
Professor Siegfried Wiessner Named Associate Dean for Scholarship and Faculty Development
Dean Tarlika Nuñez-Navarro has appointed Professor Siegfried Wiessner as Associate Dean for Scholarship and Faculty Development. Professor Siegfried Wiessner, a renowned scholar and academic luminary, teaches U.S. Constitutional Law and International…

Attorney Crump Headlines Black-owned Business Fair
By Walter Villa, Special to STU
Home ownership is vital to closing America’s racial wealth gap.
But the key to financial independence is owning your own business.
That was the central message expressed by none other than esteemed attorney…

Dr. Ben Carson and Crisis in the Classroom
BY WALTER VILLA, Special to STU
Renown neurosurgeon and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, Dr. Benjamin Carson, made his first-ever visit to St. Thomas University last week, leaving his audience with many words of wisdom but perhaps…

Dean Navarro Delivers Hispanic Heritage Event Keynote
BY WALTER VILLA, Special To STU
For The Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro, this has been a sentimental journey, lined with oak trees and nourished with fresh tortillas and guacamole.
Dean Nunez-Navarro, a former judge, and the newly named…

STU Law Names the Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro as Dean
St. Thomas University (STU) has announced the appointment of the Honorable Tarlika Nunez-Navarro as the Dean of The Benjamin L. Crump College of Law. She will begin her new role on August 7, 2023. Judge Nunez-Navarro currently serves as a Circuit…

Bonding Over Law: Mother & Son Both Graduates of STU Law
By Walter Villa - Special to St. Thomas University
The bond between Martha L. Arias and Felipe Cabrera is exceptionally close.
Cabrera graduated from St. Thomas University’s Benjamin L. Crump College of Law this year.
Arias graduated from…

Incoming STU Law Professor Kevin Frazier Selected for Auschwitz Professional Ethics Fellowship Program
The St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Kevin Frazier, an incoming Assistant Professor of Law (Fall 2023), is one of fourteen law fellows selected for Fellowships at Auschwitz for the…

STU Law Student Drives Impactful Change
By Walter Villa - Special to St. Thomas University
One class changed her life.
Now, she is changing the lives of others.
St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law student, Karla V. Aponte, who was inspired by STU professor Dr.…

Trial Team – Excellence Demands Consistency
BY WALTER VILLA – Special to St. Thomas University
Public speaking?
No.
Please, no.
Anything but that.
“Talking in front of people was my worst nightmare,” St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law student Michael Rizo…

STU Law Students Reach Semifinals at ABA Law Student Tax Challenge
Third-year STU law students Daniela Curiel and Douglas Duggan (Team 45) were semifinalist award winners at the 22nd Annual ABA Law Student Tax Challenge (LSTC) competition in San Diego, California, hosted at the 2023 Midyear Tax Meeting, February…