Stetson’s Veterans Law Institute helps organize legal workshop on homeowners’ rights for military, veterans and their families
Helping veterans, military members and their families achieve and maintain stable housing is the goal of a community workshop organized by Stetson University’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… » Read more
Future prosecutor, Stetson Law student Nicole Martingano turned life-changing accident into determination
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… » Read more
Stetson Professor of Law Roberta Flowers elected to the NAELA board: LL.M. in Elder Law alumni, faculty distinguish themselves as NAELA leaders
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… » Read more
Stetson Law offers LL.M. degrees in advocacy, elder law and international law
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… » Read more
George Edgecomb Bar Association recognizes Stetson Professor of Law Bruce Jacob with diversity award
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 Annual Scholarship Banquet.
While serving as Stetson’s dean, Jacob greatly increased the number of minority full-time faculty members. In February, Jacob was named a… » Read more
Stetson Law students organized bicycle rally with Gulfport mayor
Stetson University College of Law students in professor Lance Long’s environmental advocacy class organized a bicycle rally with Gulfport Mayor Sam Henderson and a two-mile challenge to raise awareness about alternative transportation.
On May 3 at 6 p.m., the students joined the mayor and community members to ride as a group from the Gulfport campus, 1401 61st St. S., to the Gulfport Casino, 5500 Shore… » Read more
New agreement with Stetson University College of Law shortens path to law degree for qualified USF undergraduates
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-year undergraduate program followed by three years of law school. The new 3+3 accelerated path allows qualified students to earn both their bachelor’s and JD degrees… » Read more
Florida’s first female attorney general, Pam Bondi, presents Stetson Law commencement on May 18
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 St. S.
For more information about graduation at Stetson Law and to watch the live webcast on May 18, visit http://www.law.stetson.edu/graduation/.
Bondi received her law… » Read more
Stetson Law students win international advocacy awards in Austria
Stetson University College of Law students Paul Crochet, Meagan Foley and Alexander Zesch all received Honorable Mention Best Oral Advocate Awards at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria. The Stetson students were among a group of 40 advocates selected for the awards. More than 1800 students from 67 countries competed.
Stetson’s team of Crochet, Foley, Michael Rothfeldt, Lisa Tanaka and… » Read more
Pepperdine University wins Stetson’s International Environmental Moot Court Competition
Pepperdine University School of Law won the 17th annual International Environmental Moot Court Competition on March 23 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla.
Pepperdine defeated the Law Society of Ireland, Dublin, in the final round for the international championship. China University of Political Science and Law received the best memorial award, and Pepperdine student Austin Ward was named best final-round oralist.
The… » Read more
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