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Human Trafficking Academy Hosts Representative Ross Spano to Commemorate ‘National Crime Victims’ Rights Week’

  On April 11th, in honor of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, the Human Trafficking Academy was honored to host Florida State Representative Ross Spano in a talk attended by law students, faculty, staff, and community members. Professor…
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Professor Roy Balleste Joins High-Level International Team Crafting New Outer Space Laws

St. Thomas Law Professor Roy Balleste has been asked to join a new team of internationally-renowned  experts on space law who will be developing rules applicable to the military use of outer space. The project, MILAMOS (Manual on International…
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Bernard F. Graham Achievement Award of $10,000

The Bernard F. Graham Scholarship Award in Finance and Accounting is a $10,000 prize awarded to a graduating senior with the highest GPA in the accounting or finance program at the Gus Machado School of Business. The Bernard F. Graham Scholastic…
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St. Thomas Immigration Law Students Host Free Legal Screening Clinic

On Saturday, March 17th, the School of Law and the Immigration Law Students Association (ILSA) partnered with Catholic Legal Services and Americans for Immigrant Justice to provide free immigration legal screenings to the surrounding community.…
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St. Thomas Law Intercultural Human Rights Law Review Hosts “Dreaming with DACA” Symposium

The St. Thomas Law Intercultural Human Rights Law Review recently hosted its annual symposium. This year, the event focused on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Titled “Dreaming with DACA”,…
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St. Thomas Law Graduate, Tarlika Navarro, Appointed to Broward County Circuit Court

  Tarlika N. Navarro '10 St. Thomas Law alum Tarlika N. Navarro is one of two recent South Florida judicial appointments made by Governor Rick Scott.  She will serve in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit…
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St. Thomas Law Students’ Life-Changing Experience Assisting Detained Somali Refugees

Professor Lauren Gilbert and eight St. Thomas Law students -  Carolina Acosta-Fox, Mirtha Garcia-Alvarez, Tessa Juste, Diego Sanchez, Melany Cornejo, Catherine Perez, Vanessa Baez, Nathalia Lozano -  recently spent two days at the Glades…
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From the Miami Open to D.C.

A year ago Adrian Escarate, ’11, was the designated “hitting partner” for Roger Federer, and a few weeks ago he was the designated guest of Rep. Carlos Curbelo at the President’s State of the Union address. The 29-year-old master's…
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St. Thomas Law Alum, Eneami Bestman, Recognized as Rising Star by Attorney-at-Law Magazine

St. Thomas Law 2016 graduate, Eneami Bestman, recently had the honor of being recognized as a "South Florida Rising Star" by Attorney-at-Law Magazine. The magazine's January 2018 "Top Lawyers" issue featured an in-depth interview with…
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A Legacy of Leadership

While names like Nintendo, Jordan, and O.J. were making headlines in 1994, the groundwork for major headlines to come was being quietly laid at St. Thomas University. Twenty four years ago, on April 19, 1994, Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale began…