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Law wins Justice Association Mock Trial

The Stetson University College of Law team of Tai Lowry, Khalil Madani, Daniel Miles and Lisa Ungerbuehler won the Florida Justice Association Mock Trial competition on Nov. 10 at the George E. Edgecomb Courthouse in Tampa. (Pictured L-R): Lisa Ungerbuehler, Tai Lowry, Khalil Madani II, Shaun Cummings, Ashley Goodman, Catherine Sams, Daniel Miles, and Chad Florin. […]

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Three inducted into Law’s Hall of Fame

Stetson University College of Law inducted three outstanding alumni into its Hall of Fame on Oct. 26 in Gulfport. Hall of Fame inductees are selected for having a profound and positive impact on Stetson Law and the legal profession. This year’s inductees included: Professor Paul Barnard, Judge Raphael Steinhardt and James Martin, (pictured l to […]

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Family Enterprise turns 15; celebrates global reach

In 1998, skeptics questioned both the need and staying power of a center wholly devoted to family business, even though the idea was proposed by Paul Dascher, Ph.D., then dean of Stetson University’s School of Business Administration. They were wrong on both counts. Now 15 years old, Stetson’s Family Enterprise Center (FEC) is a beacon […]

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Football Single Game Tickets Available Aug.

With the countdown clock to the start of the 2013 Stetson University football season at less than two months, plans have been put in place to offer single game tickets for the Hatters’ six home games this fall. The first date for single-game tickets to be made available is the week of August 5-9. During […]

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Barnes named to list of top lawyers

Stetson University College of Law alumna Monica D. Barnes ’03 has been named one of the 2013 “Nation’s Best Advocates: 40 Lawyers under 40” by the National Bar Association and IMPACT. Barnes will be recognized among the Nation’s Best Advocates during the National Bar Association’s 88th annual convention on July 27, in Miami, Fla.
Assistant City Attorney Barnes works for the City of Miami Gardens,… » Read more

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SU Law announces 3+3 program with USF

Aspiring attorneys can reduce the time they spend earning a law degree through a new “3+3” program announced today by the University of South Florida and Stetson University College of Law. Students seeking a JD degree typically complete a four-year undergraduate program followed by three years of law school. The new 3+3 accelerated path allows […]

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Law students sweep National Moot Court awards

Stetson University College of Law students won the National Professional Responsibility Moot Court Competition in Indianapolis, Ind. Stetson students also won all six of the possible awards, sweeping the competition. Two teams of Stetson students beat teams from around the country to compete against each other in the final round, presented at the Indiana Supreme […]

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Road after Gideon: Rights of the Indigent

As a young lawyer in his 20s working for the Florida attorney general in Tallahassee 50 years ago, a Stetson University College of Law graduate named Bruce Jacob was assigned to represent the respondent in a Supreme Court case that made history. The Court’s landmark decision on March 18, 1963, regarding the right to a […]

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Why Angry Birds Don’t Make for Angry Children

“Why Angry Birds Don’t Make for Angry Children: How Psychological Science Got Video Game Effects Wrong” is the topic for the Stetson University Distinguished Psychology Alumni Lecture on Thursday, March 21, by Dr. Chris Ferguson, leading expert and prolific writer on the relationship between violent video games and violent behavior. The lecture, which is free […]

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Law students win Mock Trial Championship

Stetson University College of Law students won the American Association for Justice Regional Mock Trial Championship on March 10 in Miami, Fla. Sixteen teams competed in Miami. Stetson students Erica Emas, William Gower III, Andona Zacks-Jordan and Charles Strauss won the regional and a chance to compete against 13 teams from around the country in […]

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Law students compete internationally

Stetson University College of Law students will compete at some of the largest international competitions in the world in March and April. Stetson students will compete in the international finals of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the largest moot court competition in the world, March 31-April 6, in Washington, D.C. Stetson students will also compete at the Willem C. Vis International… » Read more

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International sea turtle expert to speak at COL

Verónica Cáceres of the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles will speak at Stetson University College of Law at noon on Feb. 20.  The lecture is free and open to the public. WHAT: “Making Connections to Protect Sea Turtles and Their Habitats: The Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of […]

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Black History Month at Stetson

As part of Stetson University’s celebration of Black History Month, there will be a program to recognize WWII  Veterans and other veterans of wars and military service in the various branches of the military in the United States of America on Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 6 p.m. This event, The Tuskegee Airmen: Unsung Heroes of World War II, will […]

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Law students win Mock Trial Competition

Stetson University College of Law students won the Florida Bar Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition on Jan. 18 in Orlando, Fla. Stetson has won the competition 20 out of 30 times, including last year. A total of 22 teams from 11 Florida law schools competed.
Two teams of four Stetson Law students advanced to compete against each other in the final round of the competition.… » Read more

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Protecting biodiversity through law

Venable partner Peggy Strand, an expert in federal wetlands and environmental law, talked with Stetson Law students about challenges to protecting biodiversity through the law at the Edward and Bonnie Foreman Biodiversity Lecture on Jan. 17. Strand explained that one challenge to protecting biodiversity through the law is the lack of consensus among lawmakers on […]

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Wm. Reece Smith passes away at 87

Legendary Florida lawyer William Reece Smith Jr., who served for decades as a distinguished professorial lecturer at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., died on Jan. 11. Smith was 87. A visitation funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, 500 W. Platt St., Tampa, with […]

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SU Law plans international environmental conference

In coming weeks, Stetson University College of Law is organizing a premier annual competition for students around the world and a scholarly conference in Africa highlighting sensitive international environmental issues. Stetson Law is organizing the International Environmental Moot Court Competition, now in its 17th year, with rounds in Africa, Australia, Brazil, India, Ireland, Korea and […]

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A New Perspective

Every Tuesday and Thursday morning, students in Professor Robert Batey’s spring seminar class at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., crack open their books to discuss the latest assigned readings. It is a typical law school seminar, except instead of pouring over case law, Professor Batey’s students are reading Kafka and watching Spike […]

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Law students to compete in finals in NYC

Stetson University College of Law students won Region V of the New York City Bar’s 63rd Annual National Moot Court Competition in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 10. Stetson students Andrew Harris, Julia McGrath and Victoria San Pedro won the final round of the regional competition, earning an invitation to compete in the national finals on […]

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