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and Professor of Law, along
with Julia A. Metts, J.D.
’04, Professor of Practice
and Director of Trial Teams,
presented a two-day Advocacy
Training program for the
Virgin Islands Bar Association
in St. Croix, Virgin Islands.
Prof. Flowers serves on the
Board of Directors for the
National Academy of Elder
Law Attorneys (NAELA)
and served on the National
Elder Law Foundation
(NELF) Exam Writing
Committee, where she assisted
in drafting the exam for the
National Certified Elder Law
designation. Prof. Flowers
presented at the Aging in
America Conference in New
Orleans on the ethics of
representing the elderly and,
as the chair of the NAELA
Faculty Development
Committee, spoke at the
NAELA Annual Conference
on Adult Learning and
Effective Presentations.
ROYAL C. GARDNER,
Professor of Law and Director
of the Institute for Biodiversity
Law and Policy, was the
lead author of “Advocating
for Science: Amici Curiae
Brief of Wetland and Water
Scientists in Support of the
Clean Water Rule,” which
appears in the June 2019
issue of the peer-reviewed
journal Wetlands. Co-authors
of the article, which has
more than 1,100 downloads,
include Erin Okuno, J.D.
’13, Foreman Biodiversity
Fellow and Adjunct Professor,
as well as Dr. Kirsten Work
and Dr. Ben Tanner of
the DeLand campus. Prof.
Gardner was also the lead
author of an article published
in the June 2019 issue of
the Environmental Law
Reporter and a co-author of
a technical report published
by the Environmental Law
Institute. In July, he and Prof.
Okuno filed an amici brief
on behalf of aquatic scientists
and scientific societies in a
U.S. Supreme Court case
involving the Clean Water
Act. Prof. Gardner received
the Dickerson-Brown Award
for Excellence in Faculty
Scholarship in May.
CYNTHIA G. HAWKINS,
Professor of Law, was the
recipient of the Homer & Dolly
Hand Award for Excellence in
Faculty Research, 2018-2019.
Prof. Hawkins recently authored
The Child Support Enforcement
Handbook (Cognella Academic
Publishing, 2019) and the
article Throwing the Baby Out
with the Bath: Florida’s Flawed
Approach to Post-Adoption
Inheritance. She also continued
her extensive public service as
a board member for numerous
organizations, including the
American Association of
Visually Impaired Attorneys
(AAVIA), AALS Section
on Family & Juvenile Law-
Publications Board Member,
ABA Section on Dispute
Resolution-Editorial Board,
St. Petersburg Bar Association
(SPBA)-The Paraclete Magazine,
Guide Dog Users of Florida,
and Pinellas County Council of
the Blind (PCB).
REBECCA C. MORGAN,
J.D. ’80, Boston Asset
Management Chair in Elder
Law, Interim Director of
the Center for Excellence in
Elder Law, wrote the August
Elder Law Prof Blog post,
“The Borchard Foundation
Center on Law & Aging RFP
for 2020 Academic Research
Grants.” The Center also
worked with Florida Attorney
General Ashley Moody, LL.M.
’10, on a webinar series for
investigators and prosecutors
on how to put together cases
of elder financial exploitation.
The first webinar was in May.
In June, the Center presented
an elder law ethics webinar
on dementia, gun ownership
and red flag laws. The speakers
included Roberta K. Flowers,
Interim Director of the Center
for Excellence in Advocacy
and Professor of Law, as well
as the General Counsel for
the Pinellas County Sheriff’s
Office. Prof. Morgan is the
current chair of the AALS
Aging & Law section. She also
finished a guardianship video
series for the Florida Office
of State Court Administrator.
Additionally, Prof. Morgan
participated in NAELA’s case
law update at their annual
meeting, presented on elder
law ethics at the Texas Elder
Law section annual meeting,
completed two sets of book
updates, and agreed to write
a short article for the ABA
Criminal Justice section
quarterly magazine. She has
also become a faculty adviser
for the Journal of International
Aging, Law, and Policy. In
addition to serving as the
Director, M.J. In Health Care
Compliance, Prof. Morgan is
serving as Interim Director,
M.J. In Aging, Law and Policy
and Interim Director of the
LL.M. In Elder Law.
ANNE E. MULLINS,
Associate Professor of Law,
chaired the Association of
Legal Writing Director’s 2019
Biennial Conference. This
August, she began her tenure
as President of ALWD, one of
the nation’s largest professional
legal writing organizations.
Prof. Mullins is currently
co-authoring the book Florida
Legal Research, which will
be published by Carolina
Academic Press. At the SEALS
annual meeting, she presented
the article-in-progress Stare
Mutata, and moderated
an advisory panel to new
scholars. Prof. Mullins also
participated in the discussion
group Diversity + Inclusion =
Change.
JASON S. PALMER,
Professor of Law and Leroy
Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair,
has been selected as the Leroy
Highbaugh Sr. Research Chair
for 2019-2021. His article A
Separation of Powers Analysis
of Forum Non Conveniens’
Adequate Available Forum was
accepted for publication by St.
John University’s Law Review,
and his article on Emotional
Intelligence and Homophobia
will be published by Wake
Forest Law Review in a
symposium issue on Cognitive
Emotion and the Law. Prof.
Palmer is one of the new
faculty advisers for Stetson’s
Journal of International Aging
Law and Policy. Prof. Palmer
has been appointed to a
three-year term as Chair of the
Association of American Law
Schools (AALS) Committee
on Professional Development.
Prof. Palmer also has been
elected Vice-Chair of the
Board of Trustees of the
Great Explorations Children’s
Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla.
ELLEN S. PODGOR,
Gary R. Trombley Family
White-Collar Crime Research
Professor and Professor of Law,
published Bennett Gershman on
the Prosecutor’s Role as “Minister
of Justice,” 16 OHIO ST. J.
OF CRIM. L. 399 (2019)
as part of a Symposium in
honor of Professor Bennett L.
Gershman and Bruce Jacob: A
Leading Voice in Public Defense,
48 STETSON L. REV. 305
(2019) as part of a Symposium
honoring Dean Emeritus
Bruce Jacob, J.D. ’59,. She also
co-authored a book review,
Organizational Opportunity
and Deviant Behavior:
Convenience in White Collar
Crime, with Viviana I. Vasiu,
B.A.’15, J.D. ’18, in Rutgers