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November 11- Record number of Stetson Law students named to Who’s Who list

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Executive Director of Communications
(727) 562-7889

Gulfport, Fla. – Forty-seven Stetson University College of Law students have been selected for national recognition as outstanding campus leaders, and their names will be included in the 2004 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

Stetson deans and faculty recommended students to the editors of the annual directory who chose these students based on their academic achievement, service to the community and potential for continued success. The students also were selected for their involvement in Stetson Law Review, moot court, trial, or client skills board teams, the Calvin A. Kuenzel Student Bar Association, campus clubs and organizations, the Stetson Ambassadors or other outstanding service activities.

These Stetson students join an elite group of students from more than 2,300 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934.

Students named this year from Stetson University College of Law are:

 Ms. Jody Ann Rys Armstrong  Mr. Abulajiang “Jon” Baret
 Mr. Caleb A. Bendix  Ms. Beth L. Carlson
 Ms. Leslie A. Case  Ms. Mary M. Clapp
 Mr. Ian L. Clarke  Ms. Marisa J. Davies
 Ms. Nicole A. Deese  Mr. Slade V. Dukes
 Ms. Christa L. D’Urso-Folkers  Mr. Joel S. Elsea
 Ms. Jan Monet Fauntleroy  Mr. Larry Javan Grant
 Mr. Christopher W. Hayes  Mr. James Russell Headley
 Ms. Lauren M. Hosie  Ms. Aleksandra I. Jagiella
 Ms. Christine M. Jalbert  Ms. Lyndy C. Jennings
 Ms. Andrea M. Johnson  Mr. Camar R. Jones
 Mr. Christopher M. Lovelady  Ms. Kelly A. McKnight
 Mr. Bryan David McLeod  Ms. Julia A. Metts
 Mr. Steven C. Morgan  Ms. Meredith A. McCall
 Ms. Christine E. Pejot  Ms. Meredith A. Phipps
 Mr. Michael J. Quesada  Ms. Lisa J. Rhein
 Ms. Cynthia Elizabeth Richards  Ms. Elizabeth V. Samorukova
 Mr. J. Scott Slater  Ms. S. Nicole Smith
 Mr. Ruben E. Socarras Jr.  Ms. N. Karen Steverson
 Ms. Jane E. Stoetzel  Ms. Susan V. Stromberg
 Mr. Garrett L. Pendleton  Mr. Jason L. Turner
 Ms. Rena J. Upshaw-Frazier  Mr. Edwin V. Valen
 Mr. Wayne K. Wilkes Jr.  Ms. Anne L. Weintraub
 Ms. Sema Yildirim  

November 6- Stetson University College of Law hosts conference on ‘The Future of Aging’

Contact Frank Klim
Executive Director of Communications
(727) 562-5889

Gulfport, Fla. – To address critical legal and policy issues related to the aging population in the United States, Stetson University College of Law will host a conference on Nov. 7 at the Radisson Resort Parkway in Orlando, Fla.

The keynote speaker will be Bentley Lipscomb, AARP Florida State Director. Other featured speakers include: Bob Jackson of Boyer Jackson, P.A., Sarasota; Lyn Bodiford, state affairs coordinator of AARP Florida; Horatio Soberon, director of planning and evaluation for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs; and Nancy Coleman, executive director of the ABA Commission on Law and Aging.
The conference includes an inside look at the influence of elderly voters on elections by Matthew A. Towery, co-founder and chairman of InsiderAdvantage.com in Atlanta, Ga.

