{"id":20475,"date":"2016-05-25T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=20475"},"modified":"2016-05-25T15:28:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T19:28:34","slug":"stetson-offers-special-sea-turtle-course-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2016\/05\/25\/stetson-offers-special-sea-turtle-course-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson offers special sea turtle course for graduate students this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SeaTurtleLicensePlate-300x153.jpg\"><\/a>Stetson University College of Law has been awarded a grant by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpingseaturtles.org\/\">Sea Turtle Grants Program<\/a> to offer a special course on Sea Turtle Law and Policy this summer on its Gulfport, Florida, campus for law students and graduate students who are pursuing degrees in marine science, environmental science, or environmental policy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20477\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hawksbill_Turtle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hawksbill_Turtle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hawksbill Turtle. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hawksbill Turtle. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The one-credit, three-day course, \u201cTopics in Biodiversity Law: Sea Turtles,\u201d is being offered through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/international\/biodiversity\/\">Stetson\u2019s Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy<\/a> on Aug. 26\u201328.<\/p>\n<p>The special course will educate law and other graduate students about threats to sea turtles and the local, state, national, and international legal and policy framework to protect them. A guided visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinellascounty.org\/park\/05_ft_desoto.htm\">Fort De Soto Park<\/a> will be part of the course.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarships funded by the Sea Turtle Grants Program are available to cover the cost of the course for five law students and five environmental graduate students.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about registering for the course and applying for scholarships by visiting the Institute for Biodiversity Law and Policy\u2019s website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/biodiversity\/\">https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/biodiversity\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarships are funded by the grant awarded from the Sea Turtle Grants Program. The Sea Turtle Grants Program is funded from proceeds from the sale of the Florida Sea Turtle License Plate. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helpingseaturtles.org\">www.helpingseaturtles.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SeaTurtleLicensePlate-300x153.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/SeaTurtleLicensePlate-300x153-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson University College of Law has been awarded a grant by the Sea Turtle Grants Program to offer a special course on Sea Turtle Law and Policy this summer on its Gulfport, Florida, campus for law students and graduate students who are pursuing degrees in marine science, environmental science, or environmental policy. 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