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A team from the University of Maryland won Stetson's International Environmental Moot Court Competition.

Professor Peter Lake's latest book Beyond Discipline argues for an education-based, student-centered process, which is not overly legalistic.   

Advocacy teams from Stetson University College of Law won competitions Feb. 27 and Feb. 28 in Miami and Kansas City.   

Speakers from around the world will present on international law, environmental law and animal issues.  

Stetson Law presented prestigious awards during 31st Annual National Conference on Law and Higher Education. 

On Feb. 18, Stetson Law signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Ramsar Secretariat.

Jamaican senator Arnold J. Nicholson, who served as Jamaica’s attorney general for 12 years, is teaching a course on Human Rights in the Commonwealth Caribbean through Feb. 21 at Stetson University College of Law. 

The public is invited to attend a free expo on the Gulfport campus of Stetson Law on April 20 to learn more about how to guard against current financial frauds and scams targeting the elderly and seniors.

In May, the first Marc L. Levine Award will be presented to a Stetson Law student.

Welcome Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., as Stetson's ninth president at the university's main campus in DeLand, Fla.

Judge E.J. Salcines has been selected to receive Stetson Law’s Tower Award on May 1 in Tampa, Fla. 

Stetson Law is again among the top 25 law schools graduating Hispanics in The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. David Fernandez, president of Stetson’s Hispanic Bar Association, became the first law student to receive the Clearwater Bar Foundation Excellence in Pro Bono Award on Feb. 11.

Stetson Law students help Pinellas Project Homeless Connect at the opening of a Homeless Court in St. Petersburg. 

Stetson Law students receive first Carey & Leisure Torts Book Award. 

Stetson is Educating Advocates at a three-day conference in May.

On Feb. 2., U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visited Stetson Law to talk with students on campus.  

Chief justices share wisdom, elder law attorney honored, at Stetson Law's Inns of Court.  

A new biography by Stetson Law Professor Emeritus Michael Swygert, chronicles the life of legendary Florida lawyer William Reece Smith Jr.  

The continuing legal education seminar will offer plenary sessions and workshops.

Dean Darby Dickerson received the 2009 Chief Judge’s Award and was elected to serve on the Executive Committees of both the Deans Section and the Section on Part-time Division Programs at the American Association of Law Schools annual meeting.  

This fall, student advocates at Stetson University College of Law won seven major advocacy competitions.

Wrongly convicted man joined Stetson Law professors to discuss Innocence Project at The Studio@620. 

Stetson Law student Stephen Farkas won the inaugural Civil Liberties Prize for his paper. 

Two Stetson Law teams won at ABA Law Student Division Regional Arbitration Competition in Washington, D.C.

On Nov. 23, John Rizzo, acting general counsel of the CIA, spoke to Stetson University College of Law Professor Luz Nagle's Advanced Seminar in International Law students.  

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Catherine Peek McEwen was honored with the J. Ben Watkins Award at the Stetson Law Review Banquet on Nov. 20. 

Stetson Law is 69th out of 180 law schools in Super Lawyers magazine’s ranking of the nation’s top law schools.   

On Nov. 18, Stetson University College of Law professor Dr. Timothy Kaye joined a panel of experts at the Studio@620 in downtown St. Petersburg for the first social justice roundtable of the season. 

Eighteen of Professor Beane’s international human rights law students met with nine Thurgood Marshall middle-schoolers to share ideas about how lawyers can do the important work of helping people around the globe protect themselves from being victims of discrimination.

Stetson Law students recently won two national competitions on the east and west coasts of the U.S.  

Stetson Law students finalists in national trial competition in Portland. 

On Oct. 30 and 31, journalists, policymakers and Stetson Law professors met at The Poynter Institute.  

Stetson inducts six into its Hall of Fame. 

Yale Law School professor Jules L. Coleman presented the distinguished Nichols Lecture on Oct. 21. 

On Nov. 1, Gregory Carroll will join Stetson University as the new vice president for marketing, leading an initiative to unify the university’s marketing and public relations across Stetson’s campuses.

On Oct. 22, the entire student body at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Fla., devoted a day to serving their community during the law school’s first Legal Community in Action Day: Serving the Public, Serving the Law and Serving the Profession.

Stetson Law students won the Veterans Law Appellate Advocacy Competition in Washington, D.C.

Stetson Law students are now volunteering with attorneys in collaboration with the Innocence Project of Florida.

Delegations from Bulgaria, the Middle East, and Mexico visited Stetson's Gulfport campus over the past month.  

Stetson Law students won the John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law. 

Professor Rebecca Morgan was awarded the Treat Award for Excellence by the National College of Probate Judges.

Regent University School of Law students won the National Pretrial Competition at Stetson Law.

Five Tampa Bay area campuses addressed questions of sustainability in a free public forum Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Studio@620 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Stetson Law hosted the 2009 Southeast Regional Legal Writing Conference and the ALWD Scholars' Forum/Workshop.

Onyema M. Anene was named a 2009 Carlton Fields Diversity Fellow.  

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Dr. H. Douglas Lee, who recently retired after 22 years as Stetson University president, died at the age of 66.

Stetson University College of Law is accepting nominations for the 2010 William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award. 

Stetson University College of Law professors have pioneered a new project introducing U.S. law to students around the globe.   

Check out Stetson Law news and connect with classmates via social media.

Stetson Law wins the E. Earle Zehmer Workers’ Compensation Moot Court Competition.  

Mark Whittaker recently joined Stetson Law as associate vice president for college relations.  

