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Immigration Clinic Secures Sweeping Victory for Detained Client, Keeping Family Together
Clinical students from the University of St. Thomas School of Law Immigration Appellate Clinic secured a sweeping victory for their detained immigrant client this week, preserving the unity of his family.
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Two-time St. Thomas Alumna Named Minnesota Human Services Commissioner
University NewsMinnesota Governor Mark Dayton has chosen Emily Johnson Piper '02, J.D. '05 to be commissioner of the Department of Human Services. -
Can Private Practice Serve the Common Good?
My career encounters have dispelled my prior misperception that you must seek a public-practice and/or non-profit-related legal job in order to further the common good. Private practice is no different than public practice in that you are a vigorous advocate for your clients. -
St. Thomas Bolsters Compliance Programs With New Hire
The University of St. Thomas strengthened its place as a leader in compliance and ethics education with the recent hiring of Colleen Dorsey as director of its master’s and LL.M. programs in organizational ethics and compliance. The programs were launched by St. Thomas School of Law in 2014 among the first graduate programs in this field nationwide. -
Justice Scalia Praises Catholic Law School Environment During Visit to St. Thomas
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia emphasized the importance of the Catholic law school environment during a visit to the University of St. Thomas School of Law on Oct. 20, 2015. During a private speech to students, faculty and staff at the School of Law, Scalia called religious institutions of higher education “as American as… -
First-Year Law Student Speaks to 18,000 at We Day Minnesota
First-year University of St. Thomas School of Law student Danielle Liebl spoke to a crowd of 18,000 high school students on Nov. 3, 2015, as part of We Day Minnesota. -
Osler Joins Law Enforcement Leaders in Call to Reduce Incarceration
University NewsSchool of Law Professor Mark Osler joined Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration, which launched Oct. 21 and was invited to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House on Oct. 22. -
Serving the People of Minnesota While Serving My Family
In 2005, I was a young, bright-eyed, newly married graduate of the University of St. Thomas School of Law’s second class with a job lined up as an associate attorney at a downtown Minneapolis firm. Today, with a couple of stops in between, I serve the people of Minnesota as general counsel and deputy chief… -
Supreme Court Sides With Church, and UST Religious Liberty Clinic, in Free Speech Case
Professor Thomas Berg and Michael Blissenbach, J.D. ‘15, were the principal co-authors of the amicus brief.