Stetson University completed its first six-week Pre-Law Institute on July 15, educating undergraduate college students for law school and a career in the legal field. Students enrolled in the unique program spent four weeks taking a critical thinking course on Stetson’s DeLand, Fla., campus, and two weeks at the Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport in an immersion program designed to introduce them to… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) are launching the NACDL White Collar Criminal Defense College at Stetson, the first program of its kind. The first session of this groundbreaking training for criminal defense lawyers is slated for early 2012. Practitioners in the field of white collar criminal defense will gain key advocacy skills and learn substantive white… » Read more

  This summer, the first female lord advocate of Scotland lectured at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla.   Scotland’s former lord advocate, Elish Angiolini, co-taught a summer course with Stetson Law professor and Center for Excellence in Advocacy Director Charles Rose on Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: Scottish, Civil, and Common Law.   Angiolini talked with students about the history of Scottish law,… » Read more

A 14-member committee comprised of members of the Stetson University College of Law and University community has been appointed to begin a national search for a new law dean. Stetson Provost Beth Paul is co-chairing this important committee with Professor of Law Michael Allen. The committee, which includes representation from the faculty, University trustees, College of Law overseers, alumni, staff and students, will recruit a… » Read more

The world’s elderly population is increasing dramatically in size. Stetson University College of Law Professor Roberta Flowers, an expert in ethics and elder law practice, recently traveled to Korea to speak to officials in that country about how the law can be used to protect the elderly. Professor Flowers presented “Challenges Faced by Elder Law Attorneys” at the International Conference on Social Status Changes of… » Read more

The Stetson Lawyers Association honored alumni and friends on June 22 in Kissimmee, Fla., during the Florida Bar Annual Convention. Attorney General of Florida Pamela J. Bondi JD ’90 received the Distinguished Alumna Award for extraordinary service to Stetson Law and to the legal profession. Bondi, who became Attorney General in 2010, was a prosecutor for more than 18 years and successfully prosecuted numerous first-degree… » Read more

Six trustees have been appointed to Stetson University’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1, 2011. Each trustee is appointed to a three-year term. New trustee and Stetson alumna Betty Drees Johnson, professor and director of the duPont-Ball Library on Stetson’s DeLand campus, will retire on Sept. 1 after 50 years at the university. Rising through the ranks of several positions in the library, Johnson has… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law is offering an information session in August for prospective students interested in earning their law degrees part-time. The session in Gulfport will provide an overview of the process of applying to law school. Stetson Law enrolls new part-time students in the fall of every year. Those interested in attending should RSVP for the session: Aug. 24 in the Great Hall… » Read more

A trio of students from Stetson University College of Law won the top three awards at the 2011 Robert Orseck Memorial Moot Court Competition in Orlando on June 23.   Stetson’s moot court team of Chad Burgess, Brooke Geiger, and Jason Lambert won the competition and the Best Brief award. Jason Lambert won the Best Final Round Oralist award. The annual event is held in… » Read more

Stetson University Provost Beth Paul announced today that Professor Royal C. Gardner will serve as interim dean of the College of Law beginning in early July. Dean Darby Dickerson has accepted a deanship at Texas Tech University School of Law.   “I am confident that the strong momentum at Stetson University College of Law will continue under Professor Gardner’s leadership,” said President Wendy B. Libby.… » Read more

A total of 309 Stetson University College of Law alumni were recognized in this year’s Florida Super Lawyers® list, and 171 alumni were listed in the Florida Rising Stars® list. Super Lawyers Magazine publishes a list of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas and Rising Stars is a list of the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state—those who are 40 years old or… » Read more

Follow the group on their journey by visiting the student blog here: http://stetsonlaw.wordpress.com/ In May of 1961, Ernest “Rip” Patton was a 21-year-old drum major at Tennessee State University and Freedom Rider headed for Jackson, Miss., when he was arrested and transferred to Mississippi’s infamous Parchman State Prison. This June, Rip Patton will retrace that journey, this time joined by Stetson University undergraduate and law… » Read more