Wednesday, May. 22, 2013
Florida’s first female attorney general, Pam Bondi, will present the commencement speech at Stetson University College of Law at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 18. Commencement is scheduled to take place in the courtyard on Stetson’s Gulfport campus,1401 61st...
Each year at the annual Silver Circle Recognition Dinner, Stetson University celebrates the dedicated service of staff and faculty. Twenty-five years of service at Stetson entitle Hatter employees to the honorary, official membership into the Silver Circle...
Stetson University Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law Bruce Jacob '59 received the Delano S. Stewart Diversity Award on April 29 in Tampa, Fla. Stetson Law graduate George Hunter '99 presented Jacob the award during the George Edgecomb Bar Association 30th...
Among first-time takers of the Florida bar exam in February, 93.9 percent of Stetson University College of Law graduates passed. Stetson Law placed second among Florida law schools on the exam, according to the Supreme Court of Florida’s recently release...
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-y...
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 be...
Stetson University extends congratulations to 16 members of Stetson University's faculty who have recently earned tenure and/or promotion. The new status for these 16 faculty members will be effective August 2013, with the start of the 2013-14 academic yea...
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...
Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association was honored with the National Most Improved Chapter Award during the 45th annual National Black Law Students Convention in Atlanta, Ga., March 6-10. Out of more than 200 chapters in BLSA,...
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 Char...
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 Compet...
Executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty in Washington, D.C., J. Brent Walker, will speak on religious freedom and the separation of church and state, as part of the Shurden Lectures at Stetson University. These lectures,...
Stetson University received eight CASE awards at the CASE District III Conference held Feb. 17-20, in Atlanta, Ga. CASE stands for the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Criteria used for determining CASE awards include writing, edit...
Stetson University College of Law, home to the top-ranked trial advocacy program in the country, is launching an online LL.M. in Advocacy, starting in August 2013. Courses leading to the advanced degree will be offered through a part-time, distance-learnin...
John T. Berry, legal division director of the Florida Bar, was presented with this year’s Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award. Stetson established the prestigious public service award for Wm. Reece Smith Jr. more than two decades ago. Berry is an...
Stetson University College of Law students Andrew Harris, Julia McGrath and Victoria San Pedro won the New York City Bar’s 63rd Annual National Moot Court Competition on Jan. 31. McGrath was also honored with the runner-up best individual speaker award...
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 Prote...
Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association was recently named Chapter of the Year for the Southern Region for outstanding community activism. The Stetson student group was selected from a pool of 43 law school chapters in Alab...
This week Stetson University continues its 107th season with its production of Stephen Dietz’s melodramatic thriller Dracula. Directed by senior Caitlyn Foster, Dracula features a cast of 10 Stetson students, including Max Morgan, Jacob Manos, Olivia...
Stetson University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association was recently named Chapter of the Year for the Southern Region for outstanding community activism. The Stetson student group was selected from a pool of 43 law school chapters in Alabam...
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