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August 27, 2008	Stetson Law doubles part-time classes in Tampa Stetson University College of Law will more than double the number of credit hours offered at its Tampa Law Center. This month, the American Bar Associ... [Full Story]

August 27, 2008	Stetson Law wins Workers’ Compensation championship, best advocate awards Stetson University College of Law students Natalie Hagan and Joseph Murray won the E. Earle Zehmer Workers' Compensation Moot Court Competition Aug. 18... [Full Story]

August 18, 2008	Stetson Law closes campuses Tuesday as precaution to Tropical Storm Fay Stetson University College of Law's main Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St. S. and Tampa Law Center at 1700 N. Tampa St. will be closed on Tuesday, Aug. ... [Full Story]

July 23, 2008	Starting in 2009, Stetson Law begins offering new online degree in law and aging for non-lawyers Starting in 2009, non-lawyers around the nation who work with the elderly will have an opportunity to obtain a Masters of Studies in Law and Aging from... [Full Story]

July 18, 2008	Stetson Law honors eight for distinguished service Stetson University College of Law recently honored eight outstanding alumni and friends with awards for distinguished service to the law school or le... [Full Story]

June 30, 2008	The Florida Bar continues to honor Stetson Law faculty with professionalism awards The Florida Bar honored Stetson University College of Law professor Charles H. Rose III, director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy, with the ... [Full Story]

June 30, 2008	Home foreclosures one of key topics at Stetson Law's Alexander L. Paskay bankruptcy law seminar The recent surge in home foreclosures is one of several topics to be discussed at Stetson University College of Law's 33rd Annual Alexander L. Paskay S... [Full Story]

June 17, 2008	Stetson presents part-time law school information session Aug. 27 Stetson University College of Law presents an information session for prospective part-time law students Aug. 27 at the Tampa Law Center, 1700 N. Tampa... [Full Story]

June 17, 2008	Stetson Law student selected as one of 11 Gubernatorial Fellows Stetson University College of Law student Bradley Bodiford, who enters his second year of law school in August, has been selected as one of Florida Gov... [Full Story]

June 02, 2008	Stetson Law professors consult on U.S. Virgin Islands constitution Several Stetson University College of Law professors are serving as consultants to the U.S. Virgin Islands Fifth Constitutional Convention as delegat... [Full Story]

May 16, 2008	Stetson University College of Law’s Elder Law Center director honored with Theresa Award May 2 Rebecca C. Morgan, Boston Asset Management Faculty Chair in Elder Law and director of the Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University Col... [Full Story]

May 13, 2008	Stetson University College of Law honors de Vlaming, Williams, with public service award Stetson University College of Law honored attorneys Denis de Vlaming and Jeannine Smith Williams with the 2008 Wm. Reece Smith Jr. Public Service A... [Full Story]

May 12, 2008	New parking patterns start in Gulfport on May 12 Construction of a new Facilities Management building and other improvements to Stetson University College of Law’s Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St.... [Full Story]

April 21, 2008	White Collar Institute delves into corporate crime and legal ethics May 8 at Stetson University's Tampa Law Center The 2008 White Collar Institute will delve into corporate crime, sentencing, legal ethics and attorney/client privilege at a program May 8 at Stetso... [Full Story]

April 18, 2008	Senator Max Cleland delivered Stetson University College of Law’s commencement address in May Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland delivered the commencement address to more than 220 Stetson University College of Law graduates in ceremonie... [Full Story]

April 18, 2008	Stetson University College of Law names suite housing elder law center for Govoni, Staunton Stetson University College of Law will name the suite housing its elder law center the Govoni-Staunton Suite for the Center for Excellence in Elder La... [Full Story]

April 18, 2008	State task force discusses “Getting Smart on Juvenile Crime” April 23 at Stetson University College of Law The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice’s Blueprint Commission will present its report of recommendations for Governor Charlie Crist and the Flor... [Full Story]

April 16, 2008	Stetson University College of Law students teach eighth-graders about the importance of human rights April 21 Ten law students from Stetson University College of Law professor Dorothea Beane’s class will give 170 eighth-graders at Thurgood Marshall Fundamental ... [Full Story]

April 10, 2008	Stetson student to preside over 5th Circuit of ABA Law Student Division Stetson student Louis Brown was sworn in as 5th Circuit Governor in the ABA Law Student Division at their spring board of governors meeting in Dallas,... [Full Story]

