Story by Valeria Obi Juan M. Zarama’12, who recently graduated with distinction from Stetson’s International Law LL.M. program, has been selected to work with the prestigious International Bar Association Legal Internship Programme in Human Rights in London in the fall. Zarama said he has always had a passion for international human rights. “My interest in international human rights came from my professional and academic experience… » Read more

Alumni Wil H. Florin JD ’80 and Thomas D. Roebig Jr. JD ’86 have long been supporters of civil rights education and their mentor, Stetson University College of Law Professor Robert Bickel. Since 2006, the Tampa Bay-based Florin Roebig law firm has helped fund a unique course on Constitutional Law and the Civil Rights Movement at Stetson Law. The experiential course provides students with an… » Read more

The American Bar Association Women Trailblazers Law Project has selected Stetson University College of Law professor Lizabeth Moody to be included among women who made history in the legal profession. Moody’s oral history of her extraordinary legal career will be housed at the Library of Congress, the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard University, and on the… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law Professor Royal Gardner and several Stetson Law students played a significant role in the adoption of a resolution on wetland conservation at a global conference in Bucharest, Romania, in July. The Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands adopted the resolution by consensus. More than 160 countries are parties to this international treaty,… » Read more

The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and Stetson University College of Law proudly announce the release of a new video that will help attorneys who specialize in elder and special needs law better serve consumers in planning for the future. View the video, “Welcome to Elder Law,” by NAELA member and attorney Rajiv Nagaich, Esq., of Seattle, Wash. “The first wave of Baby Boomers… » Read more

Professor Edwin Boyer has been named the first Borchard Distinguished Professorial Lecturer in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law. Boyer ’78 has taught several classes in Stetson’s J.D. and LL.M. degree programs as an adjunct professor. Boyer, who is the immediate past-president of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and a partner in the Sarasota elder law firm of Boyer & Jackson… » Read more

The Stetson Law Solo Practice Network held two free seminars in July for alumni. Stetson’s Dolly & Homer Hand Law Library director Professor Rebecca Trammell, reference librarian Elizabeth Barnes, and Professor Sally Waters discussed ways to do better legal and general research at a seminar on July 20 in Gulfport, “Free Legal Research in a Digital World.” The seminar presented ways lawyers can work more… » Read more

Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz is the new dean of Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport/Tampa, Fla. Dean Pietruszkiewicz joins Stetson from the LSU Law Center at Louisiana State University, where he served as vice chancellor for business and financial affairs and as the J.Y. Sanders Professor of Law. Royal C. Gardner, who served as Stetson Law’s interim dean for one year, will continue his duties… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law professors Mark Bauer and Rebecca Morgan were invited to the White House for a symposium on June 14 recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The professors attended the day-long symposium that discussed the problem of elder abuse, exploitation and neglect. Morgan is the Boston Asset Management Chair in Elder Law and director of Stetson’s Center for Excellence in Elder Law.… » Read more

Stetson University College of Law dedicated its new Veterans Law Institute with a ceremony on May 31 in Gulfport, Fla. More than 100 people gathered for the dedication, which included remarks by the Honorable Bruce E. Kasold, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Stetson Law faculty, students and veterans, a flag presentation by Congressman Bill Young’s office, and a color… » Read more

Notre Dame Law School professor James H. Seckinger was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Advocacy at Stetson University College of Law’s annual Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills conference on May 23 in Gulfport. Professor Seckinger, who served as the director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy from 1979 to 1994, has conducted advocacy skills programs throughout the U.S. and Canada,… » Read more

On May 18, nine constitutional law scholars, including Assistant Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy of Stetson University College of Law, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to revisit Citizens United. The brief was written by the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. The brief urges the Court to grant certiorari in American Tradition Partnership v. Bullock, a… » Read more