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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 […]

STU Alumni Host Night to Remember

St. Thomas University (STU) alumni Jorge Rico ‘86, and his wife Isabel ’91, opened the doors of their home to students from Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Msgr. Edward Pace High School, Christopher Columbus High School, and St. Brendan High School, for STU’s first University Preview event of the year. Jorge, a university trustee and […]

St. Thomas University Welcomes Three New Trustees

From left to right: Michael T. Fay, Lourdes Rivas, and Maureen Shea St. Thomas University (STU) has announced the appointment of three prominent South Florida leaders to its Board of Trustees. Michael T. Fay, Lourdes Rivas, and Maureen Shea were recently appointed to the university’s 25-member governing and policy-setting board. “STU is very fortunate to […]

St. Thomas University receives $550,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc.

St. Thomas University (STU) has received a grant of $557,588 to establish STU IMPACT: Empowering Young Disciples. It is part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s High School Youth Theology Institutes initiative, which seeks to encourage young people to explore theological traditions, ask questions about the moral dimensions of contemporary issues and examine how their faith calls […]