Nothing but sweet treats and great energy around campus today! 🍭🎃
Happy Halloween from all of us at STU College of Law! 👻
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The St. Thomas Law Moot Court Board hosted its Fall 2025 Moot Court Competition Showcases this week, offering students the opportunity to present their oral arguments in a simulated courtroom environment as they prepare to represent STU College of Law at upcoming tournaments across the country.
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More than 240 students joined today’s “Breaking Essays” session led by the Academic Success Program (ASP). Associate Dean Jeffrey Veitch, Associate Dean Benjamin Priester, and the ASP faculty broke down the Criminal Law & Procedure essay question from the July 2025 Florida Bar Exam. Alumnus Francisco Martinez Diaz Granados (‘25) also contributed to the discussion by sharing his experience as a recent bar exam taker.
“Breaking Essays” is a signature initiative of the Academic Success Program designed to strengthen students’ analytical writing and legal reasoning skills in preparation for the bar exam. Each session provides an examination of past bar exam essays, guiding students through issue identification, rule application, and effective essay organization.
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The Chronicles of Faith Society gathered once again to discuss Letters 28-31 from The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis—a satirical novel in which a senior demon, Screwtape, advises his nephew, Wormwood, on subtly tempting a human soul away from God. Dean Tarlika Nuñez-Navarro joined the group this week for a lively conversation about faith, life, and drawing closer to Christ.
All members of the College of Law are welcome to join at 12:30 pm on Wednesdays in Room 104. Please contact Society President Daniel Gonzalez or Faculty Advisor Tom Nguyen for more information.
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The Federalist Society student chapter hosted an engaging debate titled “The Constitution vs. Culture—What Really Governs?” featuring Professor Josh Blackman of South Texas College of Law Houston and Professor Joseph D’Agostino of STU College of Law. The debate explored whether written constitutions remained a reliable foundation for governance or whether culture has become the real source of authority in the United States.
Professor Blackman graciously signed his book, "An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100+ Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know," for a law student who won it in a giveaway.
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Today, Dean Tarlika Nuñez-Navarro and Associate Dean Jeffrey D. Veitch welcomed Professor David Forte to campus. Professor Forte will join us as a Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semester to teach Constitutional Law and an exciting new course titled Justice.
Professor Forte brings an extraordinary breadth of experience from a distinguished career in law, government, and academia. He has advised the U.S. government on constitutional law, human rights, and international affairs. He has served as chief counsel to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, consulted for the Department of State, and had his work cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. He is an Emeritus Professor of Law at Cleveland State University, where he was the inaugural holder of the Charles R. Emrick, Jr. - Calfee Halter & Griswold Endowed Chair.
Professor Forte holds degrees from Harvard College, Manchester University (England), the University of Toronto, and Columbia University.
Fun fact: Professor Forte taught @stuprez Constitutional Law in 1987, when @stuprez was a second-year law student at CSU College of Law, and hired him as an intern for a brief period.
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