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		<title>Campuses reopen, class schedule resumes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law&#8217;s main Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St. S. and Tampa Law Center at 1700 N. Tampa St. have reopened and classes resume at 7 a.m. on June 7.
Campuses were closed and events and classes were cancelled on June 6 as a precaution to Tropical Storm Andrea.
Students should visit Stetson’s Emergency Preparedness site for hurricane season resources at http://www.law.stetson.edu/communications/preparedness/home/.&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/06/07/campuses-reopen-class-schedule-resumes/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson University College of Law classes cancelled Thursday, campuses close at 4 p.m. due to Tropical Storm Andrea</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All day and evening classes are cancelled at Stetson University College of Law&#8217;s main Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St. S. and Tampa Law Center at 1700 N. Tampa St. on Thursday, June 6, as a precaution to Tropical Storm Andrea. Both campuses will be closing at 4 p.m. on June 6, and all events and bar preparation courses have been cancelled.
Stetson plans to&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/06/05/stetson-university-college-of-law-classes-cancelled-until-530-p-m-thursday/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching Advocacy was presented to Loyola professor Susan G. Poehls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 15:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law’s  prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching Advocacy was presented to Loyola Law School professor Susan G. Poehls this year.
Poehls is the director of trial advocacy programs and the William C. Hobbs Professor of Trial Advocacy at Loyola Law School, where she developed the highly ranked Byrne Trial Advocacy Team, Loyola’s National Civil Trial Competition, and oversees the&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/28/stetsons-lifetime-achievement-award-for-excellence-in-teaching-advocacy-was-presented-to-loyola-professor-susan-g-poehls/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson’s elder law center director and husband presented with keys to the City of St. Petersburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law professor Rebecca Morgan and her husband Jay were presented with the keys to the City of St. Petersburg during an evening fundraising program at the Sunshine Center in St. Petersburg on May 18.
The Morgans were recognized for volunteering substantial time and making significant contributions to the Sunshine Center over the past 30 years.
Professor Morgan directs Stetson’s Center for&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/23/stetsons-elder-law-center-director-and-husband-presented-with-keys-to-the-city-of-st-petersburg/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law faculty receive awards for excellence in teaching, scholarship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law faculty Mark Bauer, Timothy S. Kaye and Ellen S. Podgor were honored on May 17 on the Gulfport campus with awards for outstanding teaching and scholarship.
Professor Bauer was presented the Branton Excellence in Teaching Award, given annually to a full-time professor who has made outstanding teaching contributions inside and outside the classroom, and by example.
Professor Kaye received the&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/22/stetson-law-faculty-receive-awards-for-excellence-in-teaching-scholarship/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute helps organize legal workshop on homeowners&#8217; rights for military, veterans and their families</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helping veterans, military members and their families achieve and maintain stable housing is the goal of a community workshop organized by Stetson University&#8217;s Veterans Law Institute, the Community Law Program and Neighborhood Home Solutions in June in St. Petersburg.
WHAT: Veterans, active and reserve service members and their families are invited to learn more about their rights as homeowners and tenants and the Service Members&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/13/stetsons-veterans-law-institute-helps-organize-legal-workshop-on-homeowners-rights-for-military-veterans-and-their-families/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Future prosecutor, Stetson Law student Nicole Martingano turned life-changing accident into determination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 17:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When law student Nicole Martingano walks at Stetson’s graduation in Gulfport on May 18, she will be one step closer to her dream of becoming a prosecutor. A near-fatal accident in 2006 while Nicole was still an undergraduate student in Gainesville changed the course of her life forever and inspired her to seek justice.
A sudden head-on collision with a drunk driver left Nicole with&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/13/future-prosecutor-stetson-law-student-nicole-martingano-turned-life-changing-accident-into-determination/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Professor of Law Roberta Flowers elected to the NAELA board: LL.M. in Elder Law alumni, faculty distinguish themselves as NAELA leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/09/stetson-professor-of-law-roberta-flowers-elected-to-the-naela-board-ll-m-in-elder-law-alumni-faculty-distinguish-themselves-as-naela-leaders/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=stetson-professor-of-law-roberta-flowers-elected-to-the-naela-board-ll-m-in-elder-law-alumni-faculty-distinguish-themselves-as-naela-leaders</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Roberta Flowers, a member of the Center for Excellence in Elder Law at Stetson University College of Law, has been elected to the board of directors of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys.
Professor Flowers is nationally recognized as an expert in the field of ethics in elder law and elder abuse. Flowers teaches courses on ethics in an elder law practice in&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/09/stetson-professor-of-law-roberta-flowers-elected-to-the-naela-board-ll-m-in-elder-law-alumni-faculty-distinguish-themselves-as-naela-leaders/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>First-year student Phylicia Pearson received Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers scholarship</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandi Palmer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers awarded Stetson University College of Law first-year student Phylicia Pearson a scholarship during their May 8 luncheon at the University Club of Tampa. Pearson was one of five students selected from the Tampa Bay area for the scholarship.
She explained that she is passionate about social justice and encouraging other women to achieve their goals.
“My commitment to social&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/09/first-year-student-phylicia-pearson-received-hillsborough-association-for-women-lawyers-scholarship/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stetson Law offers LL.M. degrees in advocacy, elder law and international law</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stetson University College of Law, home to the top-ranked trial advocacy program in the country, is offering three LL.M. degrees to help lawyers distinguish their expertise in advocacy, elder law and international law.
Stetson Law will launch an online LL.M. in Advocacy starting in August 2013. Courses leading to the advanced degree will be offered part-time over two years through a distance-learning platform designed to&#8230; <a href="http://www.law.stetson.edu/news/index.php/2013/05/02/stetson-law-offers-ll-m-degrees-in-advocacy-elder-law-and-international-law/" class="read_more">&#187; Read more </a>]]></description>
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