(L-R): Sara Papantonio, John Kimbrough and Madeline Pendley. The Stetson University College of Law team of John Kimbrough, Sara Papantonio and Madeline Pendley won the regional rounds of the National Trial Competition in Tallahassee, Florida, on Feb. 3, and heads to the national finals in San Antonio, Texas, on March 27-31. Stetson Law has won the National Trial Competition five times. Professors Erika McArdle J.D.… » Read more

The Stetson University College of Law team of Elise Engle, LaMark McGreen, Grace Samarkos and Megan Tiralosi won the Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition on Jan. 23-25 in Tampa, Florida. This year, Stetson won the competition for the 23rd time in 37 years. A Stetson team won the inaugural Chester Bedell competition in 1983. The Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar conducts the prestigious… » Read more

(L-R): Professor Deborah Weissman and Richard C. Woltmann. Stetson University College of Law’s annual Inns of Court Banquet on Jan. 24 in St. Petersburg honored Bay Area Legal Services pioneer Richard C. Woltmann with the Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award. Stetson established the Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Award in 1990 to honor outstanding contributions to public service, the justice system, and the community.… » Read more

Stetson University’s Veterans Law Institute continues to partner with the C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center and Bay Area Legal Services to offer veterans civil legal services at community clinics in Bradenton and Sarasota from February through December. The legal clinics are designed for veterans enrolled for care with the Bay Pines VA Health Care System in need of legal representation for non-criminal offenses. Legal clinics for veterans will… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer Stetson University College of Law student Jasmine Smith calmly explains that she remembers the day when bullets riddled her home as a child. She can also remember what changed her path in life. Smith grew up in Florida as the oldest of seven children in a loving family, lacking the economic security of many of her peers at Stetson Law. As a… » Read more

Deborah Weissman. Photo courtesy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Distinguished Professor of Law and human rights scholar and advocate Deborah Weissman presents Stetson University’s Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Lecture at 6 p.m. on Jan. 24 at the BridgePoint Church, formerly Mirror Lake Lyceum,737 Third Ave. N. in downtown St. Petersburg. Weissman has focused her past two decades of teaching and scholarship on… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law Ann Piccard has received a $10,000 grant from Stetson’s Nina B. Hollis Institute for Education Reform for her Impact Award proposal to fund a “School to School” pipeline project for children in the foster care system in Florida.

Stetson University College of Law former dean Lizabeth Moody is among 100 pioneering Women Trailblazers in the Law, an oral history collection of the American Bar Association housed at the Stanford Law School Library. The oral history collection profiles the inspiring stories of women trailblazers in the law. Dean and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus Moody was vice president and dean of Stetson University College of… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is offering an intensive training for higher education administrators in the spring, aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The five-day, in-depth training program on freedom of expression on college campuses takes place on the Royal Caribbean’s Brilliance of the Seas cruise ship April 29-May 4. The cruise boards in Tampa, Florida, travels to Key West, Florida, and Cozumel, Mexico, and… » Read more

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 and William Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Lecture in January of 2019. Nominations must be received by close of business… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s National Conference on Law and Higher Education, now in its 40th year, will offer sessions on new proposed Title IX regulations recently released by the Dept. of Education. The conference, Jan. 31-Feb. 4, 2019, in Clearwater Beach, Florida, includes a Title IX Investigator Training Certificate Course and sessions covering “Title IX Regulatory Update,” “Kangaroo Courts? Due Process and the College… » Read more

Stetson Law achieved two advocacy milestone firsts this year. Stetson won the inaugural American Bar Association Competitions Champion Award in May. The ABA Law Student Division hosts four practical skills competitions—the arbitration, negotiation, client counseling and national appellate advocacy competitions. The Competitions Champion award is presented to the law school that accrues the most points through team achievements and participation in the ABA Law Student… » Read more