Stetson Students Retrace Civil Rights Journey with Freedom Rider Ernest “Rip” Patton
Follow the group on their journey by visiting the student blog here: http://stetsonlaw.wordpress.com/
In May of 1961, Ernest “Rip” Patton was a 21-year-old drum major at Tennessee State University and Freedom Rider headed for Jackson, Miss., when he was arrested and transferred to Mississippi’s infamous Parchman State Prison.
This June, Rip Patton will retrace that journey, this time joined by Stetson University undergraduate and law… » Read more
Professor Eddie Ohlbaum Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Advocacy
Professor Eddie Ohlbaum, director of Temple Law School’s Trial Advocacy and Clinical Education program, was awarded the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Advocacy on May 26 at the “Educating Advocates: Teaching Advocacy Skills” conference at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport.
Professor Ohlbaum is the author of several books, and consults and lectures on evidence, litigation strategy, advocacy, and ethics to judicial… » Read more
Dean Darby Dickerson Announces Plans to Leave Stetson to Lead Texas Tech University School of Law
Stetson University College of Law Vice President and Dean Darby Dickerson announced plans to leave Stetson in early July to join Texas Tech University School of Law as Dean and will hold the W. Frank Newton Endowed Professorship. Dickerson has been dean of Stetson Law since February 2004, after serving as interim dean in 2003 following the death of Dean Gary Vause.
“Darby Dickerson has… » Read more
First-Year Students Practice Their Skills in Carlton Fields First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition
For the past 14 years, law students at Stetson University College of Law have had an opportunity to sharpen their advocacy skills before practicing judges and attorneys at the Carlton Fields First-Year Appellate Advocacy Competition, held this year on April 16.
This year, Stetson students Amar Agha and Max Holzbaur won first place in the competition; students Erin Okuno and Julia Richmond won second place;… » Read more
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