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

Stetson Law’s beautiful Gulfport campus. By Sarah Shirley Stetson Law hosted an information session on March 26 discussing the unique applications of a J.D. degree in higher education. “While I always thought that I wanted to be a trial attorney, I found that being a professor at Stetson Law is a perfect mixture of both scholarly and interdisciplinary work,” said Professor Anne Mullins, who recently… » Read more

Benndrick Watson J.D. ’15 kicked off Get Inspired! with yoga in the Banyan Courtyard on March 28. By Daniela E. Gomez On March 28, Stetson’s Wellness Working Group kickstarted Get Inspired!, two days of self-care and professional development, with a session of yoga.  Benndrick Watson J.D. ’15 led the session. Watson started doing yoga while he was at Stetson, and has continued doing so ever since. … » Read more

Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus. Stetson University College of Law is hosting its annual Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills Conference May 20-22 on the Gulfport campus.  This year’s conference theme is “Advocacy: Teaching Through the Twin Lenses of Diversity and Inclusiveness.” The annual conference teaches law professors, lawyers and legal practitioners the “Stetson Method” of teaching trial advocacy, with nationally renowned instructors providing three days of intensive… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is hosting a Law Review Symposium on April 5 on the Gulfport campus on the topic of “Conversations on the Warren Court’s Impact on Criminal Justice—After 50 Years.”  Supreme Court opinions from this era produced a revolution in criminal law and criminal procedure doctrines, and provoked far-reaching reforms in the enforcement of civil rights. The symposium includes panel presentations by… » Read more

(L-R): Clare McQueen (standing), Brittany Maxey-Fischer (local patent attorney), Katherine Pill (the curator of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts), and Jennifer Kosharek (local street artist). Photo by Austin Sigl. By Taylor Allyn On March 26, Clare McQueen presented her paper, “The Visual Artists Rights Act: Why Graffiti Art Merits Protection,” at the Stetson Law Review spring scholarship luncheon. A panel comprised of… » Read more

(L-R): Students Marcus Scott, Christopher Odgers, Blaze M. Bowers, and Alicia Roddenberg, alumnae Kaitlyn Dugas and Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy, students Jacob Delorme, Noel Gonzalez, Brooke Pearson, and Magner Tiuso. Photo by Brielle Tucker. By Brielle Tucker The team of 1L students Blaze M. Bowers, Christopher Odgers, Alicia Roddenberg and Marcus Scott was awarded first place and the team of Jacob Delorme, Noel Gonzalez, Brooke Pearson,… » Read more

By Sarah Shirley Stetson Law celebrated Diversity Week with a series of special events on the Gulfport campus March 1-7. Diversity Week is organized by the Student Bar Association Diversity Committee and coincides with the ABA Diversity Day initiatives. The Diversity Committee coordinates and assists student organizations who wish to host a diversity-related event during Diversity Week and furthers the conversation about what diversity means… » Read more

Stetson hosts Social Justice Opportunity Forum for students. Photo by Eileen McGarry. By Julie McHaffie Stetson University College of Law held its first Social Justice Opportunity Forum on March 22. The Forum provided presentations from a variety of social justice practitioners and an opportunity for students to network, interact and ask questions. Professor Judith Scully delivered the opening address about access to justice and what… » Read more