Professor Emeritus John Cooper Inducted into Stetson Law Hall of Fame
Stetson Law Professor Emeritus John Cooper gives remarks at Stetson Law’s 2022 Hall of Fame celebration A beloved faculty member who radiates passion for learning and travel, Professor Emeritus John Cooper joined the Stetson University College of Law Hall of Fame on December 3, 2022. Through his enterprising spirit and deep love of legal scholarship inspired countless others to expand their horizons through study and… » Read more
Judge Pamela Campbell Inducted into Stetson Law Hall of Fame
Judge Pamela Campbell, ’89, gives remarks at Stetson Law’s 2022 Hall of Fame celebration For a career spent serving her community and lifting others through mentorship, Stetson Law alumna and Judge Pamela Campbell is a 2022 inductee into the Stetson University College of Law Hall of Fame. A 1989 graduate of Stetson Law, Campbell embodied the spirit of service early on through volunteer work with… » Read more
Professor Emerita Dorothea A. Beane Inducted into Stetson Law Hall of Fame
Stetson Law Professor Emerita Dorothea Beane gives her acceptance speech at Stetson Law’s 2022 Hall of Fame celebration For her decades of trailblazing work and inspiring others to challenge their perceived limitations, Stetson Law Professor Emerita Dorothea A. Beane has been inducted into the Stetson University College of Law Hall of Fame in 2022. When she joined the faculty in 1990, she brought with her… » Read more
Gregory Coleman Inducted into Stetson Law Hall of Fame
Gregory Coleman, ’89, gives his acceptance speech at Stetson law’s 2022 Hall of Fame event A well-respected professional in the legal field, Gregory Coleman is known for his tireless work ethic, his non-nonsense approach to conflict resolution, and his passion for bettering his profession. He is also now a member of the Stetson College of Law Hall of Fame. The 1989 Stetson Law alumnus –… » Read more
Student Francesca Little Aims to Give Back, Elevate Latinx Community
Law student Francesca Little Fresh from winning a prestigious award at the Tampa Hispanic Bar Association’s Scholarship Gala, Francesca Little isn’t resting on her laurels. The Stetson Law 3L is busy with events like a Thanksgiving GIVEBACK initiative to collect donations for refugees, a project on which she is collaborating with Gulf Coast Jewish & Family Community Services (GCJFCS). It is underway November 28 through… » Read more
Stetson Law Joins Innovative Effort to Fight Nitrogen Pollution in Key Waterways
Thanks to a recent grant, environmental law experts from Stetson College of Law have joined a multidisciplinary effort to shed light on an urgent but little-known environmental challenge: nitrogen pollution. The project, BlueGAP, brings Stetson Law’s Jacobs Law Clinic for Democracy and the Environment and the Institute for Biodiversity together with experts from four other institutions. Harnessing a variety of disciplines, their collaboration will present… » Read more
AALS Elder Law Section Honors Professor Morgan for Stellar Career
Law Professor Rebecca Morgan From being an early advocate for giving aging populations distinct legal considerations to sewing masks for nursing home residents at the dawn of the pandemic (when face coverings were rare), Law Professor Rebecca Morgan is an elder law pioneer and a tireless champion for aging populations. That’s why the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) Section on Aging and the Law… » Read more
Judges, FL Supreme Court Justice Talk Clerkships at Stetson Law
Law Student and Stetson Law Review Editor-in-Chief Kathryn Alkire introduces a distinguished panel of judges for a discussion about judicial clerkships. If all the intensive reading, research, writing, and analysis law school entails leaves a 3L wanting more, members of the federal and state judiciaries in Florida want to hear from them. That was the big takeaway from an engaging panel discussion at Stetson Law… » Read more
Recap: SNT 2022 Delivers on Elder Law Insights, Updates
Stetson Law’s 24th Annual National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts at the Vinoy Renaissance in downtown St. Petersburg From the informative to the transformative, Stetson Law’s 24th Annual National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts fostered important conversations as it unfolded over three days in downtown St. Petersburg. Organized by Stetson Law’s Center for Excellence in Elder Law,… » Read more
Student, Veteran Wins National Award for Women in the White-Collar Field
Stetson Law student Nancy Eriksen Each year, the Women’s White Collar Defense Association® (WWCDA) recognizes individuals and groups whose work impacts white collar law while serving to elevate women in the practice, from late-career pioneers to law students who show promise in the law. This year, the international nonprofit has chosen Stetson Law student Nancy Eriksen the recipient of the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Outstanding… » Read more
Writer, Scholar Stephanie Burt Talks Poetry and Belonging at Stetson Law
Dr. Stephanie Burt (right) reads from a book of her poetry Speaking to the Stetson Law students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Great Hall as well as students and faculty joining remotely from Stetson University’s main campus in DeLand, scholar Dr. Stephanie Burt explored the relationship between one’s work and oneself. A poet, literary critic, and professor of English at Harvard, Burt gave a… » Read more
30 Years On, Pro Bono Still Embodies Stetson Spirit of Public Service
Stetson Law students Anne Copeland and Brent Schneider share their experience working with Ukrainian Mothers and Children Transport during the 2022 Pro Bono Showcase. For Stetson Law 3L Francesca Little, whose family emigrated to the U.S. from Venezuela when she was five, using her growing set of legal skills to help other immigrants was an obvious choice. As a law student, Little is required to… » Read more