Other sessions include:

The Future of Aging – Global Perspectives

  • Sue Field, senior research assistant, The Centre for Elder Law, University of West Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Dr. Israel Doron, Haifa University, Department of Gerontology, Haifa, Israel
  • Helen Meenan, Jean Monnet Chair in European Law at Kingston Law School, Surrey, England

Cultural Diversity in an Aging Population

  • Carolyn Hill, DuPree Hill & Hill, Clearwater, Fla.
  • Felix Hill, DuPree Hill & Hill, Clearwater, Fla.
  • Professor Luz Nagle, Stetson University College of Law
  • Ann Soden, The Estate and Elder Law Practice of Ann Soden, Montreal, Canada
  • Neelofer Syed, LL.M. student, International Law and Business, Stetson University College of Law

Ethics in an Elder Law Practice

  • Professor Roberta K. Flowers, director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy, Stetson University College of Law
  • Professor Rebecca C. Morgan, Stetson University College of Law

For additional information or to register for the conference, please contact Stetson’s Office for Continuing Legal Education at (727) 562-7830 or [email protected]. Information is also available at www.law.stetson.edu/cle.

This conference is in place of the International Aging Law and Policy Conference, which was originally scheduled for Nov. 6-7. This conference is being offered as a service of Stetson University College of Law and is intended to provide the legal community greater access to this vital information.

November 5- Stetson Law to honor Veterans Day with World War II Speakers

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Executive Director of Communications
(727) 562-7889

Gulfport, Fla. – World War II veterans and a Holocaust survivor will speak at Stetson University College of Law Nov. 12 and 13 from 12-1:30 p.m. in Stetson’s Great Hall commemorating Veteran’s Day.

The programs will honor the sacrifices of what has been called “The Greatest Generation” and discuss the events of World War II, warning students to “Remember It or Relive It.”

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Auschwitz survivor Philip Gans will share his experiences growing up as a Jew in Nazi-controlled Holland and his three-year captivity in concentration camps. Gans’ appearance is sponsored by Stetson’s Department of Graduate and International Programs and the campus chapter of the Jewish Law Student Association.

On Thursday, Nov. 13, The Department of Graduate and International Programs, headed by Stetson Law Professor John Cooper, also will welcome a panel of speakers.

“This is an opportunity for our students to hear firsthand about the experiences of people they have only read about,” Cooper said. “It will be very interesting to hear from speakers who experienced the war from different perspectives.”

Thursday’s speakers will include:

    • Retired Federal Bankruptcy Judge Alexander Paskay, an honorary member of the College of Law’s Board of Overseers. Judge Paskay was in the Hungarian Army during World War II. The Germans marched him across Europe, and eventually Paskay turned himself over to British forces. Fluent in several languages, Paskay became an interpreter and worked with the Allies during war crimes investigations.

 

  • Lt. Col. Warren Meyer was a U.S. B-24 pilot who flew bombing missions over Europe in World War II. Meyer also was involved in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

 

 

  • Casmir Majewski was 10 years old when Soviet forces made him and his family leave their native Poland. The family lived in stables in Uzbekistan before Majewski’s mother died of illness and his father tried to join the Polish Army and was never heard from again. Majewski is the father of Stetson Associate Dean Jan Majewski.

 

 

  • Peter Klein was a German Luftwaffe pilot who now lives in Pinellas County. He was shot down four times during the war, but never captured as a prisoner of war. He became an American citizen in the 1950s.

 

Stetson Law Professor Robert Davis, a Commander in the United States Naval Reserves, will moderate the panel and a question-and-answer session.

Stetson Black Law Students Association celebrate Fourth Annual Judge Stringer Youth Day

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Executive Director of Communications
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Gulfport, Fla. – Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr., the first African-American to graduate from Stetson University College of Law, will be honored for his contributions to minority students during a celebration bearing his name, Nov. 7 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Stetson’s Great Hall.

The Black Law Students Association at Stetson University College of Law will celebrate the Fourth Annual Judge Thomas Stringer Youth Day with a luncheon and awards ceremony. The annual event allows minority students the opportunity to meet Judge Stringer and watch a mock trial by Stetson trial team students. Minority legal professionals are encouraged to attend.

After graduating in 1974, Stringer served in private practice and on the Hillsborough County Court. Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Judge Stringer to Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal in 1999.

BLSA works to link law students with practitioners and to improve community relations with minorities. BLSA works to promote the professional needs and goals of Black law students, both through linking law students with practitioners and raising awareness of issues affecting the community.

