Business, Law & Policy

Florida State University launches new nonpartisan Institute of Politics

Published: October 22, 2020 | 10:00 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

The newly launched institute will be part of the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy.

Florida State University announced Thursday the launch of its new Institute of Politics (IOP@FSU), a nonpartisan, world-class home for civic engagement and research, which will showcase the role of politics in improving the lives of Americans. Housed within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, the IOP@FSU will feature applied political research by a cadre of world-class scholars, curricular initiatives aimed at […]

FSU College of Business continues its climb up the national rankings

Published: September 15, 2020 | 4:27 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News, University News

College of Business Dean, Michael Hartline said the college is determined to continue its journey up the rankings.

The Florida State University College of Business moved closer to its goal of a Top 25 ranking among the nation’s public business schools. In this year’s U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges Guide 2021,” ranking released Sept. 14, the college’s undergraduate program jumped three spots from No. 31 to No. 28. Among all universities, the college […]

FSU Law wins top national award from American Bar Association

Published: August 17, 2020 | 12:13 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Immediate-Past President Breanna Raspopovich

The American Bar Association Law Student Division presented the Florida State University College of Law Student Bar Association with the Student Bar Association Award, which honors the best SBA in the nation, for the fourth consecutive year. The honor, known as the SBA of the Year Award, recognizes the efforts of an SBA to create […]

FSU College of Law joins consortium for racial justice

Published: July 6, 2020 | 2:04 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Florida State University College of Law, in collaboration with Florida’s 11 other law schools, has formed the Florida Law Schools’ Consortium for Racial Justice (FLSCRJ). The consortium was initiated in light of longstanding and recent acts of racial injustice. It will leverage the strengths of every law school in the state to assist community organizations […]

FSU Law School grad earns coveted two-year fellowship to work on immigration advocacy

Published: June 22, 2020 | 11:14 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, Students & Campus Life

Immigration has been a part of Daniela Donoso’s life since she and her family left Quito, Ecuador, for Miami when she was six months old. Now, just months after graduating with her law degree from Florida State University’s College of Law, she’s going to put that passion and education to work with the backing of a two-year, $100,000 fellowship from the Equal Justice Works Foundation to focus on […]

FSU political science researcher to examine law in time of COVID-19 crisis

Published: April 2, 2020 | 3:13 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

A Florida State University researcher and her colleagues have earned a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public support for the rule of law. FSU Associate Professor of Political Science Amanda Driscoll, the project’s co-investigator, said the team will examine the challenge that the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus presents to long-standing norms that support democratic order. […]

Putting a cap on Women’s History Month

Published: March 9, 2020 | 11:51 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

“Orange!” Schofield said of this “slouch” hat, which dates to the 1960s. “It’s kind of wrinkled, kind of slouchy. It’s got some feathers on it. But in thinking about the 1960s, you’ve got long, straight hair. It’s not dissimilar from the 1920s with no-volume hair.”

Women’s hats are more than just a means of shielding skin from sunlight or protecting a hairdo. According to Professor Sherry Schofield of the Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University, hats are also a way to trace women’s history through the decades. That’s part of the reason that Schofield and the college […]

FSU College of Law moot court team wins another national competition

Published: March 4, 2020 | 9:54 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The winning moot court team members, from left: Gabriela De Almeida and Hannah DuShane.

For the second week in a row, the Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team took first place in a national competition. On Feb. 29, FSU Law won the 2020 Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition held at Albany Law School in New York. This is the fifth time Florida […]

FSU College of Law Moot Court Team wins national competition

Published: February 26, 2020 | 3:44 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Winning team members from the 2020 Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition are FSU third-year law students Ashley Englund, Alexander Purpuro and Steven Kahn.

The Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team has won first place in the 2020 Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition. The competition was held Feb. 20-22 at Pace University in New York. Fifty-four law school teams participated in the competition, including teams from many of the nation’s top law […]

Florida State University celebrates 2020 Seminole 100

Published: February 25, 2020 | 1:49 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Owners of the 2020 Seminole 100 fastest-growing businesses. (Photo by Colin Hackley)

Florida State University unveiled its 2020 Seminole 100 list Saturday during a ceremony hosted by the Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship, part of the FSU College of Business. The list recognizes 100 of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by FSU alumni and includes a wide range of businesses across the country. More than […]

Florida State ranked nation’s No. 1 law school for government careers

Published: January 31, 2020 | 2:32 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, News

Nearly 30 percent of FSU College of Law graduates obtain jobs in government.

TALLAHASSEE — preLaw magazine has ranked Florida State University College of Law the nation’s best law school for government careers. Additionally, FSU Law is ranked seventh best in the nation for public defender/prosecutor jobs and among the nation’s top seven law schools for public policy. The rankings, which are published in preLaw’s winter 2020 issue, […]

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