society Spirit Awards and panel discussion on “Hot Topics in International Law.” The program in the Great Hall was hosted by the International Law Society and International Programs Office at Stetson law school. The… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law has won the Florida Bar Law Student Professionalism YouTube contest for the third year in a row. The contest was designed to promote professionalism among law students. Student Shaheen Nouri wrote and acted in this year’s video, “Law & Order: Ethical Victims Unit,” along with students Eva Seif, Christian Anderson, Katie Holland, Natalie Yello, and Colby Connell, with a special… » Read more

On April 5, the Journal of International Aging Law & Policy held its first alumni mixer with local alumni of the Journal joining new and returning student editors for an evening of networking in the Mann Lounge. The Stetson Journal of International Aging Law & Policy was established in 2005 to examine international perspectives and policies affecting the elderly. The current editorial board is working… » Read more

Stetson’s student Environmental Law Society, Student Animal Legal Defense Fund, Food Law Society, and International Law Society sponsored an Earth Day Celebration in the Plaza Mayor courtyard on the Gulfport campus on April 11. The event featured free plant giveaways, t-shirt screenings by the Center for Biological Diversity, environmental trivia, a doggie kissing booth, bicycle repairs by South Pinellas Bicycle, and a musical performance by… » Read more

Part-time Stetson law student Daniel Kuzma carves out extra time to inspire fellow students to volunteer to help raise money for charity. The busy father of two started his first year in the part-time law program this year at Stetson, and organized a 5k fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in March that raised close to $6,000. A total of 150 people participated in… » Read more

The Student Animal Legal Defense Fund sponsored a panel on Careers in Animal Law on March 31. Panelists the discussed their experience, careers, and advice for students who wish to use their law degree to help animals. Center for Biological Diversity attorney Elise Bennett J.D. ’13, Lowry Park Zoo in-house counsel Debbie Brown J.D. ’87, Animal Legal Defense Fund executive director Stephen Wells, and animal… » Read more