October 23- International Environmental Moot Court Competition at Stetson Law To Debate Sustainable Use of Ocean Fisheries

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Asst Director of Communications
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Gulfport, Fla. –   Law students from around the world will converge on Stetson University College of Law, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 for the Eighth Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition.

“This competition will draw some of the world’s best student advocates who have a particular focus on environmental issues,” said Royal Gardner, associate dean of Stetson University College of Law. “Stetson is proud to sponsor the only moot court competition that addresses international environmental issues.”

This year’s problem concerns issues associated with large-scale driftnet fishing on the high seas and whether obligations flowing from treaties and international customs apply to a newly independent state. Twenty-eight teams from Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, India, New Zealand and 12 different U.S. states are expected to compete.

Three renowned attorneys have been selected as final round judges:

  • Lakshman Guruswamy, an author of a leading international environmental law course book and Colorado University law professor
  • Anne Rowley, an attorney specializing in international matters with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • William Thomas, a Washington D.C. attorney who is former chair of the ABA’s International Environmental Law Committee

Students from Queensland University of Technology in Australia won last year’s competition.

Associate Dean Gardner and Interim Dean Darby Dickerson created this competition in 1996 to increase awareness about international environmental challenges. In its inaugural year, 12 teams competed. The event has grown to include the Indian National Rounds and the Australasian Rounds, where foreign teams compete for the right to advance to the finals held on the campus of Stetson University College of Law.

October 17- Decorated colonel and military judge advocate to address Stetson international law class

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Executive Director of Communications
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Gulfport, Fla. – U.S. Army Col. Katherine Stone, commanding officer of the Judge Advocate General office at Southern Command, will speak at Professor Luz Nagle’s international law class on Monday, Oct. 20. The class will be held in Classroom A, 11 a.m. to noon. Stone will speak on International Law and the role of SouthCom in addressing U.S. policies.

“Colonel Stone’s expertise and experiences are invaluable. We are excited to have her on campus to hear her perspectives on legal issues facing our country,” Professor Nagle commented.

In addition to being a decorated officer and graduate of various military graduate programs, Stone is an alumna of both Stetson University and the College of Law. Stone currently serves as the Staff Judge Advocate for U.S. Southern Command in Miami, Fla.

September 22- Marine Corps’ Chief of Oral History to discuss military commissions for alleged Al Queda operatives

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Executive Director of Communications
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Gulfport, Fla. – Dr. Gary Solis, the U.S. Marine Corps’ Chief of Oral History will deliver two presentations at Stetson University College of Law, Tuesday, Sept. 23, at noon and 5 p.m. in Stetson’s Great Hall.

In response to 9/11, the Bush Administration urged using military commissions rather than civilian courts to try alleged Al Queda operatives. Dr. Solis will review the constitutionality of these commissions.

Dr. Solis is a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who served two Vietnam tours. A former Marine Corps judge advocate and military judge, Dr. Solis attended law school at the University of California at Davis and holds a Master of Laws degree in criminal law from George Washington University.

He earned a Ph.D. in law of war from The London School of Economics & Political Science, where he taught law for three years. He taught at the United States Military Academy from 1996-2001, receiving Phi Kappa Phi’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Army’s Outstanding Civilian Service and Superior Civilian Service medals. At West Point he founded and directed the Academy’s law of war program. He currently teaches the law of war at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, in San Remo, Italy, and at Georgetown University Law Center, where he is an adjunct professor.

His books are Marines and Military Law in Vietnam and the award-winning Son Thang: An American War Crime. His articles have appeared in law journals, magazines, and newspapers. He was the United States Naval Institute’s 1997 Author of the Year, and is a member of the bars of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas, the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

September 10- Inaugural International Conference on Law and Aging

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Executive Director of Communications
(727) 562-7889

Gulfport, Fla. – The world’s leading experts on the legal issues of aging will gather during a conference Nov. 6 – 7 at the Radisson Resort Parkway in Kissimmee, Fla., near Orlando. The conference is sponsored by Stetson University College of Law, AARP, the American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging, and the National Senior Citizens Law Center.

