Dean Michèle Alexandre, far left, takes a question from Stetson Law student Kia Tolbert during the town hall meeting on the Campus Climate Survey. By Molly Kaelin Dean Michèle Alexandre hosted a town hall meeting to discuss the Campus Climate Survey with students, faculty, and staff in the Great Hall on Feb. 18. The informal gathering gave participants a chance to express concerns and exchange… » Read more

Culverhouse Chair and UCLA Law Professor Devon Carbado lectures on critical race judgements in a special class for students on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. By Brittany GivenStetson Law 3LFeb. 14, 2020 Devon Carbado, distinguished UCLA law professor and author, returned to Stetson Law on Feb. 8, 2020, as the new Culverhouse Chair to teach “Critical Race Judgments: Critical Race Theory and Supreme Court Decision making.”… » Read more

The Hon. Tangela M. Barrie was the 2020 recipient of the Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award. The Hon. Tangela M. Barrie received the Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award during the annual Inns of Court Banquet at Stetson University College of Law on Feb. 5, 2020. The prestigious Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award recognizes individuals who have provided outstanding contributions… » Read more

From left: Christine Cerniglia, associate professor and director of Clinical and Experiential Education; Linda Anderson Stanley, ABA director of Disaster Legal Services and the senior manager for Disaster Programming at Equal Justice Works; and Jean-Luc Adrien, Community Justice Project of Miami – Equal Justice Works Disaster Recovery Legal Corp. Fellow. Stetson Law now offers a new course and corresponding externship experience designed to train students… » Read more

Stetson University, Stetson University College of Law and Pryor Education Insights will conduct a Campus Climate Survey to ask students, faculty and staff about the institution’s progress on becoming a more diverse, equitable and inclusive community. The confidential survey will arrive by email on Monday, Feb. 3. The deadline to respond is Friday, March 6.  Stetson University conducted its first campus climate survey in 2016, and… » Read more

James Forman Jr. Jan. 30, 2020 – Stetson University College of Law is excited to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Yale Law School Professor James Forman Jr. to campus as the keynote speaker for the Annual Inns of Court Banquet and Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Distinguished Lecture on Feb. 5, 2020. Professor Forman is the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School,… » Read more

Leland Ware Jan. 27, 2020 — Stetson University College of Law has selected Leland Ware as the recipient of this year’s William A. Kaplin Award. The Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy at Stetson University established the award in honor of Professor William A. Kaplin to recognize scholars who have published works on education law that embrace the intersection of law and… » Read more

The Stetson University College of Law Trial Team of, from left, Drew Trautman, Rachel Wise, Megan Tiralosi and Amy Trentalange won the 2020 Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition. Jan. 24, 2020 — The Stetson University College of Law Trial Team of Drew Trautman, Amy Trentalange, Megan Tiralosi, and Rachel Wise won the Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition  Jan. 22-24 in Tampa, Florida. Megan Tiralosi also won… » Read more

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

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

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

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