Stetson in the News: August 16-22, 2024
Top Stories
• FlaglerLive quoted Jessica Day, executive director of Residential Living and Learning, in the Aug. 21 story, “Stetson University Breaks Ground on 4-story Residence Hall.” Central Florida’s TV 27 cited Stetson’s new dorm construction in an August 22 broadcast segment.
• The Center for Biological Diversity and Pet News2day cited Stetson Law’s Jacobs Public Interest Law Clinic for Democracy and the Environment, and quoted Jaclyn Lopez, JD, assistant professor of Law and director of the Jacobs Clinic, in the Aug. 15 story, “Lawsuit Launched to Finalize Protection for 11 South Florida Species.”
“South Florida is getting gobbled up by sprawl, hammered by hurricanes and swallowed by sea-level rise,” Lopez said. “These plants and animals need the full protections of the Endangered Species Act stat to give them a fighting chance at survival.”
Public Radio station WLRN cited the Jacobs Clinic in an Aug. 15 broadcast segment on endangered wildlife species found only in South Florida. Public Radio station WJCT reported the story in an Aug. 19 broadcast.
• The New York Times quoted Peter Lake, JD, professor of Law, Charles A. Dana Chair and director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education Law and Policy, in the Aug. 15 story, “Harvard Names Conservative Legal Scholar as Permanent Provost.”
• The Boston Globe on Aug. 20 featured the opinion piece, “Does race impact voting preferences?” by Chris Ferguson, PhD, professor of Psychology.
• Central Florida Public Media and WUSF quoted Rajni Shankar-Brown, PhD, professor and Jessie Ball duPont Endowed Chair of Social Justice Education, for the Aug. 20 radio broadcast segment and online story, “Central Florida continues to have a school bus driver shortage problem.”
• Central Florida Public Media also quoted Shankar-Brown for the July 2 radio broadcast segment and online story, “School in a movie theater? Under a new Florida law, private schools can build it.”
• Public radio station WUSF interviewed Louis Virelli, JD, professor of law, for the Aug. 21 broadcast segment and online story, “‘Our Changing State’ Vote 24: What does the abortion amendment say and mean?”
• Mother Jones and A Day in the Life of the Universe quoted Robyn Powell, PhD, JD, professor of Law, in the Aug. 19 story, “Project 2025 Would Make Workplace Discrimination a Lot Easier.”
• Television station KXTV interviewed Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, JD, professor of Law, for the Aug. 20 broadcast segment, “Elections Donation Texts Could Be Scams.”
• The Tampa Bay Times, Yahoo! News and ArcaMax also quoted Torres-Spelliscy in the Aug. 22 story “Florida voters reject election denial candidates in 2024 primary.”
• Legal Theory Blog on Aug. 14 featured the Pepperdine Law Review abstract “Appleby on State Tax Apportionment and Remote Work” by Andrew Appleby, JD, associate professor of Law.
• Legal Theory Blog on Aug. 19 featured the post, “Chase on the Prison Monopsony and Access to Legal Information,” which included an abstract of the article “A Knight in Shining Nascency: Under-the-Radar Platforms as a Solution to Access to Justice for Incarcerated Litigants” by Ashley Krenelka Chase, JD, assistant professor of Law.
Other Stories
• The West Volusia Beacon featured Stetson student MacKenzie Quinn in the Aug. 15 story, “Elections 2024: Ghost candidate haunts clerk race?”
• The news website of Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University cited Stetson in the Aug. 15 post, “Eagles Use Drones to Support STEM Education, Wildlife, Our Environment.”
• Watermark cited Stetson Law in the Aug. 15 post, “Inaugural OUT Arts & Culture gala raises $7,500.”
• Hometown News cited Stetson in the Aug. 15 story, “Volusia residents get free parking on the beach and off.”
• The Post cited Stetson in the Aug. 18 story, “Silliman U Hosts 5 American Undergrad Students.”
• Television station WESH cited Stetson in the Aug. 19 broadcast segment, “Fall Semesters Beginning.”
• Real Radio 104 cited Stetson in an Aug. 20 broadcast segment.
• The West Volusia Beacon cited Stetson in the Aug. 20 story, “DeLand’s Artisan Hotel under new ownership.”
• Savannah CEO featured former Stetson Hillel director Sam Friedman in the Aug. 22 story, “Savannah Jewish Federation & Jewish Educational Alliance Select New CEO.”
• St. Pete Catalyst cited Stetson Law in the Aug. 20 story, “Symbolic courthouse reaches construction milestone.”
• Debbie’s Villas cited Stetson in the Aug. 20 post, “Take A Trip to the Beach – Daytona Beach!”
Alumni
• The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald, the Farmville Herald and more than 130 other media outlets profiled Double Hatter Charles S. Liberis, JD, a member of Stetson Law’s Board of Overseers, in the Aug. 15 story, “The Inner Circle acknowledges Charles S. Liberis as a Pinnacle Professional Member.”
• The National Law Review and the National Law Forum profiled Law alumnus Eric B. Moody in the Aug. 15 post, “Law Firm Hiring and Expansion.” Florida Record profiled Moody in the Aug. 15 post, “Jackson Lewis Welcomes Principals William B. Jackson in Norfolk and Eric B. Moody in Tampa.”
• Jax Chamber and the Jacksonville Free Press profiled alumna Natalie DeYoung in the Aug. 15 story, “Wingard Appoints Natalie DeYoung as Equity Partner.”
• The American Institute for Economic Research featured the Aug. 21 commentary, “DOJ Ruling on Google Ignores the Reality of Exclusive Contracts” by alumnus Spence Purnell.
• FedInsider quoted Donald Palmer, Law alumnus and commissioner for the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission, in the Aug. 21 story, “Securing IT Systems for the 2024 Election Season.”
