St. Thomas Law Professor Keith W. Rizzardi has been appointed to serve as Commissioner on the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and Public Trust (COE). The oath of service ceremony took place on Monday, September 13, and it was administered by the Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, The Honorable Nushin Sayfie. Professor Rizzardi was appointed to […]
The Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intercultural Human Rights Program at St. Thomas Law prepares and empowers students to be effective leaders in the field of human rights and international law. For alumnus Rafael Angel Dominguez (’16), the LL.M. program has played a significant role in his professional career as a foreign attorney and government […]
St. Thomas Law alumni Jose de la Cruz, Esq. (’19) and Gabrielle McCabe, Esq. (’19) along with colleague Theodore O’Brien, Esq. from Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC, collaborated in a pro bono case to represent an individual who had been representing himself pro se in a federal civil rights lawsuit. The client proceeded pro […]
St. Thomas Law Professor Jennifer S. Martin and a team of students assisted in the preparation of an amicus brief filed by the Commercial Law Amicus Initiative (CLAI) in 1944 Beach Boulevard, LLC v. Live Oak Banking Co. This case concerned the effect of an error in the debtor’s name on a financing statement filed with the Florida […]
St. Thomas University College of Law’s Tax Clinic is the recipient of the 2022 Equal Justice Pro Bono Community Partner Award for its outstanding service to the Legal Services of Greater Miami, a non-profit law firm that provides free civil legal services for low-income communities of Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. “The Tax Clinic has demonstrated […]
After a two-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Thomas University College of Law is pleased to have provided students with the exciting opportunity to study abroad during the summer 2022 semester. The Summer in Spain Program took place in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain, located in the foothills of the beautiful Guadarrama […]