Stetson Law hosts Social Justice Lecture Series: Robert F. Kennedy adviser Peter Edelman speaks on ending poverty in the U.S.
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… » Read more
Stetson Law dean Christopher Pietruszkiewicz appointed to national, regional, state committees on legal education, professionalism and safety
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 & 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… » Read more
National Wildlife Federation VP lectures at Stetson Law about climate change, flood insurance and wildlife protection
National Wildlife Federation leader John Kostyack ’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.
“You guys are blessed… » Read more
Stetson Law, Pinellas Education Foundation open “Constitution Hall” for middle school students at Finance Park in Largo
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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’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’s office… » Read more
More than 100 high school students celebrate Constitution Day at Stetson
A crowd of 120 Tampa Bay area high school students gathered in the Great Hall on Stetson University College of Law’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… » Read more
Stetson Law launches new Institute for the Advancement of Legal Communication
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… » Read more
Stetson students win National Workers’ Compensation Moot Court Competition
Stetson University College of Law students Kayla Cash, Paul Crochet and Tyler Egbert won the 2013 E. Earle Zehmer National Workers’ Compensation Moot Court Competition on Aug. 19 in Orlando.
Stetson’s moot court team, coached by Associate Dean and Professor of Law Michael Allen and alumnus Jason Stearns, argued in the final round of competition before sitting judges from Florida’s First District Court of Appeal.… » Read more
Alumnus joins international arbitration team in Germany
Stetson University College of Law alumnus Alexander Zesch JD ’13 will join Shearman & Sterling’s International Arbitration team in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in October.
Zesch was a member of Stetson’s Willem C. Vis International Moot Arbitration team that competed in Vienna, Austria, in 2012 and this year and won an Honorable Mention Best Oral Advocate Award. More than 1800 students from 290 universities in… » Read more
Alumna crosses the bridge to practice: returns home to Jacksonville as newest assistant public defender
Alumna Ashley Goggins JD/MBA ’12, a recipient of Stetson University College of Law’s Bridge to Practice Fellowship, was hired as an assistant public defender working in the Juvenile Court Unit in the Fourth Judicial Circuit in July.
Goggins shared that she has always had a passion for public service. “That passion was cultivated during my time in law school,” said Goggins, who served with Stetson’s… » Read more
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