Archive Posts
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Holloran Center Launches New Database on Law School Learning Outcomes
The Holloran Center for Ethical Leadership in the Professions at the University of St. Thomas law school in Minneapolis, MN, has launched a new, searchable, web-based clearinghouse of information regarding law school learning outcomes.
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St. Thomas Law School Student Selected for Fulbright Award to Study Migration and Refugee Law
University of St. Thomas law school student Christina Espey-Sundt ’17 has been selected for a prestigious Fulbright award to the Netherlands to study the root causes of refugee migration. -
New Fellow Will Focus on Immigration
A staff attorney for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network’s new Defending Vulnerable Populations Project will join the University of St. Thomas Legal Services Clinic as a faculty fellow focusing on immigration. -
Religious Liberty Clinic Sides with Marine Corporal in U.S. Supreme Court Case
The amicus brief supports a petition for certiorari review filed by a Marine corporal, Monifa Sterling, who was court-martialed for, among other things, objecting to a superior's order to remove from her work station three small signs displaying a Bible verse. -
Prolife Center Files Brief in Defense of Kansas Limited Abortion Ban
The University of St. Thomas Prolife Center filed an amicus curiae brief this week with the Kansas Supreme Court defending a ban on “live dismemberment” abortion during the second trimester of pregnancy, which opponents have argued is a state constitutional right. -
Immigration Clinic Joins Effort to get Somali Girl to Minnesota Amid Travel Ban
The immigration clinic at the University of St. Thomas School of Law prepared this week to sign on to any potential litigation involving the case of a 4-year-old girl from Somalia who was impacted by President Trump's recent travel ban. -
105 Inmates Freed Through Clemency Work by St. Thomas Professor, Clinic, Alumni
As the presidency of Barack Obama wrapped up last week, so too did the largest federal clemency initiative in United States history. But not before the sentences of 105 federal inmates were cut short thanks to the work of University of St. Thomas School of Law Professor Mark Osler and his former students. -
In Death Row Inmate's Appeal, U.S. Court of Appeals Judges Call Out Quality of Briefs by St. Thomas Law Students
The clinic’s case was submitted with oral argument to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco on January 11. -
Sisk Files Amicus Brief in SCOTUS Case Considering Bivens Claim
In a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court raising the question of whether a border patrol agent may be held responsible under the U.S. Constitution for shooting a playing child who was hit and killed outside the United States border, Professor Gregory Sisk has filed an amicus brief emphasizing the absence of any other remedy for this wrongful killing.