Left to right: Antonio Graham, Jr., Lachelle Allen, Corisa Foster, Kai Rutledge, Ciena Cumberbatch, Catie Parish, Julian Fuller, Kuiper Elza, Eniyah Cineas, Shyann Givens, Zach Kelly, JoShonna Harris, Antwon Howard, Ava-Marie Rollins. Over the course of a week in July, high school students from in and around St. Petersburg got an up-close look at how government works at all levels – and how to use… » Read more

Jessica Zelitt, Stetson Law’s Spring’ 22 valedictorian. When it comes to the often-complex relationship between healthcare and the law, recent Stetson Law graduate Jessica Shoshana Zelitt is well-versed. The Lakewood Ranch, Florida native, who was named Stetson Law’s Spring 2022 valedictorian, has been managing Type 1 Diabetes since she was eight years old. She now hopes the knowledge and expertise she gained at Stetson Law… » Read more

Students with Stetson Law’s 2022 Civil Rights & the Law Course pose for a group shot before following in the footsteps of activists who marched in Selma, Alabama. A group of law students has just wrapped up a once-in-a-lifetime experience exploring the places, events, and people that shaped the Civil Rights Movement. The two-week course took students to places like the Edmund Pettus Bridge in… » Read more

Law Professor Ellen Podgor, an expert in white collar crime For her 25 years of service to its mission of clarifying, simplifying, and modernizing common law, the American Law Institute has given prestigious Life Member status to Stetson Law Professor Ellen Podgor. Podgor, a nationally recognized criminal law scholar whose award-winning work focuses on white collar crime, was nominated to ALI and elected to the… » Read more

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency could determine the extent of Clean Water Act protections across the U.S. With help from faculty, Stetson Law students contributed significantly to an amici brief filed by Professor Royal Gardner, director of the college’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy filed on behalf of twelve scientific organizations in a case that could prove critical in the fate of the Clean… » Read more

The courthouse in the author’s hometown of Berdyansk, Ukraine. The facility is currently closed, as the city is under Russian occupation. Dmitriy Kamensky first came to Stetson Law as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in 2015 interested in studying white collar crime. The Ukraine native ultimately published an article in the Stetson Law Review in 2016 and another in the Mississippi College Law Journal. He returned… » Read more

The 2022 Stetson Lawyers Alumni Association award winners pose with Dean Michèle Alexandre at the June 23 awards reception in Orlando. Amid the buzz of the Florida Bar Association’s annual convention in Orlando, the Stetson Lawyers Alumni Association (SLAA) honored five Stetson Law community members with prestigious awards recognizing their selfless service. Given out during a reception Thursday, June 23, the awards highlighted the diverse… » Read more

The American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles’ Conference of Parties met in Panama in June. Stepping up its efforts to help protect vulnerable sea turtle populations in the Western Hemisphere, Stetson Law’s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy officially entered into an agreement with the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles (IAC) on June 17. The agreement,… » Read more

The 2022 edition of EATS was full of compelling discussions among passionate advocacy educators. In-person for the first time since 2019, Stetson Law welcomed professionals from around the country who specialize in advocacy education to the annual Educating Advocacy Teachers (EATS) Conference on its beautiful Gulfport campus. Taking place from June 13-15, the event offered eye-opening insights into the state of trial advocacy education in… » Read more

Lei-Lani Rogers, president of Stetson Law’s Lambda Legal Society (left), and Hunter Wolf, the group’s vice president With the spring semester having drawn to a close, it may be quiet around campus, but Lambda Legal Society, Stetson Law’s LGBTQ+ student organization, is busy sharing its message with the community. The group, which became a National LGBTQ+ Bar Association affiliate in 2021, will have a presence… » Read more

Stetson officials mark the start of construction of the Stetson Law Advocacy Institute. It’s official: Stetson University College of Law is on its way to having a state-of-the-art advocacy facility. Once it opens, it will comprise 16,000 square feet of beautifully renovated space. It will feature two new courtrooms, four new practice courtrooms, office and meeting space, a trophy and awards lobby, a new elevator,… » Read more

Stetson Law alumna and adjunct professor Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy (1981-2022). An outpouring of loving tributes and fond memories from the Stetson Law community follows the loss of alumna, adjunct professor, mentor, and all-around powerful presence, Theresa Jean-Pierre Coy. Students and colleagues reflected on her humor, her passion, and her willingness to help students be the best advocates they can be. Jean-Pierre Coy graduated from Stetson… » Read more