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Professor Kirsten Davis speaks to USF St. Pete undergraduate students.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Stetson Law and University of South Florida St. Petersburg have some things in common: revered faculty, beautiful grounds, and a vibrant learning environment. Now, something else connects the two: a new partnership that has brought Stetson Law faculty to the USF St. Pete campus to teach law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the helm of the inaugural course is Stetson Law Professor Dr.<\/strong> Kirsten Davis<\/strong><\/a>, who was selected for the role by Stetson Law Dean Mich\u00e8le Alexandre<\/a><\/strong>. The course, \u201cText, Tweet, Take to the Street: Dissent and the First Amendment,\u201d aims to explore dissent and how it relates to free speech. Students learn about landmark cases involving the First Amendment, what types of speech are protected and what are not, and how decades-old precedents still apply in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn all areas of life, we are dealing with what dissent looks like. We see it on television, in our neighborhoods, on Twitter and Facebook,\u201d said Davis, the inaugural Judy Genshaft Honors College Visiting Professor of Law. \u201cFor any citizen, understanding how the First Amendment fits with that discourse is really important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creatively adapted for undergraduates<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Davis, who is Director of Stetson Law\u2019s Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication<\/a>, finds creative ways to teach First Amendment law to a lay audience. The class incorporates puzzles and art sessions that help non-law students more easily grasp often-complex legal language and processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve taken what I know about teaching law school and adapted it for what I hope is a fun and interesting course for outstanding undergraduate students, no matter their major,\u201d she said. \u201cI think our favorite in-class activity has been making art as a way to review key concepts of the course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is planning to bring her colleague, William Reece Smith, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law Kristen Adams<\/strong><\/a>, to the classroom for a session that connects law and poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stetson Law Professor Kirsten Davis is surrounded by undergraduate students from the course she teaches at USF St. Pete.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In addition to bringing together students from all majors, from biology to political science, the course can help them decide if law school is right for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe class will help students decide whether or not they want to attend law school. Even if it\u2019s not for them, now they\u2019ll know,\u201d said Thomas Smith<\/strong>, USF\u2019s associate dean of the Judy Genshaft Honors College and a professor of political science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The experience has strengthened USF St. Pete junior Alivia Kelly<\/strong>\u2019s resolve to attend law school \u2013 at Stetson, in particular. The psychology major has enjoyed studying psychological concepts\u2019 role in shaping First Amendment law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am definitely looking at Stetson for law school,\u201d she said. \u201cI have experienced firsthand being a disabled woman in the U.S., and my identity motivates my interests. I would love to explore the complexities of law across cultures and mediums that have never been fully integrated into the legal sphere before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stetson Law Professor Kirsten Davis speaks to a classroom at USF St. Pete.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A multifaceted partnership<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The USF-Stetson Law partnership also includes a course taught to environmental science majors by Stetson Law Foreman Biodiversity Fellow Katherine Platt and Stetson Law 3L Lauren Beames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program allows environmental law students to earn credit through teaching such courses at USF St. Pete. Law students and fellows like Pratt collaborate on curriculum suited to their classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is really a great immersion experience,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cThere really is no better way to understand a concept than to teach it to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the Stetson Law-USF St. Pete agreement, undergraduate honors students can start their first year of law school while enrolled in their final undergraduate year. There is also a direct-admission program for students whose GPA and LSAT scores meet a certain standard, which guarantees admission to Stetson Law as well as access to scholarship funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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