College of Law

FSU law professor available to offer context on United Nations High Seas Treaty

Published: March 8, 2023 | 10:23 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Erin Ryan, Elizabeth C. and Clyde W. Atkinson Professor, and associate dean of Environmental Programs, College of Law

A new United Nations agreement, informally known as the “High Seas Treaty,” creates a legal framework for managing the parts of the world’s oceans that are outside national boundaries. Discussions over the treaty have been ongoing since 2004. Now that an agreement is drafted, it must be adopted and ratified by UN member states before […]

FSU continues to shine in latest U.S. News Graduate School rankings

Published: March 29, 2022 | 10:05 am | Posted in: University News

Best Graduate Schools U.S. News & World Report 2023 Florida State University

Florida State University’s graduate and professional programs continue to rank among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.” Twenty graduate programs and specialties at FSU are ranked in the top 25 among public universities, according to the publication’s annual rankings released March 29. Programs […]

Expert available to discuss Supreme Court nominee confirmation process

Published: March 1, 2022 | 11:48 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is moving through the confirmation process to potentially replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the nation’s highest court. Jackson, currently a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, would be the first Black woman to serve on the court. FSU College of Law […]

FSU College of Law Trial Team wins National Civil Rights competition

Published: October 21, 2021 | 10:28 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Rachel Akram, from Melbourne, Fla.; Zuriel Denmark, from Lakeland, Fla.; Kalie Maniglia, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and Shaina Ruth, from Jacksonville, Fla.

The Florida State University College of Law Trial Team has won first place in the Fourth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. National Civil Rights Competition. The competition took place virtually October 15-17 and was hosted by University of California Davis School of Law. The competition problem involved litigation of Eighth Amendment claims of cruel and […]

FSU Law school alumnus takes helm as president of the National Bar Association

Published: August 11, 2021 | 2:05 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Carlos Moore is the first Mississippi native to serve as president of the National Bar Association.

A Florida State University College of Law alumnus is now the president of the National Bar Association (NBA), the nation’s oldest and largest association of predominantly Black attorneys and judges. Carlos Moore, who graduated from the FSU College of Law in 2002, was elected president by vote from the NBA’s 67,000 members earlier this year. […]

FSU expert available to discuss intellectual property and COVID-19 vaccines

Published: May 7, 2021 | 11:55 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

President Joe Biden has expressed his support for a World Trade Organization proposal to waive intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines. Florida State University law professor Frederick Abbott, the Edward Ball Eminent Scholar Professor of International Law, is available to comment on international intellectual property rights and global economic issues around the proposal. Abbott regularly […]

FSU shines in latest U.S. News graduate school rankings

Published: March 30, 2021 | 1:56 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s graduate and professional programs continue to rank among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 edition of “Best Graduate Schools.” More than 30 graduate programs at FSU are ranked in the top 25 according to the publication’s annual rankings, released March 30. FSU’s criminology, real estate, […]

Election expert available to discuss new Georgia voting law

Published: March 26, 2021 | 10:41 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

A controversial measure in Georgia signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp would put in place requirements that critics say curtail access to the ballot box. Florida State University Associate Professor of Law Michael Morley is available to provide commentary to reporters covering this story. Morley teaches and writes in the areas of election law, […]

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 experts available for coverage of 19th Amendment anniversary

Published: August 13, 2020 | 12:04 pm | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Jennifer L. Koslow, associate professor of history

After decades of activism and political struggle, the 19th Amendment was adopted 100 years ago this month. The new amendment supplanted state-by-state suffrage laws and gave women across America the right to vote. Florida State University experts are available to speak about the history of women’s suffrage as well as contemporary issues related to women, […]

FSU College of Law joins consortium for racial justice

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

The new Juris Master in Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Technology Risk Management aims to give students a strong foundation in U.S. and foreign laws and regulations governing cybersecurity, privacy, intellectual property, data science and artificial intelligence.

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 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 […]

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