Family, friends, students, alumni and colleagues gathered at noon on Oct. 21  to honor the life and work of longtime Stetson University Professor of Law Emeritus James (J.J.) Brown, who died in May of this year. Stetson Law dedicated one of Professor Brown’s favorite locations in Stetson’s Dolly and Homer Hand Law Library on the Gulfport campus as “Brownacre.” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman ’87,… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law mourns the death of James J. Brown, Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund Professor Emeritus, who died at his home on May 26 in London, England. Professor Brown was the first Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund Professor at Stetson University, where he taught property, real estate law, land use planning and local government for more than three decades. He began teaching law in… » Read more