University of St. Thomas School of Law - History

History

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The school was founded in 1923 but the Great Depression and decline after World War I forced it to close in 1933. The School of Law was re-opened in 1999 after a 66-year hiatus, accepting its "first" class of 120 students in fall 2001. David T. Link, Dean of Notre Dame Law School for 24 years, was credited as the founding Dean in July, 2001. Since 2001, the law school has built a brand new facility, hired new faculty and created a mentoring program with Minnesota lawyers and alumni. UST Law has managed a number of achievements in a relatively short life, including:

  • Ten different faculty (more than one third of full-time faculty) have published in a Top 25 law review (22 articles) from 2004 to 2009.
  • Faculty members consistently win writing awards, including the Warren E. Burger Award, the Law and Society Article Prize, and the John Courtney Murray Award.
  • The school was ranked between #1 to #4 for the “Best Quality of Life for Students” by the Princeton Review for five straight years from 2004 to 2009.
  • The School of Law was featured as one of the nation’s top law schools for externships in National Jurist’s October 2010 issue. Because the school requires its students to participate in externships every year, it ranked #1 in the country for having the most externship placements per full-time student based on 2010 ABA data.
  • The school ranked seventh nationally for the percentage of students going into public interest law by National Jurist Magazine in March 2008.
  • Attorney mentors provided 3,170 mentor experiences to UST Law students in the 2009-2010 school year, engaging every student and over 450 mentors in one to one mentoring relationships.
  • In 2009-2010, students dedicated 15,075 hours to public service as part of the Public Service Requirement.
  • UST Law achieved the #1 spot for the percentage of living alumni contributing to annual giving campaigns in the nation for five straight years.
  • UST Law has reached the $90 million mark for a fundraising total, allowing them to establish professorships and chairs and provide financial aid for students.

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