Topics include fraud and elder abuse, access to health care, age discrimination, international human rights and guardianship across national borders.

“As the AARP seeks to become more involved in international policy making, this conference will bring together global thinking on the topic of law and aging. We chose to work with Stetson as a leader in law and aging among law schools,” said Wayne Moore, AARP’s Director of Advocacy Planning.

Program co-chair and Stetson professor Rebecca C. Morgan said various nations have much to share on the treatment of their senior population. “Aging issues cross borders, ethnicity and cultures.” Professor Morgan is director of Stetson’s Center for Excellence in Elder Law.

Policy makers, academicians, attorneys and others interested in the area of elder law throughout the world are encouraged to attend the conference. To learn more about the conference visit www.law.stetson.edu/CLE/ or call (727) 562-7830.

AARP, www.aarp.org, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to making life better for people 50 and over. They provide information and resources; engage in legislative, regulatory and legal advocacy; assist members in serving their communities; and offer a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for their members. AARP has offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Stetson University College of Law www.law.stetson.edu is a part of Stetson University, Florida’s first private university. Stetson is a comprehensive university with four distinct programs in arts and sciences, music, business and law at campuses in DeLand, Celebration and Gulfport/St. Petersburg.

September 5- Media Advisory: Stetson Law campus to close for Tropical Storm Henri

Contact Davina Gould
Assistant Director of Communications
(727) 562-7346

Gulfport, Fla. – Stetson University College of Law will close at noon today, Friday, Sept. 5, as a precaution for Tropical Storm Henri. All Friday afternoon classes are canceled. The College of Law will remain closed over the weekend and is expected to reopen on Monday morning.

Additional information and updates will be posted online on the Stetson University College of Law Web site at www.law.stetson.edu.

August 25- Stetson Law Professor inspires teens to set new goals

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Director of Communications
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Gulfport, Fla. – Middle and high school students from St. Petersburg’s YWCA gathered on the Stetson Law campus Saturday, August 23 to hear professor Dorothea Beane present the seminar, “Preparation for College and Beyond.”

Professor Beane is a strong advocate of early planning for college and graduate school. “It’s never too early to plan for success in college,” said Beane.
Her seminars provide information about resources to help finance college. The seminars also encourage parents, relatives and students to partner in the college admission process. “We hope these sessions will inspire students to excel in high school while learning effective tools to pave the way for academic pursuits,” said Beane.

Ninth grader Da-Niedre Tigg said the seminar helped reinforce the value of getting good grades. “I will study harder,” she said.

Professor Beane teaches Pre-Trial Practice, International Human Rights Law and Civil Procedure. Professor Beane has also worked extensively in the Hague on matters involving International Criminal Law and Human Rights.

American Bar Association honors Stetson Law students, faculty

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Executive Director of Communications
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Tampa Bay, Fla. – Stetson University College of Law students and faculty received several honors from the American Bar Association during its 2003 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Aug. 7-12.

Stetson’s Student Bar Association was awarded the “SBA of the Year” award for 2002-2003. Stetson is one of 187 ABA-approved law schools. Stetson also won this award for the 1999-2000 year.

“We are tremendously honored to win this award. We know that the ABA looks at student bar associations that promote diversity on campus, community service and professionalism,” said Dean Darby Dickerson. “Our students work very hard to present interesting programs on campus and to serve the greater community.”

Third-year student Lauren Hosie was re-elected to the ABA House of Delegates by the Law Student Division. She is one of only three students from across the country elected to represent the 49,000 plus members of the ABA Law Student Division.

In other news, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished University Professor Lizabeth A. Moody was elected to become the first female Chair of the Senior Lawyers Division. Dean Gary Vause, who passed away on May 9 of this year, was posthumously inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers of the ABA. His nomination had been approved just days before his death.

The American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership association in the world. With more than 410,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.