Navigation Prof. Morgan Honored With Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award
Known for her tireless work as a scholar, advocate, mentor, and educator who continues to inspire and shape the field of elder law, Law Professor Rebecca C. Morgan is the recipient of the 2025 Wm. Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award.
Decades ago, Morgan identified a gap in expertise when it came to legal, financial, social, and other challenges aging populations face. The 1980 Stetson Law alumna launched into decades of pioneering work to develop and evolve this area of practice. These efforts include inviting leading experts to share knowledge at the Stetson’s National Conference on Special Needs Planning and Special Needs Trusts for nearly three decades, directing Stetson’s Center for Elder Justice (formerly the Center for Excellence in Elder Law), and leading the LL.M. in Elder Law program.
“The landscape of elder law has very few voices who are as knowledgeable, who are as compassionate, and who have been as transformative as Becky Morgan,” said Professor Roberta Flowers, who teaches elder law alongside Morgan, in her introduction. “Many, many of our colleagues and students and staff do not realize where Becky Morgan sits in the elder law arena in the United States of America.”
