(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

(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