Stetson University College of Law presented this year's William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award to Richard C. Milstein and William L. Penrose on May 11.

Stetson University College of Law will add semester and year-long foreign exchange programs in Spain and Mexico starting in the fall of 2007.

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is the keynote speaker at this year’s media law conference, sponsored by the Florida Bar and Stetson College of Law on June 1 at the Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa St.

Nobel Prize nominee and Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier speaks on “Biodiversity and Climate Change” May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Mahaffey Theatre in St. Petersburg. The lecture is part of a series developed by Stetson University College of Law’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy, Friends of the United Nations, the WHALE Center Global Healing Initiative and the Mahaffey Theater at Progress Energy for the Arts.

Governor Charlie Crist, Stetson University College of Law and the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement will sponsor “Investigating and Prosecuting Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Victim” on May 21 in the elder-friendly Eleazer Courtroom on Stetson’s Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S.
Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp will introduce the program, which provides training for law enforcement and social services providers using case examples involving financial scams of elder consumer victims.

A record number of 252 Stetson University College of Law graduates walked in commencement ceremonies on May 12.

Twenty-two students graduated with a JD degree from the part-time class, nine students with master of laws degrees and 26 students with both an MBA and a JD degree.

Stetson University College of Law is moving graduation ceremonies from the Gulfport campus to the Pasadena Community Church, 227 70th St. S., St. Petersburg due to smoke and outdoor visibility. The commencement ceremony will begin Saturday, May 12 at 10 a.m.

Stetson University College of Law continues to offer free consumer fraud seminars for local seniors in the Eleazer Courtroom at the Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S.

Stetson University College of Law re-dedicated the Florin-Roebig Courtroom on the Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St. S. at 1 p.m. on April 19. One of Stetson’s premier teaching courtrooms, the Florin Roebig was renamed in honor of the Palm Harbor trial and litigation firm that made extensive contributions to the recently renovated space.

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Stetson University College of Law hosted the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament this year. It was the first time the national competition was held at a law school outside the state of Iowa.

Stetson University College of Law begins offering the nation’s first online LL.M. degree in elder law in fall 2007.