OVERVIEW
The staff of the Faculty Support Services Office assists all full-time faculty and adjunct professors with their daily legal assistance needs, while at the same time serving as liaisons between students and faculty. Class handouts and class assignments are available in this office, along with a current list of all class cancellations. Students may also obtain information regarding the professors’ class schedules in the event that they need to schedule an appointment with a professor. The Faculty Support Services Office is located on the second floor of the Dana Administration Building and is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Serving all faculty efficiently and as promptly as possible requires everyone’s cooperation. We request that you follow the office procedures when requesting our services. If a need is urgent, please contact Louise Petren or Shannon Mullins directly; otherwise, all work should be placed in the in-basket; once submitted, it is always treated with the utmost urgency.
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Faculty Support Staff at Stetson University College of Law is committed to provide excellent support services to the full-time faculty and the adjunct faculty while serving as liaisons between the faculty and students.
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SERVICES TO FACULTY
The Faculty Support Services Office can assist faculty with various projects and technical support, including:
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Typing law review articles, books, legal memoranda, correspondence, and other law-related documents; editing and proofreading materials produced by others
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Preparing letters, memoranda, reports, final examinations, and seating charts
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Assisting faculty with charts and graphics, class exhibits, PowerPoint presentations, scanning, and computer-related problems
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Preparing class handouts and syllabi
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Preparing and posting class cancellations and class assignments
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Making travel and hotel arrangements for seminars and conferences attended by professors
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Making arrangements (i.e, room and food accommodations, maintenance services, etc.) for committee meetings, conferences
The Staff is Proficient in:
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Photo Editor
- Microsoft Access
- LEXIS
- Westlaw
- Internet Research
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SERVICES TO STUDENTS
Various services this department provides to the students are as follows:
- Posting class assignments
- Providing class handouts & syllabi
- Posting class cancellations electronically and by automated phone recording at (727) 562-7816
- Assisting the Moot Court Board to finalize, copy, and distribute briefs
- Assisting Trial Competition Teams with travel reservations and case preparations
- Liaison between students, professors and adjunct professors
- Research assistants and teaching fellows time cards may be signed by the Director, Louise Petren, in the professors' absence.
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STAFF MEMBERS AND PHONE NUMBERS
| Main Number |
(727) 562-7816 |
| Class Cancellations Hotline |
(727) 562-7816 |
| Director |
| Louise Petren |
(727) 562-7354 or (727) 562-7816 petren@law.stetson.edu |
| Coordinator |
| Shannon Mullins |
Ext. 7965 |
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| Adminsitrative Specialist |
| Dianne Oeste |
Ext. 7967 |
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| Legal Assistant/Paralegal of Law Review |
| Michael Sepe |
Ext. 7955 |
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| Legal Assistant/Paralegal |
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| Lisa Padla |
Ext. 7972 |
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| Janice Strawn |
Ext. 7905 |
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| Administrative Assistants |
| Linda Bell |
Ext. 7971 |
| Susan Stinson |
Ext. 7969 |
| Clerical Aide |
| alex Voung |
Ext. 7725 |
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| Fax |
(727) 347-3738 or (727) 343-9319 |
| E-mail |
facsec@law.stetson.edu |
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