Professor Luz Nagle was Commentator and Rapporteur on the panel, “The Legal Profession’s Contribution to the Global Fight against Corruption,” at the 5th Conference of States on the United Nations Convention against Corruption, Panama City, Panama, on Nov. 26.  The Conference was presented by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.… » Read more

Professor Becky Morgan also spoke at the Elder Law conference at the University of Hawaii.  She was a presenter concerning Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and dementia.  She also moderated a panel concerning International Perspectives on Elder Law.… » Read more

Dean Michael Allen spoke on three panels at the International Elder Law Conference with a Veterans Focus sponsored by the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii with co-sponsorship by Stetson University College of Law.  Dean Allen spoke about (1) the structure of the veterans benefits system in the United States; (2) benefits associated with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and dementia;… » Read more

Professors Jason Bent and Janice McClendon recently testified as experts before Florida’s Employer-Sponsored Benefits Study Task Force in Tallahassee on Wednesday, Oct. 23.  The Task Force was created by a recently-enacted Florida statute that preempts local regulation of employee benefits (such as requiring that employers provide paid sick leave) in the private sector.  The Task Force included Florida legislators, individuals in leadership positions at large… » Read more

Professor Becky Morgan and Professor Jason Palmer recently did a presentation on Health Care Decision Making for LBGT Patients as part of a day-long program titled “Building Awareness of the Needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Geriatric Patient/Resident/Client.”  The program was co-sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas, Better Living for Seniors (BLS) Consortium, and St. Petersburg College.… » Read more

Dr. Davis recently spoke at the Florida Trial Court Staff Attorneys Association Annual Conference 2013.  Her presentation was entitled, “Readability and Comprehension Strategies for Legal Writing.”… » Read more

Professor Bowman recently spoke at the Florida Trial Court Staff Attorneys Association Annual Conference 2013.  Her presentation was entitled, “Florida Citation Format.”… » Read more

Professor Kirsten Davis’ article, “The Reports of My Death Are Greatly Exaggerated”:  Reading and Writing Objective Legal Memoranda in a Mobile Computing Age, is forthcoming in the Spring 2014 volume of the Oregon Law Review.… » Read more

Professor Brooke Bowman recently gave a presentation at NALA’s (The National Association of Legal Assistants) Certified Paralegal Examination Review Course, Legal Research, for the Central Florida Paralegal Association in Orlando, Florida.… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy’s article Safeguarding Markets from Pernicious Pay to Play: A Model Explaining Why the SEC Regulates Money in Politics was recently published in the Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal, http://ssrn.com/abstract=2184554.… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy recently spoke at a Brennan Center for Justice event, “Political Money in the 2012 Election, the 113th Congress, and Beyond,” at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.  Congressman Chris Van Hollen also participated in the event.  Professor Torres-Spelliscy addressed the issue of the SEC and dark political money post-Citizens United and why the Commission should promulgate a new disclosure rule to… » Read more

Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy recently spoke at the “Bright Minds, Dark Money: Transparency 2013” Conference hosted by the National Institute on Money in State Politics in Big Fork, Montana.  She presented her forthcoming law review article, Safeguarding Markets from Pernicious Pay to Play: A Model Explaining Why the SEC Regulates Money in Politics, 12(2) Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal __ (2013), http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2184554.… » Read more