Stetson University College of Law’s pass rate for first-time takers of the July 2016 Florida Bar Examination was 80.5% and 12 points above the statewide average of 68.2%. Stetson is also in the top three of all Florida law schools who took the exam, very close to tying for second place.  … » Read more

Trial advocacy expert, longtime trial advocacy fellow and visiting law professor Lee A. Coppock presents a three-hour continuing legal education program for trial lawyers at Stetson University College of Law’s Tampa Law Center in October. Professor Coppock will present persuading a jury to want to do right by the client, as well as preparing questions on the verdict form for both plaintiff and defense at… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law’s 18th Annual Special Needs Trusts-The National Conference returns to the Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club on Oct. 19-21. This year’s conference offers a comprehensive review of major issues presented in special needs planning and in the creation, administration and monitoring of special needs trusts. The conference also features two pre-conference intensives on Oct. 19 on tax issues… » Read more

Students in Stetson University College of Law’s special summer course on Sea Turtle Law and Policy visited a sea turtle nest at Fort DeSoto Park on Aug. 28. Stetson was awarded a grant by the Sea Turtle Grants Program to offer the one-credit, three-day course, “Topics in Biodiversity Law: Sea Turtles,” on its Gulfport, Florida, campus for law students and graduate students who are pursuing… » Read more

Students, faculty and staff at Stetson University College of Law kicked off the fall semester by volunteering for two days to help people and pets through community organizations in the Tampa Bay region. A total of 63 members of the Stetson community volunteered on Aug. 18-19 to help build furniture for classrooms and to read to children at the Community Preschool, sort and clean books… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer The Best Lawyers in America  has just released its “Lawyer of the Year” list, which includes several Stetson University College of Law alumni working in the greater Tampa Bay, Florida area. The list includes alumni Debra L. Boje J.D. ’92, Tae Kelley Bronner J.D. ’94, Thomas H. Dart J.D. ’77, Aileen S. Davis J.D. ’83, Aubrey O. Dicus Jr. J.D. ’74, Theodore… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law third-year student Natalie Yello was awarded a fellowship by Ms. JD for 2016. The competitive fellowship was only awarded to 15 law students from around the country. Yello is the first Stetson student to receive the fellowship. This year’s Ms. JD Fellows were selected for their academic performance, leadership, and dedication to advancing the status of women in the profession.… » Read more

Stetson University’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy has received the American Bar Association’s 2016 Distinguished Achievement in Environmental Law and Policy Award. “This award recognizes the contributions of the Stetson community and our partners in wetland, wildlife conservation, and environmental issues around the world,” said Professor Royal C. Gardner, director of Stetson’s Institute and an internationally recognized expert in wetland law and policy. Every… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer Joshua Magidson J.D. ’80, a Stetson University trustee and past-president of the Stetson Lawyers Association who has chaired the board of overseers at the College of Law for the past eight years, was recently honored with The Barney by the Barney Masterson Inn of Court. Every year, The Barney is awarded to a lawyer who demonstrates the highest degree of professionalism, ethics,… » Read more

By Brandi Palmer This fall, Lane Cryar, J.D. ‘14, will be joining the Department of Homeland Security’s Honors Program for Attorneys in Washington, D.C. The Honors Program for Attorneys is a highly competitive program open to application by recent law graduates as well as federal or state judicial law clerks with no more than two years of clerkship experience. Only four attorneys from a large… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is hosting a Legal Writing Academy for lawyers on Persuasive Legal Writing: What Every Lawyer Should Know on Aug. 19 in Tampa. WHERE: Stetson University’s Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa St. WHEN: Aug. 19, 8:15 a.m.-3:45 p.m. WHAT: Stetson’s Legal Writing Academy helps lawyers improve their persuasive legal writing skills with sessions on how to apply storytelling techniques to… » Read more

Litigators who work on death penalty cases immersed themselves in a complimentary two-day crime scene to courtroom training seminar at St. Pete Beach on July 11-12 offered by Stetson University College of Law. Seminar topics included forensic science 101 for capital litigation; forensic report wording and statistics–interpreting DNA results; science research for lawyers; and forensics after the National Academy of Sciences Report. Nationally known experts… » Read more