Stetson Moot Court Board team members who participated in the Annual Leroy R. Hassell Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition are, from left: Tyler Vaughn, Tiffani Thornton, Chris Lawson, Evan Dahdah, Audrey Gangloff, and James Nealon Members of Stetson’s Moot Court Board added another plaque to the case after winning the 19th Annual Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition at… » Read more

State Sens. Darryl Rouson (D-St. Petersburg) and Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) spoke to Stetson College of Law students about the Florida Legislature’s Criminal Punishment Code Task Force on Sept. 24. Pictured from left: Sen. Darryl Rouson, Stetson Professor Judith Scully, Sen. Jeff Brandes, and Stetson student Matt Keen. Photo by Daniela Gomez. By George Thurlow State Sens. Darryl Rouson (D-St. Petersburg) and Jeff Brandes (R-St.… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law students traveled to Oxford, England, for the Comparative Advocacy Program study abroad program. Stetson University College of Law wrapped up its fifth Comparative Advocacy Program in Oxford, England, from July 22 through Aug. 2, 2019. This year’s study abroad trip was a hit with students and faculty alike for its mix of demanding legal training with Oxford’s intellectual and fascinating… » Read more

Bianca Lopez. By Taylor Allyn Every year, the American Constitution Society (ACS) selects a small and elite group of Next Generation Leaders who have demonstrated special leadership in their communities. ACS is a non-profit progressive legal organization founded as a response to the Supreme Court’s Bush v. Gore decision, with chapters in law schools nationwide. This year, student Bianca Lopez was chosen as a Next… » Read more

Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus. Stetson University College of Law is offering the webinar, “End of the Academic Year Title IX Update: Planning Now for Next Year’s Compliance Requirements,” for higher education professionals, attorneys and Title IX investigators from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on May 8. Stetson Law Professor Peter Lake will present the one-hour webinar on proposed Title IX regulations, how college and university campuses should prepare,… » Read more

Kate Welch spent Spring Break in India. Photo courtesy Kate Welch. By Taylor Allyn Over spring break, Kate Welch and seven other students in Professor Royal Gardner’s Topics in Biodiversity class, Jaclyn M. Clark, Jessica L. Dewolf, Amika M. Jeffries, David A. Weiger, Maria C. White, Jennifer N. Winn and Hannah M. Yoder, traveled to Pune, India, to present at the Wildlife Law and Enforcement… » Read more

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus Bruce Jacob. After graduating from Stetson University College of Law in 1959, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus Bruce Jacob made history with the 1963 landmark Supreme Court decision, Gideon v. Wainwright, the impetus for the idea of public defenders. Jacob presents the commencement address to 255 J.D. candidates at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the… » Read more

Devon Carbado. UCLA School of Law scholar Devon Carbado presented the Distinguished Nichols Lecture at noon on April 15 in the Great Hall at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on “Thinking Big and Small About Racial Justice.” Carbado is the Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law at UCLA. In 2005, Professor… » Read more

Stetson hosted the second annual sign language interpreting and mock trial experience in Gulfport. Photo courtesy Professor Jason Palmer. By Taylor Allyn The Stetson Law Center for Excellence in Elder Law, Absolute Quality Interpreting, and Hallenross and Associates, LLC, along with Professor Jason Palmer and Professor Julia Metts, hosted their second annual sign language interpreting “live mock trial experience” on Stetson’s Gulfport campus in March.… » Read more

Stetson Law student Maria C. White, fourth from the right, traveled to Washington, D.C., for the Food Law Student Leadership Summit. Stetson Law student Maria C. White traveled to Washington, D.C., on April 6-7, to attend the Food Law Student Leadership Summit co-hosted by Harvard Law School and Georgetown Law. She was the only Stetson Law student selected from across the U.S. to attend the… » Read more

(L-R): Alexis Garten, Daniela Gomez, Amika Jeffries, Merve Ozcan LL.M. ’18, Brittany Maxey-Fisher J.D. ’07, Keongela Norton and Jahanna Azarian J.D. ’18. Photo by Daniela Gomez. By Daniela Gomez On April 6, Stetson’s National Organization of Women, If/When/How, and the Student Wellness society hosted a Women’s Empowerment Panel with Merve Ozcan LL.M. ’18, Jahanna Azarian J.D. ’18, and Brittany Maxey-Fisher J.D. ’07.  The diverse panelists… » Read more

Dr. Richard Caddell presented on new ways to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing on April 11 in Gulfport. Dr. Richard Caddell of the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University presented the Foreman Biodiversity Lecture on April 11 on “Fish and Foul Play: Emerging Approaches to Combatting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.” “We do have a lot of out-of-the-box possibilities,” said Caddell. Caddell… » Read more