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		<title>Stetson rolls out Tobacco/Smoke-Free plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2013 12:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University joins a growing list of U.S. colleges and universities to enact a policy to prohibit smoking and tobacco-related products beginning Aug. 1, 2014. The policy will affect Stetson’s residential campuses in DeLand and at the College of Law in Gulfport.
The policy prohibits all forms of tobacco use including e-cigarettes and a variety of smokeless products on Stetson buildings, structures, grounds, parking lots&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/10/07/stetson-rolls-out-tobaccosmoke-free-plan/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>International animal law expert Sabine Brels lectures at Stetson on legal status and treatment of animals</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 13:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French lawyer and international animal law expert Sabine Brels recently visited professors Paul Boudreaux and Royal Gardner’s seminar class on natural resources law on Sept. 26 to share her expertise in the field with students. She is visiting Stetson Law through the end of October to share her special knowledge in the emerging field of animal law.
“The legal status of animals is very controversial,”&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/10/02/international-animal-law-expert-sabine-brels-lectures-at-stetson-on-legal-status-and-treatment-of-animals/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law hosts Social Justice Lecture Series: Robert F. Kennedy adviser Peter Edelman speaks on ending poverty in the U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 21:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law hosts a public Social Justice Lecture Series discussion with former Robert F. Kennedy adviser Peter Edelman about ending poverty in the U.S.
Edelman speaks at 7 p.m. on Oct. 17 at Stetson’s Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S.
WHAT: Author and Georgetown University Law Center Professor Peter Edelman will deliver the lecture, “So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/10/01/stetson-law-hosts-social-justice-lecture-series-robert-f-kennedy-adviser-peter-edelman-speaks-on-ending-poverty-in-the-u-s/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law students head to DeLand for Hatter football</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 13:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A busload of Stetson Law students headed to the DeLand campus on Saturday, Sept. 21, for Stetson University&#8217;s second football game of the season.
Stetson Law Dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz joined the Stetson Law students and alumni at the Hatters game.
More than 6,000 fans filled the Spec Martin Memorial Stadium to watch the Hatters play Birmingham- Southern College.
Stetson played Warner University for their first&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/25/stetson-law-students-head-to-deland-for-hatter-football/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson’s bar passage is number one in the state: 89.3 percent of Stetson grads pass exam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law’s bar passage is number one in the state, according to the Supreme Court of Florida’s exam scores and statistics, with 89.3 percent of Stetson graduates passing the Florida bar exam in July.
Among all first-time test-takers in Florida, 77.2 percent of candidates passed the July bar exam.
“Stetson graduates are prepared for the legal profession, and their performance on the&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/23/stetsons-bar-passage-is-number-one-in-the-state-89-3-percent-of-stetson-grads-pass-exam/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz appointed to national, regional, state committees on legal education, professionalism and safety</title>
		<link>http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/20/stetson-law-dean-christopher-pietruszkiewicz-appointed-to-national-regional-state-committees-on-legal-education-professionalism-and-safety-2/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stetson-law-dean-christopher-pietruszkiewicz-appointed-to-national-regional-state-committees-on-legal-education-professionalism-and-safety-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law Dean Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz has recently been appointed to five committees focused on legal education, professionalism and public safety at the national, state and regional levels.
Dean Pietruszkiewicz was appointed to the Data Policy &#38; Collection Committee of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the Florida Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, the legal education committee&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/20/stetson-law-dean-christopher-pietruszkiewicz-appointed-to-national-regional-state-committees-on-legal-education-professionalism-and-safety-2/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Wildlife Federation VP lectures at Stetson Law about climate change, flood insurance and wildlife protection</title>
		<link>http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/19/national-wildlife-federation-vp-to-lecture-at-stetson-law-about-climate-change-flood-insurance-and-wildlife-protection/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=national-wildlife-federation-vp-to-lecture-at-stetson-law-about-climate-change-flood-insurance-and-wildlife-protection</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 20:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Wildlife Federation leader John Kostyack &#8217;86 discussed “Conservation in an Era of Intensifying Storms and Floods” at noon on Sept. 26 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport.
John Kostyack is vice president of Wildlife Conservation at the National Wildlife Federation and a Stetson Law alumnus. He addressed a crowd of students, alumni, faculty and members of the public.
&#8220;You guys are blessed&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/19/national-wildlife-federation-vp-to-lecture-at-stetson-law-about-climate-change-flood-insurance-and-wildlife-protection/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law, Pinellas Education Foundation open “Constitution Hall” for middle school students at Finance Park in Largo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Stetson University College of Law and the Pinellas Education Foundation opened the doors to a “Constitution Hall” for Tampa Bay area middle school students at the Gus A. Stavros Institute&#8217;s Finance Park in Largo on Sept. 17.
Distinguished members of the judiciary, alumni and educational leaders gathered for the ribbon-cutting of Constitution Hall. A representative of Congressman C.W. Bill Young&#8217;s office&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/18/stetson-law-pinellas-education-foundation-open-constitution-hall-for-middle-school-students-at-finance-park-in-largo/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>More than 100 high school students celebrate Constitution Day at Stetson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A crowd of 120 Tampa Bay area high school students gathered in the Great Hall on Stetson University College of Law&#8217;s Gulfport campus on Sept. 17 to learn about Constitution Day during a special James Otis Lecture Series presentation. High school and middle school students in Tampa also attended via webcast.
The presentation, coordinated by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Board of Trial&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/17/hundreds-of-high-school-students-celebrate-constitution-day-at-stetson/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law launches new Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2013 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law has recently launched a new Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication.
Stetson’s Institute will serve as a nexus of research, teaching and service to improve the quality of legal communication, particularly legal writing, among law students, lawyers, members of the judiciary and other professionals.
“The creation of the Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication, combined with the Center&#8230; <a href="http://www.stetson.edu/law/news/index.php/2013/09/11/stetson-law-launches-new-institute-for-the-advancement-of-legal-communication/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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