The Innocence Initiative at Stetson brought guest speaker Jason Strong to campus Wednesday night, Oct. 12, to talk with law students about his 15-year struggle to prove his innocence in a crime he did not commit. Strong was the victim of false confessions and improper forensic science and convicted of killing a developmentally disabled woman, a crime he did not commit. Fifteen years after being… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law hosted the inaugural Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Pro Bono competition this semester, announcing three honorees on Sept. 26. Second-year law students Haley Coet, Taylor Greenberg and Melody Jacquay were honored at a special program for their outstanding volunteer service. Coet was selected as the overall winner of the competition. Professor Judith Scully, co-coordinator of the Social Justice Advocacy concentration and… » Read more

A team of students from Mississippi College School of Law won Stetson University College of Law’s National Pretrial Competition on Oct. 13-16 in Gulfport, Florida. Sixteen teams of students from across the country competed at Stetson. The competition, now in its ninth year, teaches students what attorneys do every day in offices and courtrooms across the nation. “The National Pretrial Competition provides advocates with a… » Read more

Professor Julian Andres Pimiento, a former adjunct magistrate at the Consejo de Estado, one of the three Colombian Supreme Courts, spoke to Stetson Law students on Eminent Domain: Perspectives from Europe and Latin America on Oct. 12 on the Gulfport campus. Professor Pimiento discussed the history and evolution of eminent domain in the civil code system and Stetson Professor of Law Paul Boudreaux presented on … » Read more

Stetson University College of Law student Jahanna M. Azarian finished second place and as a national finalist in the Jeffry S. Abrams National Mediation Competition on Oct. 7 at the University of Houston Law Center. This is the first time a Stetson Law team has competed in this event, now in its sixth year. This is one of few competitions where students serve as mediators… » Read more

Students packed the Great Hall on Stetson’s Gulfport campus Tuesday night, Oct. 4, for a program with national panelists on children’s right to counsel. The program, “50 Years of In re Gault: A Commemoration of Children’s Right to Counsel,” explored the progress in juvenile justice following the 1967 landmark Supreme Court decision in In re Gault. Distinguished panelists included Whitney Untiedt, director of the Southern… » Read more

On Oct. 4, Stetson law students gathered in the Great Hall for the afternoon program, “Restoring Respect to Politics.” The Stetson Democrats, Stetson Republicans, ACS and Federalist Society co-sponsored the roundtable discussion of election topics. Sheri Kuhn of the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office visited the Gulfport campus to help the law school community register to vote.  … » Read more

The Florida Association of Women Lawyers named Stetson University College of Law’s FAWL the Outstanding Student Chapter for the second year in a row. Stetson also named FAWL the Student Organization of the Year. “This year’s executive board has been absolutely outstanding to work with and the board members’ individual and collective commitment to FAWL’s mission is commendable,” said Joann Grages Burnett, associate director in… » Read more

Darnesha Carter knew that she wanted to be an advocate while she was still a high school student in Riverview, Florida. Once she had decided that law school was her goal, Darnesha took all of the law school prep courses available at Riverview High School. When it came time to choose a law school, Darnesha said that Stetson stood apart. The friendly campus, a full… » Read more

Second-year Stetson University College of Law student Taylor S. Parker wants her fellow students to know that they can effect change. “With the small campus, I have found a tight-knit community where I can effectively generate professional contacts, as well as a close relationship with faculty and staff which has allowed me to work with Stetson to make change on this campus,” said Parker, who… » Read more

Students Marissa Marchena and Joey Nemeh were recently selected for the Rich Nenezian and Jim Jones Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship’s namesakes Nenezian and Jones are both alumni from the Stetson University College of Law class of 1984. Both alumni died young in their 40s, but their classmates, friends and family memorialized Nenezian and Jones with a scholarship celebrating their love of life, laughter, and sports.… » Read more

It is no surprise that Stetson University College of Law honored student Nathan Bruemmer with its Rising Star award in his first year of law school. For Nathan, law school started as a dream decades ago, before he spent a career as a teacher and started a family. He said he considers it a privilege to work on community service initiatives. Since starting as a… » Read more