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St. Thomas Law Graduate Appointed as Miami-Dade County Court Judge

Diana Vizcaino St. Thomas Law graduate, Diana Vizcaino, is Miami-Dade County’s newest County Court Judge.  Governor Rick Scott made the announcement of his new judicial selections on March 12, 2015. Ms. Vizcaino, who is currently…
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St. Thomas Law’s Phi Alpha Delta Chapter Wins National Mock Trial Competition

On March 5-8, 2015, The 2015 Phi Alpha Delta (P.A.D.) National Mock Trial Competition for Law School Chapters was held in Alexandria, VA. This annual national mock trial competition was limited to 30 law school chapters. Each chapter was allowed…
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Professor Keith Rizzardi Receives Environmental Grant

Earlier this week, St. Thomas University law professor Keith Rizzardi, along with colleagues from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University and professionals from the consulting firm Dewberry in Fairfax, VA, were awarded…
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St. Thomas Law Dean, Alfredo Garcia, Named to the National Lawyers of Color Power List

About Dean Garcia Dean of St. Thomas University School of Law, Alfredo Garcia, has been named to the Lawyers of Color’s Fourth Annual Power List, a comprehensive catalog of the nation’s most influential minority lawyers and non-minority…
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St. Thomas Law Professor, Patricia Moore, Testifies Before Congress

On Friday, February 27, 2015, St. Thomas Law Professor, Patricia Moore testified in Congress on the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: Ten Years Later. Professor Moore was invited by the Chief Counsel of Democratic Staff Subcommittee on the…
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St. Thomas Law Celebrates Black History Month

Professor Michele Bratcher Goodwin February is nationally recognized as Black History Month and, as a law school nationally recognized as having one the Top 5 Environments for Minority Students (Princeton Review 2015), we were honored to welcome…
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St. Thomas Law Alumni Argue Cases Before the Florida Supreme Court

Shannon (Healy) Hemmendinger ‘12 Patrick Delany ‘09 St. Thomas Law’s tradition of excellence and achievement at the highest levels of continues, as two alumni recently argued cases before the Florida Supreme Court.First, Shannon…
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St. Thomas Law Professor, Siegfried Wiessner, Teaches Constitutional Law in Romania

From Left: Ms. Katalin Kibedi, Center for Negotiation and Mediation (former Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, Romania); Professor Claudiu Seucan, RAU; Professor Siegfried Wiessner; Dr. Silvia Martis Tabusca, Director, RAU Center for…
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St. Thomas Law Ranked Top 5 in the Nation by Princeton Review for “Best Environment for Minority Students”

The 2015 edition of the Princeton Review has been released and St. Thomas University School of Law has maintained its Top 5 national ranking for having the “Best Environment for Minority Students.” Based in Miami, Florida, St. Thomas Law…
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St. Thomas Law Graduate Wins Big in Asbestos Court Case

Michael Winkleman ‘06 St. Thomas Law graduate and maritime attorney, Michael Winkleman, of the firm Lipcon, Margulies, Alsina & Winkleman has won a multi-million dollar settlement for his client in an asbestos case against Carnival Cruise…