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Alumna Becomes Shareholder in Large South Florida Law Firm

 Viviana Arango Loshak ’10 St. Thomas Law congratulates alumna Viviana Arango Loshak on becoming a shareholder in Fowler White Burnett’s insurance practice group. According to Fowler White, in this role, she will be handling a wide variety of coverage and defense issues related to commercial, directors and officers, errors and omissions, automobile and professional liability policies. […]

Statement Following Orlando Shooting

We are deeply saddened by the senseless act that took place in Orlando over the weekend. St. Thomas University offers its deepest condolences to everyone in Orlando, especially the innocent victims, their families and friends, law enforcement personnel, first responders, and the Orlando St. Thomas University community. Please know you are in the hearts and […]

Alumna Overcomes Adversity, Achieves Medical School Dreams

Luisa Maria De Souza ’13 To Luisa Maria De Souza ’13 education was critical to overcoming life’s adversities. The 24-year-old, Cuban native, is set to begin medical school in the fall at Penn State, a dream she’s relentlessly pursued since she was 4 years old. Making her dream a reality was not an easy feat. […]

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St.Thomas Law in The Netherlands for Annual Water Law Program

This week, St. Thomas Law Professor Keith Rizzardi and eleven law students travel to Delft, Netherlands, for our annual Netherlands Water Law Program. The week-long program runs from Monday, May 23, through Friday, May 27. Organized in partnership with the Florida Earth Foundation (FEF), the water law course, led by Professor Rizzardi and  FEF Executive […]

Shedding Light on the Dark World of Human Trafficking

Florida has seen an 11.5 percent increase in reported human trafficking cases, according to data released by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC). The report stated that there were 407 Florida human trafficking cases reported in 2015, which includes 302 cases of sex trafficking and 68 cases of labor trafficking. In 2014, 364 cases […]

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St. Thomas Law Faculty Members in Cuba for National Bar Association Meeting

Associate Dean Tamara Lawson Professor Marcia Narine St. Thomas Law’s Associate Dean Tamara Lawson and Professor Marcia Narine are in Cuba this week to participate in the much-anticipated 2016 National Bar Association’s (NBA) Annual International Affiliates Meeting. Over 120 NBA delegates will travel to Cuba for the meeting which runs from May 23-30, 2016. Associate Dean Lawson currently […]

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St. Thomas Law Student Awarded the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association Scholarship

D’Bria Bradshaw St. Thomas Law congratulates rising second-year law student D’Bria Bradshaw on being the recipient of the 2016 Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association Scholarship. To be considered for the scholarship, applicants have to be in good academic standing, detail their extra curricular involvement on campus, and complete an essay on why diversity in the […]

STU Names Spring Commencement Speakers, Honorary Degree Recipients

The Honorable Marcia Cooke, a U.S. district judge; Rev. John T. Butler, a proud St. Thomas University alumnus and a leader in Catholic education; and Emilio Cueto, a Santo Thomas de Villanueva alumnus known for his preservation of all things Cuban, will be honored at STU’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 14. Cooke and Butler are […]