On Oct. 16, alumnus and adjunct professor Josh Magidson ’80 talked with students about finding his niche in the law. Magidson, a Marine who once entertained dreams of playing professional baseball and worked as a rehabilitation counselor, became a student at Stetson Law in 1978. “Everybody has their own way of finding themselves in what they do,” Magidson told the students who gathered at a… » Read more

Alumnus Chris Sprowls ’09 spoke with Stetson Law students on Oct. 10  about finding their focus as advocates as part of Stetson’s Student Leadership Development Luncheon series. Sprowls is an assistant state attorney in the 6th Judicial Circuit serving Pasco and Pinellas counties. While still students at Stetson Law, Sprowls and Vilma Martinez  ’09 worked with the American Bar Association to create a national veterans’… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law and the Florida Bar will host a Veterans Law Accreditation Training program at the Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa St., on Oct. 27. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The program provides legal practitioners with an overview of veterans law, a field that responds to the unique legal challenges faced by military veterans. Judge Robert N. Davis of the U.S.… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law hosted a continuing legal education program on Oct. 9 on “Ethics and Professionalism: Practicing Within the Letter and the Spirit of the Law.”  The St. Petersburg Bar Association co-presented the program with Stetson. Stetson Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz and St. Petersburg Bar Association president Timothy Miller introduced the program for practicing attorneys, which included discussions by attorney and alumnus James… » Read more

On Oct. 9 at 12 p.m., Stetson Law’s Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture Series presented a discussion with Carlton Ward Jr. about the discovery and implications of the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Ward Jr. is a conservation photographer and founder of the Legacy Institute for Nature and Culture. Ward Jr. discussed his experiences with the “Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition,” a 100-day, 1,000-mile trek from the… » Read more

Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins, founder of the Conviction Integrity Unit, talked with Stetson University College of Law students on Oct. 10 about the importance of just prosecution. Approximately 200 law students gathered to hear Watkins’ talk in the Great Hall on the Gulfport campus. “You in this room have a responsibility to look at your justice system,” Watkins told the law students. “Think about… » Read more

While visiting campus on Sept. 20, 2012, Lewis Haines II ’55 examined a framed poster outside the Dean’s Office of the formal dedication of Stetson Law’s Gulfport campus on Sept. 19, 1954. “That’s me,” he said, recognizing the photo of the courtyard procession taken by the St. Petersburg Times. Since that historic day 58 years ago, Haines (pictured below with his fiancée Christine Benbow) has… » Read more

On Jan. 7, 2013, two Stetson Law graduates will retire from long-held positions as elected public defenders in Florida. On the same day, three Stetson graduates will be sworn in as newly elected public defenders, increasing the percentage of elected public defenders who graduated from Stetson to 20 percent in Florida. The list of Stetson-educated current and incoming elected public defenders in Florida includes (pictured… » Read more

A team of students from Baylor School of Law won the fifth National Pretrial Competition at Stetson Law on Oct. 14. Morgan Harkins of Baylor School of Law was named Best Advocate in the final round of competition. The Best Plaintiff’s Memorandum of Law Award was presented to Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and the Best Defendant’s Memorandum of Law Award was presented to South… » Read more

The American Bar Association Law Student Division will be holding their fall circuit meeting at Stetson’s Tampa Law Center Sept. 28-29. Stetson Law Dean Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz introduces the program for law students on Sept. 29. Professor Bruce Jacob, former Stetson Law dean, will provide the keynote address about the historic Gideon v. Wainwright case which he presented before the U.S. Supreme Court. Meeting topics… » Read more

Story by third-year student Valeria Obi Students at Stetson Law have been preparing for the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 6. The Stetson Law Republicans and Stetson Law Democrats student organizations put political differences aside to co-sponsor a “Registering the Vote” event for students on Sept. 19. The event provided students with an overview of why voting matters as well as information on how to… » Read more

Nearly 100 Tampa Bay area high school students celebrated U.S. Constitution Day at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport on Sept. 20. Stetson Law and the Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates sponsored the James Otis Lecture Series educational program. Martin Dyckman, author and retired associate editor of the St. Petersburg Times, and Stetson constitutional law professor Louis Virelli, provided… » Read more