April 03, 2008	Stetson College of Law invites local seniors to learn more about end-of-life issues April 16 Stetson University College of Law invites local seniors to attend a free educational seminar about preparing to face end-of-life decisions on April 16 ... [Full Story]

March 28, 2008	Stetson again ranks among top 100 law schools, #1 in trial advocacy and #6 for legal writing The 2009 U.S. News & World Report has ranked Stetson University College of Law among the nation’s top 100 law schools again this year. U.S.... [Full Story]

March 27, 2008	The public is invited to learn more about biodiversity at Stetson College of Law in Gulfport in April The public is invited to attend two upcoming lectures about biodiversity law and policy on the Stetson University College of Law Gulfport campus at 14... [Full Story]

March 27, 2008	Stetson University College of Law presents inaugural Facilitator Awards to Kent State and Texas A&M representatives Kevin P. Jackson, assistant vice president for student affairs at Texas A&M University, and the May 1970 Kent State University Faculty Marshals, repre... [Full Story]

March 25, 2008	Stetson student elected to chair Law Student Division of the ABA Stetson University College of Law student Christopher Sprowls was elected chair of the Law Student Division of the American Bar Association March 16 du... [Full Story]

March 13, 2008	Stetson Law professor Carol Henderson elected president of American Academy of Forensic Sciences Stetson University College of Law Professor Carol Henderson officially took the gavel as president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences on Feb.... [Full Story]

March 12, 2008	Stetson Law students eligible to study in London in the fall Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., will begin administering an annual semester abroad program in London, England. The program will ... [Full Story]

March 12, 2008	Stetson Law accepting nominations for William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award Stetson University College of Law is accepting nominations for the 2008 William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award, which recognizes outstanding s... [Full Story]

January 29, 2008	Texas Tech wins national ABA arbitration competition at Stetson College of Law Texas Tech University School of Law won first place in the American Bar Association Law Student Division National Arbitration Competition on Stetson Un... [Full Story]

January 25, 2008	Morris Dees, civil rights pioneer, challenges Stetson College of Law students Morris Dees, nationally acclaimed civil rights pioneer and litigator, told Stetson law students that the fight for equality is as important now as at ... [Full Story]

December 15, 2007	Stetson Law moves graduation location due to rain Stetson University College of Law is moving graduation ceremonies from the Gulfport campus to the Pasadena Community Church, 227 70th St. S., St. P... [Full Story]

December 04, 2007	Stetson Law team wins Florida mock trial competition A team from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., won the Florida Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition in West Pa... [Full Story]

November 14, 2007	Stetson Law hosts conference named for award-winning chief bankruptcy judge Stetson University College of Law hosts the 32nd Annual Alexander L. Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Practice Dec. 7-8 at the Sheraton Sand Key ... [Full Story]

November 13, 2007	Loyola University wins international environmental competition at Stetson Law A team of students from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law won the 12th Annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition at Stetso... [Full Story]

November 01, 2007	Stetson Law Moot Court Team wins prestigious international human rights competition A team of three Stetson Law students defeated teams from across the U.K., India, and the U.S. to win the International Criminal Court Moot Court Compe... [Full Story]

October 29, 2007	Stetson Law Moot Court Team takes home best brief in Chicago Stetson University College of Law's Information, Technology, and Privacy Moot Court Team received an award for the Best Respondent Brief at the Twenty... [Full Story]

October 29, 2007	Stetson invites prospective law students to attend Law School Information Day Nov. 17 Stetson University College of Law invites prospective law students to its annual Law School Information Day from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17 a... [Full Story]

October 12, 2007	Stetson University College of Law Inducts Eight New Hall of Fame Members Click here to visit Stetson’s Hall of Fame and to view videos and p... [Full Story]

September 26, 2007	Stetson’s Hispanic Bar Association honored for work with national mentoring program Stetson University College of Law's Hispanic Bar Association was recently honored for its work with the Hispanic National Bar Association's minority yo... [Full Story]

August 31, 2007	Florida DCF appoints Stetson Law professor to chair advisory panel on adult protection system Department of Children and Families Secretary Bob Butterworth has appointed Stetson professor Rebecca C. Morgan to chair the Select Advisory Panel on A... [Full Story]

August 28, 2007	Stetson Law receives ABA Law Student Division Award of Excellence Stetson University College of Law was awarded the American Bar Association Law Student Division Award of Excellence at a special ceremony Aug. 10 in ... [Full Story]

