Michèle Alexandre. Michèle Alexandre, the next dean of Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, was welcomed on the floor of the senate in Tallahassee on May 1 as Stetson Law’s first African-American dean. As Florida’s first law school, Stetson has been instrumental in training lawyers and judges throughout the state for more than a century. (L-R): Senator Darryl Rouson, Dean Alexandre and Senator Jeff… » Read more

(L-R): Professor Stephanie Vaughan, Jason Stearns, Kyle McCabe, Clare McQueen, Ryan Dwyer and Matthew Ceriale. Stetson University College of Law’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot team competed April 13-18 in Vienna, Austria, with 372 teams from 80 countries to finish in the elite top eight of law schools that competed from across the planet. Law alumnus Jason Stearns J.D. ’08 and Professor Stephanie… » Read more

A team from Bangalore won the International Environmental Moot Court Competition (with Interim Dean Kristen Adams far right). Photo by Sy-Woei Hao. A team from the National Law School of India University in Bangalore won the 23rd Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition on April 13 in Gulfport.  National Law School of India University law student Bhargov Chakraborty was named Best Oralist in the… » Read more

(L-R): Emilia Soliman, Sarah Cibula and Brielle Tucker. By Brielle Tucker On March 15, three Stetson students, Emilia Soliman, Sarah Cibula, and Brielle Tucker, attended the Ms. JD 11th Annual Conference on Women in the Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. The theme was “Speak Up” in honor of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s birthday, and the group celebrated by listening to women in the… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic recently helped secure long-denied benefits for an 80-year-old Tampa Bay area Navy veteran who was exposed to radiation during atomic bomb testing in the 1950s.The veteran is now eligible to receive disability benefits retroactive to April 2012, when he filed his claim. Stetson Law student Brian Paul presented the case before the Board of Veterans Appeals at the St.… » Read more

Professor Luz Nagle, third from the left, with Wilson Herrera and members of the Junta. Professor of Law Luz Nagle spent Spring Break in Colombia working on social justice initiatives. Professor Nagle met with a family of shoemakers in Rionegro, Colombia. Professor Nagle met with the community-based social justice organization Junta de Accion Comunal San José, in a village in the municipality of Guarne, Colombia. She… » Read more

Stetson’s Gulfport campus. For the 21st time, Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, is ranked the no. 1 school for Trial Advocacy in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report. Stetson is ranked no. 3 for Legal Writing, and is consistently among the top six programs for legal writing. “For 25 years, Stetson has distinguished itself among the top programs in… » Read more

(L-R) Professor Lance Long, Adam Duh, Maria White, Kate Welch, Jake Black, Taylor Koufos, Jennifer Winn, Rachel Curran, and Jackie Lopez. By Jennifer Winn On March 2-3, Stetson Law students traveled with Professor Lance Long to the University of Oregon for the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference. “It was a great experience and we got to meet some of the most influential people in the… » Read more

(L-R): (Back row) Forest Sutton, Megan McGinn, JJ Meyer, Sam Powers, (front row) Dana Baker, Ariana Seiler, Kelli Motes, Mary Katherine Bleckley, and alumna Kaitlyn Dugas. Stetson University College of Law won the regional American Association of Justice trial competition in West Palm Beach, Florida, on March 1. The winning Stetson Law team of Dana Baker, Mary Katherine Bleckley, JJ Meyer and Ariana Seiler are… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law is offering a webinar on Cognitive Bias Essentials: The Use and Abuse of Expert Evidence, on March 26 from 12-2 p.m. EST. The webinar, presented by renowned cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Itiel Dror, will cover The Use and Abuse of Expert Evidence: How to Expose and Mitigate Bias in Experts. The webinar is… » Read more

(L-R): Omar Amin, Professor Stephanie Vaughan, Alex Busvek, Matt Ceriale, Ryan Dwyer, Professor Erika McArdle, Clare McQueen, and Kyle McCabe. Stetson University College of Law’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration team won the Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot for the second year in a row in Miami on Feb. 23. The pre-moot prepares students for the international Vis competition in Vienna, Austria, on April… » Read more

(L-R): Alex Spadaro and Grace Kobitter. The Stetson University College of Law team of Grace Kobitter and Alex Spadaro won the regional Client Counseling Competition on Feb. 9 at the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago.  The team advances to the national Client Counseling Competition at Baylor Law in March.  “This is the second year in a row that Stetson advanced to the national Client… » Read more