St. Thomas Law prides itself on the quality of experiential learning opportunities afforded to our students. Our clinical and externship programs are geared towards allowing our law students to serve the public, explore career possibilities in various areas of legal practice, gain first-hand insight into the strategic and ethical dimensions of the profession, and acquire […]
Salina White, far right, along side FICPA scholars from Florida International University. The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) awarded two STU graduate students – Selina White, Master of Accounting (MAcc) program, and Juan Patterson, MBA-accounting program – the FICPA Educational Foundation Scholarship. Established in 1959, the FICPA Educational Foundation has provided more than $3 […]
Professor Patricia Moore Professor Patricia Moore’s 2010 paper “The Tao of Pleading: Do Twombly and IQBAL Matter Empirically?”, was recently listed on SSRN’s (Social Science research Network) all-time, top ten download lists for the topic of Procedural Issues and sub-topic of Procedure (Private Law – Discrimination). This is not the first time Professor Moore’s articles […]
On October 14, 2016, 26 seventh and eighth grade students from H.I.V.E. Preparatory School visited St. Thomas Law. Hosted by the Human Trafficking Academy & the LL.M./J.S.D. Program in Intercultural Human Rights the goal of the visit was to have the middle school students learn about universal human rights, the protections of human rights and freedoms in […]
Professor Roza Pati Professor Roza Pati recently presented at an international conference on Human Rights in the 21st Century, organized by the University of Saskatchewan School of Law, in Canada. Her presentation was titled Slavery Then and Now: An Eternal Human Rights Problem. The conference, held from September 29 – October 1, 2016, brought together […]
Ricky Marc This past Spring, third-year St. Thomas Law student, Ricky Marc, began a once-in-a-lifetime experience having been accepted into the prestigious White House Internship program. White House internships provide a unique opportunity for students to gain valuable professional experience and build leadership skills. The selection process is highly competitive and Ricky was one […]
On Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m., Panther Coffee will be hosting a Haiti-relief fundraising event to support their collaborative efforts with St. Thomas University in rural Haiti. There will be auctions and opportunities to win prizes donated from local artists and businesses. All proceeds will go toward supporting Haitian-led relief efforts in northwest Haiti, […]
Daniel Joseph (2L) St. Thomas Law extends our congratulations to second-year law student, Daniel Joseph. Daniel has been accepted into the Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation (KMMF) Summer Fellowship – a first for a St. Thomas Law student. The KMMF provides summer fellowships to academically and professionally driven first or second year law students. The […]
Jorge Fors Jr. ’11 On September 16, 2016 a verdict six years in the making was delivered in the case involving the alleged breach of business agreements and resulting damages. St. Thomas Law graduate Jorge Fors, Jr., from the firm Fors Attorneys at Law in Coral Gables, represented the plaintiff. The case, which was […]
Jaime Lapidus at the Florida Supreme Court St. Thomas Law salutes alumnus, Jaime Lapidus ’16, who received one of the state’s highest passing scores on the most recent sitting of the Florida Bar Exam. Jaime’s scores placed him among the top of more than 2,400 law school graduates who sat for the exam in July. […]