Left: Associate Dean for Assessment and Professional Engagement and Professor of Law Anne Mullins; Right: Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Generative AI and Higher Education and Professor of Law Kirsten Davis. For law students and legal professionals alike, generative artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword: a powerful tool that can enhance work and save time, but only if one knows how and why to use it.… » Read more

Dr. Brian Larson joins Stetson Law as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Legal Writing in Fall of 2025. This fall, the Stetson Law community will welcome Dr. Brian Larson to campus as the Distinguished Legal Writing Professor for the 2025-26 academic year. Based at Texas A&M University School of Law, Larson brings with him a deep passion for strengthening scholarly work in the legal writing community.… » Read more

Many students who work with Stetson’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic are themselves veterans who are passionate about giving back to others who have served. After numerous years of earning a Military Friendly® School designation, Stetson Law is now rated a Top 10 Military Friendly School for 2025-2026, the organization announced. This elevated status parallels the College of Law’s growing efforts to support individuals who have served… » Read more

The latest U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings are out, and Stetson Law remains at the head of the class in two key areas.  The College of Law is Number 1 in Trial Advocacy and Number 3 in Legal Writing, per the publication’s 2025 rankings. This is the third year in a row Stetson has ranked as such in these areas. The college… » Read more

Jeffrey Harvey ’12 stands next to a portrait of his mentor, former Florida Supreme Court Justice Fred Karl. In a moving tribute to a mentor and fellow Stetson Law alumnus, Jeffrey D. Harvey ’12 has donated a special edition copy of Python Tales, a memoir written by former Florida Supreme Court Justice Fred Karl ’49, to the Florida Supreme Court archives. Harvey hopes the gesture… » Read more

Pam Bondi ’90 was the first woman to serve in the role of Florida attorney general. The United States Senate has confirmed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi ’90 for the role of United States Attorney General. She was nominated by President Donald J. Trump in November of 2024 following his election. Bondi is the first Stetson Law alum to assume the top law enforcement… » Read more

Left: Morgan MacIsaac-Bykowski, Adjunct Professor and Associate Director of Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute. Right: Student Alex Polidan ’25 Stetson Law’s Veterans Advocacy Clinic has joined two other law school veterans’ legal clinics on an amicus brief that the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium (NLSVCC) has filed in support of a veteran asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case.  The fifth instance Stetson… » Read more

How members of the Stetson Law community are shaping conversations around AI and legal education as well as the profession itself. On campus and beyond, the Stetson Law community leads in this new frontier. From Crummer Courtyard to the gym to the Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library, the Stetson Law campus in Gulfport is buzzing with conversations about how artificial intelligence affects what law… » Read more

Clockwise from top left: Professors Jeffrey Brooks, Deidré Keller, Robyn Powell, Alfredo Garcia, Nino Monea, and Shailini George. A big part of what makes Stetson Law so special is the faculty whose scholarship and passion for mentorship foster success for students. These new and visiting faculty are the latest to contribute to this community. Visiting Assistant Professor Jeffrey Brooks Joining Stetson Law from Louisiana State… » Read more

Stetson Double Hatter Jim Shore B.A. ’77, J.D. ‘80 With dedication to serving his community and an unflappable work ethic, Jim Shore’s path to becoming general counsel for the Seminole Tribe of Florida is as uncommon as it is inspirational. Even before the Double Hatter set foot on either Stetson campus, his story can best be described as one of spirited perseverance in the face… » Read more

Donations of funds, food, and school essentials are helping our students recover from back-to-back hurricanes. Back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated the community surrounding Stetson University College of Law.   As Gulfport, the Pinellas beaches, and parts of St. Petersburg were particularly hard-hit, some Stetson Law students lost everything from laptops and textbooks to homes and vehicles.  One student reported losing virtually all of their belongings… » Read more

Dean Benjamin Barros After a rigorous nomination and vetting process, The American Law Institute has chosen Stetson Law Dean Benjamin Barros to join its latest incoming class of members. He is among 47 legal scholars and practitioners chosen to join the elite roster of legal professionals in 2024 (see full list) – and will now be one of numerous current and past Stetson Law faculty… » Read more