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STU’s Focus on AI and the Law Draws Raves

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Artificial Intelligence is not the end of the legal profession. That was made clear recently as St. Thomas University held a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course on the use of AI. Zachary L. Catanzaro, an…
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Alumni Spotlight: Jenelle E. La Chuisa, Esq. ‘00

STU Law alumna recipient of the 2024 Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award.
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83% of St. Thomas University’s first-time Florida Bar takers pass exam

Law students study at the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Florida. New results show more than eight in 10 (83%) of STU’s first-time test takers passed the July bar, an STU Law all-time high that is also 6.4 percentage points above the statewide average. STU Law’s standout bar exam performance comes as the law school’s ranking, LSAT, and admissions GPAs continue to rise, and the law school anticipates adding a new state-of-the-art building.

Professor DeWolf: Law & Faith

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Connecting a spiritual life with the practice of law. The ability to do that at his new post is a big reason why highly accomplished professor David K. DeWolf is at St. Thomas University this school year. Professor…
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Kansas Gooden – Soaring Ever Higher

“Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher …” By Walter Villa Kansas Gooden – named after the 1970’s-era rock band quoted above from their biggest hit, Carry…
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STU Law Takes on Crime Sentencing

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Rosanne Sherman had delayed, demurred, and doubted for too long. After months of thinking about it, Sherman waited for her Wills and Trusts class to end before sprinting up to talk to St. Thomas University law…

LL.M. Students Tackle Human Trafficking Issues at OAS Summit in Washington, D.C.

Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera and Adriana Montoya, students in the LL.M. Program in Intercultural Human Rights, participated in the Inaugural Summit of Hispanic Voices United for Human Rights and Against Human Trafficking, organized by and convened…
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STU Trial Team Eyeing the Threepeat

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Breaking curfew Talking back. Perhaps a fib or two. As a kid, Valentina Grizales watched her two younger siblings occasionally get in trouble with their parents. Grizales would always come to the aid of her…
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Kevin Paez – Next Stop, Washington D.C.

By Walter Villa, Special to STU Kevin Paez has heard all about the power of a great internship. After all, Scott Gale – Paez’s professor and mentor at STU -- was once an intern in the White House with an office right below that of Vice…

Festschrift Presentation – Human Flourishing: The End of Law

On Friday, November 3, 2023, an extraordinary event took place at St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law: the launching of a book of essays, which a United Nations dignitary called “an exceptional piece of legal work that places the law in its largest strategic context,” titled Human Flourishing: The End of Law: Essays in Honor of Siegfried Wiessner — a Festschrift celebrating Professor Wiessner’s lifetime work at the occasion of his 70th birthday. Dr. Roza Pati hosted and coordinated this event with unequalled focus on substance, inclusion, elegance and style.