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Miami FC to Announce New Training Headquarters at St. Thomas University

Pictured above, from left to right: Antonio Barreto, Miami FC CEO; Riccardo Silva, owner of Miami FC; and Alessandro Nesta, Miami FC head coach. St. Thomas University (STU) and Miami FC, South Florida’s new NASL team, will host a joint press conference Wednesday, Jan. 13, announcing their new partnership. STU will be the training home […]

New Year’s Message From STU President

STU President Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale Dear STU Community, Here we are at the end of 2015, a momentous year for St. Thomas University, and we are filled with so much gratitude and hope. This year we’ve added 18 new degree programs; received a historic naming gift for the Gus Machado School of Business; expanded […]

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St. Thomas Law and Catholic Legal Services Host Pro Se Asylum Clinic

On Friday December 18, St. Thomas Law co-hosted a Pro Se Asylum Clinic with Catholic Legal Services. The clinic and event, spearheaded by St. Thomas Law professor Lauren Gilbert, helped 16 Central American young women and men, most of them still teenagers, with their asylum applications. These asylum-seekers would not have had legal assistance otherwise. […]

St. Thomas Law Named Number One Law School in the Nation for Hispanics

St. Thomas University School of Law has long been nationally-recognized for its students’ quality of life and the diversity among its student body. Now, the Miami-based law school has been ranked the number one law school in the United States for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine. The Top 25 rankings, released in […]

Recognizing High School Student Athletes

St. Thomas University is a proud supporter of the FOX Deportes High School Student Athlete of the Year Program. Sponsored by FOX Deportes, Doral Lincoln, Sedano’s and St. Thomas University, the FOX Deportes Student Athlete of the Year Program recognizes high school seniors from the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale area who have demonstrated achievement in the classroom […]

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Alumni Spotlight: Judge Michaelle Gonzalez-Paulson

Judge Michaelle Gonzalez-Paulson ’01 St. Thomas Law 2001 graduate, Judge Michaelle Gonzalez-Paulson, was recently profiled by the Daily Business Review. The profile recounts Judge Gonzalez-Paulson’s history with domestic violence and how those experiences guided her decision to attend law school. “I realized at that time how difficult it was to afford an attorney, and I […]

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Alumni Spotlight: Judge Michaelle Gonzalez-Paulson

Judge Michaelle Gonzalez-Paulson ’01 St. Thomas Law 2001 graduate, Judge Michaelle Gonzalez-Paulson, was recently profiled by the Daily Business Review. The profile recounts Judge Gonzalez-Paulson’s history with domestic violence and how those experiences guided her decision to attend law school. “I realized at that time how difficult it was to afford an attorney, and I […]

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St. Thomas Law Students Receive Scholarship Awards at FAWL Judicial Event

On December 4, 2015, the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL) held their 33rd Annual Judicial Reception and Scholarship Award event. St. Thomas Law University School of Law is proud to announce that two of our law students were among this year’s scholarship recipients. 3L Brittnay Wittnebel Brittnay Wittnebel was awarded the Alexandra Bach Lagos […]

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Professors Gilbert and Narine Present at Workshop on Guatemalan Development

Professor Marcia Narine Professor Lauren Gilbert On December 4, 2015,  St. Thomas Law professors Marcia Narine and Lauren Gilbert spoke at the one-day Workshop, From Extraction to Emancipation: Re-imagining Development for Guatemala.  The workshop, held at the University of the Pacific’s McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California, was part of a larger project to use Guatemala […]

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Professor Amy Ronner Delivers Keynote Address at Conference on Juvenile Justice

St. Thomas Law professor Amy Ronner was the keynote speaker at the conference at the University of Miami School of Law on the topic of “Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Juvenile Justice” the conference is co-sponsored by the Miami-Community Based Care Alliance. Professor Amy Ronner During her address, Professor Ronner’ gave background on therapeutic jurisprudence, its core […]