Stetson law students in an advanced travel course met with numerous Civil Rights Movement veterans.  

Dr. Wendy B. Libby was greeted by applause, balloons and a welcome banner as she arrived at her office in historic DeLand Hall on Monday to officially begin her first day as president of Stetson University.

Stetson will present two information sessions for prospective part-time law students.

Stetson University College of Law alumna Elizabeth Wood Voss ’08 was honored with a prestigious 2009 Burton Foundation Award for Legal Achievement at the Tenth Anniversary Program in Washington, D.C. on June 15.

Hundreds of Stetson University College of Law alumni were recognized in this year’s Florida Super Lawyers® list.

Stetson Law presented its annual alumni awards at The Florida Bar Annual Convention on June 24.

Author Craig Pittman presented the Summer 2009 Biodiversity Lecture on June 22.

Journalist Speaks on Protecting Florida Wetlands, June 22 2009-06-22 Brandi Palmer Manager of Media Relations 727-562-7381 palmer@law.stetson.edu WHAT: Award-winning St. Petersburg Times reporter and author Craig Pittman will discuss the battle to protect Florida’s wetlands at Stetson University Col

James Thaler, director of Stetson's J.D./M.B.A. program, is new president of the St. Petersburg Bar Association.

Scholarships honor former university president H. Douglas Lee.

For the first time,Stetson University College of Law and the American Bankruptcy Institute will partner to present the34th annualAlexander L. Paskay Bankruptcy Seminar March 4-6, 2010, in Tampa.  

Stetson honors Lee Roy Selmon. 

Stetson University students and faculty take environmental responsibility seriously, and it shows. 

Professor Thomas A. Mauet and Judge Warren D. Wolfson were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Advocacy by Stetson University College of Law during its Educating Advocates Conference on March 5.

Carlton Fields selects Vilma Martinez as 2009 Diversity Fellow. 

Famed prosecutor G. Douglas Jones presented "Justice delayed, but not denied: the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing prosecutions" to a crowd of law students and professors on March 12.  

Beverly McLachlin, who became the first woman to hold the position of Chief Justice of Canada in 2000, is visiting the Stetson Law campus in Gulfport.

Stetson University awarded 2008 Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation.

Civil Rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia will speak to Stetson Law graduates on May 16.

Michael Olivas and Robert O'Neil will receive Stetson Law’s inaugural William A. Kaplin Award.

The public is invited to attend a free “Salute the Troops Barbeque” on Feb. 14, between 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Gulfport Recreation Center, 5730 Shore Blvd. S.

Stetson Law expos offer seniors advice on avoiding abuse and exploitation. 

The University of Granada School of Law honored Stetson University College of Law with the historic Medalla de la Facultad de Derecho on Jan. 23 in Granada, Spain.

Stetson University College of Law presented attorney Gregory K. Showers with the prestigious William Reece Smith Jr. Award for Public Service on Jan. 22 during the Inns of Court Banquet in St. Petersburg.

Darryl C. Wilson, professor of law and co-director of the Institute for Caribbean Law and Policy at Stetson University College of Law, has been selected as the Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund Professor of Law starting in August 2009.

Register now to join a two-day International Wildlife Law Conference at Stetson University College of Law discussing the future of biofuel production, ecotourism, fisheries and species protection with an international panel of experts from eight countries.

Stetson University College of Law presents “Educating Advocates” March 5-6 on the Gulfport campus at 1401 61st St. S. Stetson’s second conference on the art, science and skill of advocacy instruction is designed for full-time professors, adjuncts and attorneys interested in teaching advocacy skills.

The J. Ben Watkins Award for Excellence in the Legal Profession was awarded at Stetson Law Review banquet. 

Stetson University has been listed among the top 25 law schools for Hispanics.

Stetson and Tirella Consulting will present an expert witness seminar Dec. 10 in Tampa.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum delivered the commencement address to 87 graduates on Dec. 20.

Starting in June 2009, Stetson will offer an online degree in law and aging for non-lawyers.

Arbitration teams placed first and second at regional competition in Chicago and will go to national final.

Stetson has unanimously elected Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., as its ninth president effective July 1, 2009.

The Stetson University Board of Trustees invites all faculty, staff and students to watch a special campus-wide announcement introducing the ninth president of Stetson University from noon-12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Great Hall.

Stetson Law invites nominations for the prestigious 2009 William Reece Smith Jr. Public Service Award.

Louisiana State won the inaugural National Pretrial Competition, co-sponsored by Stetson University College of Law and The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division.

The new members were inducted into Stetson Law’s Hall of Fame on October 11 at the Gulfport campus.

National Clearinghouse presents program on issues facing returning veterans.

Professor Cynthia Hawkins-León joins a columnist and an ACLU representative to discuss Amendment 2.

Stetson University College of Law has introduced the Advocacy Resource Center, which offers video presentations on pre-trial, trial and appellate topics.

2008 Stetson University College of Law graduate Callie Weed wins prestigious award for service and character.

A national faculty of more than 20 experts will address a wide range of special needs topics.

J. Brent Walker, a 1976 Stetson graduate and executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee, discussed the issue of religion and politics in this year's presidential election. 

Stetson Law students win the E. Earle Zehmer Workers' Compensation Moot Court Competition.

The American Bar Association will allow part-time students to take up to half of their course requirements in Tampa.

Alumni and friends awarded for service to the law school or legal profession.

Surge in home foreclosures will be topic at the Alexander L. Paskay Seminar on Bankruptcy Law and Practice.

The Law Faculty Professionalism Award was awarded to Professor Charles H. Rose III.