Professor Catherin Smith speaks at Stetson Law in April, 2022 The landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision handed down in Brown vs. Board of Education is a lauded as pivotal moment for civil rights. Originally filed by the Brown family and a dozen other Black families against a Topeka, Kansas school district, it contested the constitutionality of forcing Black students to bus to segregated schools and… » Read more

Stetson Law Professor Theresa Radwan Stetson Law Professor Theresa Pulley Radwan has been chosen to lead the campus as its interim dean of the College of Law. Her term will begin June 24, 2022 and she will serve in that capacity until the position of dean is filled. Specializing in business law, Professor Radwan joined the Stetson Law faculty in 2001. During her time at… » Read more

Stetson Law student Michael Harrigan wrote a winning paper about blockchain’s potential impact on copyright law. As the Recording Academy showcased recording-industry standouts over GRAMMY Week, a first-year Stetson Law student saw some recognition of his own. Michael F. Harrigan, ’24, was one of two runners-up for a paper he submitted to the American Bar Association’s Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Contest, a competition held in… » Read more

Anastasiia Kryshtanovych and her team were slated to come to Stetson Law from Ukraine to compete at IEMCC. Prior to February of 2022, five Ukrainian women planned to attend Stetson Law’s International Environmental Moot Court Competition (IEMCC) finals on behalf of National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. The team was planning to join others from Mexico, Northern Ireland, Korea, Singapore, and beyond for the event’s 26th edition.… » Read more

Clockwise from top left: Stetson Law Professors Jason Palmer, Roy Balleste and Luz Nagle; Wayne State University Law School Professor Charles Brower In a far-reaching conversation that took place Wednesday evening, international law experts did a deep dive on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from why it’s happening to its potential lasting impacts on global stability. Stetson Law Professor Jason Palmer moderated the virtual panel. Stetson… » Read more

Left to right: Attorney Steven Berman, Judge Michael Williamson, Judge Mary Heston, 3L Cooper “Cade” Zimmerman, and Judge Christopher Klein. For veterans dealing with serious money woes, it can feel like there’s no way out – especially in the wake of a challenging life event such as divorce. Financial insolvency has even been identified as a leading cause of veteran suicides. That’s why two Stetson… » Read more

Stetson Law Alumna Hannah Ibanez, J.D. ’16 Even in her earliest memories, Hannah Raissa Ibañez, J.D. ’16, was always passionate about standing up for others. It is what drove her to pursue legal education, work in the Pinellas County Public Defender’s Office, advocate for the homeless in Los Angeles and, recently, join the White House’s Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board thanks to a presidential… » Read more

Members of Stetson’s Black Law Students Association, from left to right: Andrea Waters, Alyssa Fleming, Tala El-Ghali and Logan Jackson Late February brought yet another successful competition to Stetson Law’s talented roster of student advocates. The Stetson Black Law Students Association Trial Team made it all the way to the quarterfinals at the Constance Baker Motley Trial Team Competition. The competition took place at the… » Read more

Judge Timothy Walmsley In a reflective keynote address he delivered as part of the Stetson Law Student Bar Association’s Diversity Week events, Judge Timothy Walmsley spoke about diversity’s transformative role in the criminal justice system – and what it means to be a neighbor in 2022. Walmsley serves as a Superior Court Judge in Chatham County, Georgia, where, in the Savannah community, he “is regarded… » Read more

Keith Fountain, a premier expert in Florida conservation easements. With urban sprawl covering so much of Florida’s landscape, it can be easy to forget that farming and ranching were once the state’s biggest industries. Yet even with widespread building on open land, there’s still quite a lot of undeveloped land dedicated to farming, ranching and timber in the Sunshine State. Attorney Keith Fountain, who spoke… » Read more

By Suzi Morales Stetson alumni Hershley Oge, Kamilah Perry and Valeria Obi. Michael T. Davis, Class of 2008, may be a law firm partner now, but he vividly remembers a scene from his early law school days at Stetson. Walking to class one day, he was greeted by alumna Kamilah Perry, Class of 2002. She stopped him and asked, “Are you coming to Virgil Hawkins?”… » Read more

Left to right: Student coach Joseph Kim, Pedro Jimenez Lopez, Taylor Simonds, Jessica Zelitt, Sierra DeMartino. For the fifth year in a row, Stetson Law’s Dispute Resolution Board won the Florida Bar International Law Section’s Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot in Miami over the weekend of Feb. 18. The team did so well, you could even call it a sweep. They took first place overall and team member Taylor… » Read more