KnowBe4 donates $250,000 to Stetson Law
Donation will provide security awareness training to employees, create scholarships and internships, and help develop the school’s cybersecurity law program. KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, today announced it will make a $250,000 donation to Stetson University College of Law. The donation includes: Creation of the KnowBe4 Cybersecurity Law Scholarship Fund that will provide $5,000 merit-based scholarships… » Read more
Stetson Law offers free wills and health care directives for veterans, spouses
Jan. 3, 2020 – Stetson University College of Law, as part of the annual Wills for Warriors event, will again partner with the Community Law Program in Pinellas County and the St. Petersburg Bar Foundation to prepare free simple wills and advance directives for low income veterans and their spouses aged 60 or older. The event will take place on Stetson Law’s campus in mid-February.… » Read more
Enhanced Cybersecurity Feature Comes to Stetson
Stetson University will launch an additional layer of online security known as multi-factor authentication this month for students, faculty and staff to log in when they are off-campus. Stetson will be a pioneer in cybersecurity initiatives as it is the first higher-education institution in the country to develop its own multi-factor authentication for its online services. The multi-factor authentication process will require students, faculty and… » Read more
Stetson University College of Law accepting nominations for William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award
The late Wm. Reece Smith Jr. at Stetson University College of Law Dec. 2, 2019 – Stetson University College of Law is currently accepting nominations for the prestigious William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award, which recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding service to the legal profession and community. This year’s award will be presented at the Annual Inns of Court Banquet in the Great… » Read more
Stetson Law and Dean Alexandre win diversity and leadership awards at national conference
Dean Michèle Alexandre accepts the John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Award at the 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair in New York. Dean Michèle Alexandre received the John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Award at the 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair at Columbia Law School in New York in early November. The award is named for John… » Read more
Veterans Law Institute wins major case and award
Staff and students secure 100 percent disability for Marine with cancer; recognized for community service Members of the Veterans Advocacy Clinic received community service awards at the Marine Corp Ball on Nov. 16, 2019. Veterans Law Institute Coordinator Shirley Booker, far left, Veterans Law Institute Director Stacey-Rae Simcox, second from right, and Stetson Law Student Mary Samarkos (2020), far right. Stetson University College of Law… » Read more
College of Law and dean recognized for diversity at national conference
Dean Michèle Alexandre received the John Mercer Langston Legal Education Leadership Award at the 15TH Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair at Columbia Law School in New York in early November. The award is named for John Mercer Langston, the founding dean of the Law Department at Howard University and first black law school dean in 1869. Today, 150 years after Langston’s achievement,… » Read more
Foreman Biodiversity Lecture: Planning for sea level rise
By Taylor Allyn Dr. Jason Evans spoke on Nov. 5, 2019, as part of the Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series. Evans is an associate professor of Environmental Science and Studies and the interim director of the Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University in Deland. His recent research focuses on sea level rise vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning for coastal communities throughout the Southeast.… » Read more
Stetson Law hosted international meeting on sea turtle conservation
Stetson University College of Law hosted the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles meeting of the Scientific Committee in September. By Molly Kaelin Stetson College of Law had the honor of hosting the most recent meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles (IAC) in September. The IAC is an international treaty… » Read more
Lawyers Without Rights on display in Law Library
Exhibit portrays persecution of Jewish lawyers and judges during Nazi era “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich” exhibit is on display at the Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library. The highly acclaimed international exhibit, “Lawyers Without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich,” will be available for viewing in the Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library at Stetson… » Read more
Christopher F. Roellke Elected 10th President of Stetson University
President-elect Christopher F. Roellke Roellke to visit campuses in November DELAND, Fla. — On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, the Stetson University Board of Trustees announced it had elected Christopher F. Roellke, PhD, currently Dean of the College Emeritus and Professor of Education at Vassar College, to become the 10th president of Stetson University, effective July 1, 2020. Roellke is widely regarded as an exceptionally effective… » Read more
Stetson Law celebrates 3 new inductees to Hall of Fame
Stetson University College of Law inducted Susan S. Demers, the Honorable Michelle T. Morley, and Thomas “Tommy” D. Roebig Jr. into its prestigious Hall of Fame on Oct. 26, 2019. Susan S. Demers Susan S. Demers is a 1971 graduate of Stetson University with a bachelor’s degree in Speech and Theatre and a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida College of Law. Since 1982,… » Read more