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FSU Black Law Students Association wins mock trial competition

Published: March 9, 2022 | 10:55 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

(L-R) BLSA mock trial Khamisi Thorpe, Kayla Neal, Nyah Tennell and Judelande Jeune.

For the third year in a row, Florida State University College of Law’s Black Law Students Association (FSU BLSA) won first place in the regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition during the Southern Region of the Black Law Students Association Convention. The 2022 meeting took place Feb. 24-26, in Atlanta. After winning the regional competition, […]

FSU College of Law ranked nation’s 3rd best for student quality of life

Published: November 12, 2019 | 10:41 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Florida State University College of Law has been ranked the No. 3 law school in the nation for best quality of life. The ranking, which is published in Princeton Review’s Best Law Schools for 2020 list, is based on students’ answers to survey questions, including how they rate the beauty, safety and location of their […]

Florida State ranked nation’s 8th best value law school

Published: October 17, 2019 | 4:20 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

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

Florida State University’s College of Law has ranked the 8th best value law school in the nation by preLaw magazine. The ranking, which is published in preLaw’s fall 2019 issue, weighs important student outcomes — bar passage and employment rates — against tuition, cost of living and indebtedness. “We are thrilled to be ranked among the nation’s top 10 […]

FSU College of Law wins two top national awards from the American Bar Association

Published: August 13, 2019 | 1:25 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The American Bar Association (ABA) Law Student Division has presented two of its five national awards to the Florida State University College of Law. For the eighth time since 2008 and the third consecutive year, the Florida State University College of Law Student Bar Association (SBA) received the Student Bar Association Award, which honors the […]

FSU’s summer law school program prepares and reassures undergrads

Published: June 27, 2019 | 2:00 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Students in the 2019 Donald J. Weidner Summer for Undergraduates Program at the College of Law learned about legal opportunities in state government as they toured the Florida Capitol June 20. (FSU Photography Services)

College students thinking about pursuing a legal career are making indelible memories at Florida State University’s award-winning Donald J. Weidner Summer for Undergraduates Program at the College of Law. About 60 undergraduate students from across the nation are enrolled in the program — the oldest and largest of its kind in the nation — and […]

FSU honors President and Dean Emeritus Sandy D’Alemberte

Published: November 19, 2018 | 3:30 pm | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy, University News

Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte stands next to his statue at the FSU College of Law. It originally was placed near the College of Medicine in 2009. "I'm honored to have this statue erected and glad to have it at the law school," D'Alemberte said. (FSU Photography Services)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida State University’s beloved and brilliant President and Dean Emeritus Sandy D’Alemberte feels like he’s back home. D’Alemberte, now 85 years old and still teaching law courses, greeted friends and colleagues with his signature bright smile and cheerful style at a ceremony Nov. 18, commemorating the relocation of the “D’Alemberte Statue” from […]

New Veterans Legal Clinic serves dual mission for FSU law students

Published: April 25, 2018 | 10:30 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

FSU law students Chandler McCoy and Joe Harrington listen to veterans and their families at the Veterans Legal Clinic held at American Legion Post #13 in Tallahassee. (FSU Photography Services)

A new academic program designed to give Florida State University law students valuable hands-on experience, while also helping veterans struggling with legal issues, is making a mark with its unique approach to service. FSU’s College of Law has created a Veterans Legal Clinic to provide free legal services to veterans and allow students to earn […]

FSU Law School launching Veterans Legal Clinic

Published: November 8, 2017 | 11:07 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

Florida State University’s College of Law is preparing to launch a new clinic for veterans in January. The Veterans Legal Clinic will provide free legal services to veterans. The clinic will handle a wide variety of cases, including driver’s license reinstatements, family law cases, expunging criminal records, clemency applications and landlord/tenant cases. Under the supervision […]

Information and Law rank among nation’s best graduate programs

Published: March 14, 2017 | 1:05 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s academic degree programs in library & information studies and law are among the best graduate and professional programs in the nation, according to new rankings in U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 edition of “Best Graduate Schools” published March 14. Florida State’s school library media program ranked No. 1 in the nation […]

FSU College of Law Moot Court Team wins national competition

Published: March 8, 2017 | 10:49 am | Posted in: Business, Law & Policy

The Florida State University College of Law Moot Court Team has won first place in the 2017 William B. Bryant-Luke C. Moore Civil Rights Moot Court Competition. The competition was held March 3-4 at Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Ten law schools participated in the competition, including Georgetown University Law Center and […]

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