Team Tip N’ Go. Marcos Castillo is the seventh person from the right. Photo courtesy of FIU. St. Thomas University (STU) business student and Vice President of STU’s Student Government Association, Marcos Castillo, along with his team Tip N’ Go stood out in a crowd of business ideas and eager entrepreneurs during Startup Weekend Miami […]
“Gyotaku Prints: Sand Perch” is an exhibition of prints created by St. Thomas University students, faculty and staff during a Gyotaku Printing Workshop presented by Jaclyn Dematzo of the Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens in honor of Asian Heritage Month. The “Gyotaku Prints: Sand Perch” exhibit opens Dec. 2, at 11 a.m., in the Main […]
St. Thomas Law’s 2015 Winter Human Trafficking Academy, a project originally funded by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, is designed to conduct research, outreach and education in the field of human trafficking. Starting Dec. 7 – 11, through a multidisciplinary approach, the Academy will provide effective tools to increase the awareness about human […]
Collaboration enables students to obtain bachelor’s degree and juris doctor in six years Standing L-R: Anthony Marino, St. Thomas Law 2nd year student; Peter Kelly; Jessica Fonseca Nader; Cecile Dykas; Karline Lee ’09; Bill Smith, Jr., former Mayor of Boca Raton; Mark Wolff, St. Thomas Law Professor. Seated L-R: Dr. Gregg Cox, Lynn University VP […]
New academic collaboration enables students to obtain bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctor in six years St. Thomas University School of Law and Lynn University have signed a new articulation agreement that will allow qualified students to earn their law degree in six years – as compared to seven years if completed in the traditional way. […]
South Florida legal pioneer and retired Senior Magistrate Judge, Peter Palermo, died on Friday, November 13. He was 97. Judge Palermo was a generous supporter of St. Thomas Law’s Peter Palermo Program; putting into action his belief that today’s youth have to become engaged citizens through knowledge of civics and the law. The Palermo Program […]
The 2015 Florida Justice Association (FJA) Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition took place from November 13-15, 2015, in Orlando, Florida. The competition, which was held at the Orange County Courthouse, had teams representing each Florida law school. Students Roxana Gonzalez, Cassandra Ward, Tayron Lopez, and Emma Berrios competed against the University of Florida and University of […]
Once again, the St. Thomas University School of Law Intellectual Property & Cyberlaw Society (IPCLS) had a strong presence at the Patently Impossible Project competition on November 5, 2015 at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood. Patently Impossible is an annual fundraising event run by Dade Legal Aid, in which teams race to complete assembly […]
On Friday, November 13th, the St. Thomas Law community welcomed a panel of esteemed, internationally-known law makers and human-rights advocates for a timely symposium, titled The Power of A Voice: Re-writing Policy and Implementing Changes Through Protest Movements. Professor Siegfried Wiessner welcomes Panelists and Guests The panel included Florida State Senator, Dwight Bullard, Missouri […]
St. Thomas Law professor, Keith Rizzardi’s scholarship was recently used and cited in a legal opinion. In a November 4, 2015 opinion related to Florida’s public records law, 15th Judicial Circuit Judge Richard L. Oftedal quoted and cited Professor Rizzardi’s recent article, Sunburned: How Misuse of the Public Records Laws Creates an Overburdened, More Expensive, and […]