Stetson Again Ranks Among Top 100 Law Schools and #1 in Trial Advocacy Nationwide

28 Mar 2008 05:00 Africa/Lagos


Stetson Again Ranks Among Top 100 Law Schools and #1 in Trial Advocacy Nationwide

GULFPORT, Fla., March 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

The 2009 U.S. News & World Report has ranked Stetson University College of Law among the nation's top 100 law schools again this year. U.S. News also ranked Stetson Law first in the nation for trial advocacy and number six for legal writing.


Stetson has consistently placed among the top law schools in the country for trial advocacy since the rankings began in 1995. Stetson has ranked within the top six in legal writing since that specialty was added.


"I am happy to report that this year's rankings again reflect Stetson's commitment to outstanding legal education," said Vice President and Dean Darby Dickerson. "Stetson is very proud to be included again among the nation's top 100 law schools."


The law school continues to strengthen its commitment to advocacy training with new programs under the leadership of professor Charles H. Rose III, who was appointed director of the Center for Excellence in Advocacy in June 2007. "Our commitment to excellence in advocacy begins with Stetson's award-winning advocacy competition teams but it does not end there," said Rose. "We are also deeply involved in setting the standard for skills education across a broad variety of disciplines where advocacy applies. We are particularly excited about our cutting-edge national advocacy programs for attorneys, law professors and law students."


Stetson offers full and part-time programs leading to J.D., J.D./M.B.A., J.D./M.D., J.D./M.P.H. degrees; it also offers LL.M. degrees in elder law and international law. For more information, visit our Web site at www.law.stetson.edu.


Stetson University College of Law is Florida's first law school. It has educated lawyers for more than a century. The law school is located in the Gulfport/St. Petersburg area with a law center in downtown Tampa.


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