{"id":201,"date":"2006-11-02T12:34:12","date_gmt":"2006-11-02T17:34:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-02-29T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T21:37:13","slug":"american-and-caribbean-law-initiative-visits-stetson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2006\/11\/02\/american-and-caribbean-law-initiative-visits-stetson\/","title":{"rendered":"American and Caribbean Law Initiative visits Stetson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contact Brandi Palmer
\nCommunications Specialist
\n727-562-7381
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Gulfport, Fla. <\/strong>– The American and Caribbean Law Initiative visited Stetson in November. Stetson Law, one of ACLI’s newest members, hosted the Caribbean Law Clinic from Nov. 1-4 on the Gulfport and Tampa campuses. This is the first time the clinic met in Florida.<\/p>\n

“This clinic was not a competition,” said Professor Dorothea Beane, who spear-headed Stetson hosting the Caribbean Law Clinic’s inaugural visit to Florida. “It was a unique opportunity for American and Caribbean law students to work together to solve legal problems.”<\/p>\n

Participating students discussed their research and prepared for presentations together.<\/p>\n

The founding mission, according to the ACLI web site, is to create programs to encourage cultural diversity and increase communication among countries in the Caribbean and “to advance the common interest of its members in the growth and development of the Caribbean Basin by facilitating collaborative relationships and by strengthening its legal development and institutions.”<\/p>\n

ACLI is the brainchild of Professor John Knechtle, Florida Coastal School of Law.<\/p>\n

Several schools across the Caribbean Basin and in the United States have joined the initiative.
\nThe member schools to date are as follows:<\/p>\n