August 23, 2007	Legal writing scholar joins Stetson Law in fall 2007 Kirsten K. Davis joins Stetson University College of Law in August as an associate professor of law and director of its nationally recognized legal res... [Full Story]

August 21, 2007	Stetson Law awards inaugural Edward D. Foreman Scholarship Sanford, Fla., resident Chantel Wonder can be classified as an academic overachiever. Still, she says it came as a surprise to learn that she had been ... [Full Story]

July 23, 2007	Stetson Law dean to lead American Red Cross Tampa Bay Chapter The Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross elected Stetson University College of Law Vice President and Dean Darby Dickerson to serve as Chair o... [Full Story]

July 13, 2007	Stetson graduate and minority role model clerks at International Criminal Court in The Hague Stetson University College of Law graduate and minority role model Emy Mondesir has been selected for a judicial clerkship at the International Crimina... [Full Story]

July 10, 2007	Stetson's student life office is growing Stetson University College of Law has promoted Michael Farley to assistant dean of student life. Stetson has hired Nicole Snelling as associate direc... [Full Story]

July 05, 2007	Aldon Knight joins Stetson Law as associate vice president for college relations Aldon Knight is the new associate vice president for college relations at Stetson University College of Law. In his new role at Stetson, Knight is ... [Full Story]

June 29, 2007	Stetson Law names military law scholar new advocacy center director Professor Charles H. Rose, military law scholar and former judge’s advocate, has been named as the new director of Stetson University College of Law’s... [Full Story]

June 29, 2007	Stetson creates new institute to build relationships with Caribbean legal community Stetson University College of Law has created the Institute on Caribbean Law and Policy to foster academic, scholarly and professional exchanges with t... [Full Story]

June 27, 2007	Stetson hosts 32nd annual bankruptcy law and practice seminar Stetson University College of Law will host the 32nd Annual Alexander L. Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Practice Dec. 7-8 at the Sheraton Sand Ke... [Full Story]

June 27, 2007	Stetson Law names business ethics expert new Tampa Law Center leader Stetson University College of Law has named professor Clark Furlow, an expert in corporate governance and business ethics, as the associate dean of its... [Full Story]

June 18, 2007	Stetson presents part-time law school information session on Aug. 22 Stetson University College of Law will present an information session for prospective part-time law students Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall at ... [Full Story]

May 23, 2007	Stetson Law begins new student exchange programs with law schools in Spain and Mexico Stetson University College of Law will add semester and year-long foreign exchange programs in Spain and Mexico starting in the fall of 2007. Stud... [Full Story]

May 23, 2007	Stetson University College of Law honors William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award winners Stetson University College of Law presented this year's William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award to Richard C. Milstein and William L. Penrose on... [Full Story]

May 22, 2007	Fox News Greta Van Susteren at June 1 Media Law Conference at Stetson's Tampa Campus Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is the keynote speaker at this year’s media law conference, sponsored by the Florida Bar and Stetson College of Law o... [Full Story]

May 21, 2007	Stetson Law helps develop lecture series-"Biodiversity and Climate Change" May 22 at the Mahaffey Theater Nobel Prize nominee and Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier speaks on “Biodiversity and Climate Change” May 22 at 7 p.m. at the Mahaffey Theatre in St. ... [Full Story]

May 16, 2007	Governor Crist, Stetson Law and the FDLE sponsor program for law enforcement and social services providers May 21 in Gulfport Governor Charlie Crist, Stetson University College of Law and the Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement will sponsor “Investigating and Prosecuting Financia... [Full Story]

May 12, 2007	Stetson Law graduates record number of students May 12 in Gulfport A record number of 252 Stetson University College of Law graduates walked in commencement ceremonies on May 12. Twenty-two students graduate... [Full Story]

May 11, 2007	Stetson Law moves graduation location due to smoke and visibility Stetson University College of Law is moving graduation ceremonies from the Gulfport campus to the Pasadena Community Church, 227 70th St. S., St. Pet... [Full Story]

May 01, 2007	Stetson University College of Law seminars continue to educate seniors about consumer fraud Stetson University College of Law continues to offer free consumer fraud seminars for local seniors in the Eleazer Courtroom at the Gulfpor... [Full Story]

April 26, 2007	Stetson Law re-dedicates Florin Roebig Courtroom Stetson University College of Law re-dedicated the Florin-Roebig Courtroom on the Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St. S. at 1 p.m. on April 19. One of St... [Full Story]

April 10, 2007	Stetson hosts national championship for hundreds of top student advocates Stetson University College of Law hosted the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament this year. It ... [Full Story]

