By Karun Rivero, 2L “If you want to do what I do, call people,” David Cohen, general counsel for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, told students gathered in the Great Hall to hear him speak on Monday, Oct. 12. Cohen’s talk was sponsored by the Entertainment and Sports Law Society at Stetson. “You have to take an active role in your career… be assertive, don’t be… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, home to the best trial advocacy program in the U.S., is hosting its annual Law Information Day open house from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Nov. 7 in Gulfport. The day-long program is designed to provide future students with a glimpse into the life of a law school student. Attendees will participate in a simulated law class, meet… » Read more

Stetson is among the top 40 law schools placing graduates in small law firm jobs, according to the National Jurist 2015 Back to School issue. Stetson’s ranking is based upon 2014 data available from the American Bar Association. The article, “Best schools for Big Law and Small Law,” reports that small law “has seen growth since the recession” and that Stetson is ranked highly among… » Read more

Students from Texas Tech University School of Law won the Eighth Annual National Pretrial Competition at Stetson University College of Law this past weekend in Gulfport. Sixteen teams from around the U.S. competed at Stetson. Mississippi College School of Law won second place in the competition, as well as the Best Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law Award. Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School won the Best Defendants’… » Read more

On a sunny Friday afternoon Oct. 9, Stetson Law students volunteered alongside faculty and staff to help plant a campus community organic garden in the Crummer Courtyard at Stetson’s Gulfport campus. Thirsty bell peppers, tomatoes, basil, lettuces filled in the garden planters. The students worked quickly in teams with instructions from Food Law Society adviser Professor Lance Long. The idea for the campus community garden… » Read more

By Karun Rivero, 2L Chris Rudisill, Director of LGBT Services at Metro Wellness and Community Center in St. Petersburg, and members of the Stetson Lambda Legal Society spoke Oct. 7 on the Gulfport campus about the importance and challenges of coming out following the Obergefell decision earlier this year. The presentation was held in conjunction with National Coming Out Day –an event held every year… » Read more

Stetson Law’s career development office launched a fall series to educate students about pursuing careers with the judiciary, State Attorney and Public Defender. On Sept. 28, a panel presented on careers in criminal law. The panelists discussed their career paths, life in the courtroom, and provided advice for preparing for careers with the State Attorney and Public Defender. This year’s criminal law panelists included Ashley… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law professor and Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy director Royal C. Gardner has been reappointed chair of the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for 2016-2018. Professor Gardner is an internationally recognized expert on wetland law and policy. As one of 18 experts appointed from around the world, Gardner will lead the panel, which advises… » Read more

Stetson students, faculty, staff and graduates participated in the conference “Sea Level Rise: What’s Our Next Move?” on Oct. 2-3 at St. Petersburg College. Professors Paul Boudreaux and Lance Long, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy founder Dr. Wil Burns, and student Alex Stewart were invited to be debaters at the conference, attended by more than 200 people from throughout the region. “There were… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law hosted EPA senior enforcement attorney Mike Walker as part of the Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture series on Sept. 29. A crowd of students, faculty, staff and members of the community gathered to hear Walker speak in the Great Hall. Walker discussed how diversity is the key to stability in ecology. Trained as a biologist-botanist after the renowned Aldo… » Read more

A new grant in the amount of $400,000 was awarded to Stetson University College of Law for the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law to develop a forensic evidence training program for lawyers who work on death penalty cases. “This training program is crucial at a time when life or death often hinges on the presentation of forensic evidence in the courtroom,” said… » Read more

By Tyler Rutledge, Second-year student, EASL Communications Chair The Stetson Entertainment and Sports Law Society kicked off a full year of events with a successful panel discussion on “Agents and Athletes: The Business of Turning Pro.”  The event was sponsored by Stetson EASL, the Sports Business and Leadership Association, Shutts & Bowen LLP, and University of Florida EASL and graciously hosted by the Performance Compound… » Read more