April 10, 2007	Justice Antonin Scalia visits with Stetson University College of Law community April 4 Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia visited the Stetson University College of Law community on April 4 to deliver a talk about constitutiona... [Full Story]

April 03, 2007	Stetson announces nation’s first online LL.M. degree in elder law beginning fall 2007 Stetson University College of Law begins offering the nation’s first online LL.M. degree in elder law in fall 2007. The three-semester, 24-credit p... [Full Story]

March 30, 2007	Stetson Law again ranks first in trial advocacy, joins top 100 law schools nationwide The 2008 U.S. News & World Report has ranked Stetson University College of Law among the nation’s top 100 law schools. The national publication agai... [Full Story]

March 29, 2007	Innocence Project co-founder Barry Scheck presented Nichols Lecture at Stetson Law March 27 Barry Scheck, co-founder of the Innocence Project and co-counsel on the O.J. Simpson defense team, presented the Nichols Foundation Prominent Speaker L... [Full Story]

March 23, 2007	Stetson Law student receives outstanding oralist award at moot court competition in New York Stetson University College of Law student Kerrie Taylor received an outstanding oralist award at the Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court competi... [Full Story]

March 22, 2007	Stetson Law co-sponsors program on special needs trust administration in Clearwater in April The Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law and the Center for Special Needs Trusts will co-sponsor a continuing legal... [Full Story]

March 16, 2007	Stetson Law professor chosen as president-elect of American Academy of Forensic Sciences Stetson University College of Law Professor Carol Henderson was elected president-elect of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences at their annual m... [Full Story]

March 13, 2007	Stetson Law student mediation team wins ABA competition A team of students from Stetson University College of Law won the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Regional Representation in Mediation Competition at... [Full Story]

February 26, 2007	Stetson University President H. Douglas Lee announces retirement plans Stetson University President H. Douglas Lee, whose visionary leadership over nearly two decades strengthened academic quality and transformed Stetson... [Full Story]

February 22, 2007	Stetson's trial team wins regional, will advance to national ABA trial competition Stetson University College of Law’s trial team will advance to ABA Nationals in Houston in March. The team of Rosa Brown, Haldon Gree... [Full Story]

February 21, 2007	Stetson's moot court wins national competition second year in a row Stetson University College of Law’s moot court team won the 2007 National Tax Moot Court Competition Feb. 10 in St. Pete Beach. This year’s te... [Full Story]

February 12, 2007	Stetson Law hosts premier conference on law and higher education Stetson University College of Law hosts the 28th National Conference on Higher Education, Feb. 17-21 at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort, 1160 Gulf Blvd.,... [Full Story]

February 12, 2007	Stetson Law accepting nominations for William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award Stetson University College of Law is accepting nominations for the 2007 William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award, which recognizes outstanding serv... [Full Story]

February 06, 2007	Judge Stringer continues to be role model for young people Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr., a celebrated jurist with Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal, repeatedly inspires countless young people to follo... [Full Story]

January 30, 2007	Ebony Scholars visit Stetson Law for annual college scholarship workshop On Jan. 20, Stetson law professors and students invited local high school students from the Ebony Scholars club to the Gulfport campus to learn abou... [Full Story]

January 30, 2007	Stetson Law trial team again wins the Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition The Stetson University College of Law Trial Team won the Florida Bar Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition for the second year in a row ... [Full Story]

January 24, 2007	Stetson hires new directors to oversee alumni and campus operations William Weller has been selected as the new executive director of operations and Todd Marrs has been selected as the new director of alumni and annua... [Full Story]

January 24, 2007	Stetson promotes technology chief and development officer Daniel Orie has been promoted to chief technology officer and Karen Griffin has been promoted to director of development at Stetson University Colleg... [Full Story]

January 22, 2007	Bones producer to visit Stetson’s Gulfport campus Feb. 5 Kathy Reichs, a top forensic anthropologist, novelist and producer of the Bones television series, will discuss forensics and crime fiction ... [Full Story]

January 16, 2007	Janet Reno to speak at Stetson University College of Law Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will serve as the William Reece Smith Jr. Distinguished Lecturer at Stetson’s Annual Inns of Court Banquet on... [Full Story]

January 05, 2007	Register for the Ninth International Wildlife Law Conference at Stetson Jan. 26-27 WHAT: The Ninth International Wildlife Law Conference WHERE: The Great Hall and Classroom A, Stetson University College of Law,... [Full Story]

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