University of St. Thomas School of Law
| University of St. Thomas School of Law | |
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| Established | 1999 |
| School type | Private |
| Dean | Robert K. Vischer |
| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US |
| Enrollment | 390 |
| Faculty | 126 |
| USNWR ranking |
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| Bar pass rate | 87.72% |
| Website | http://www.stthomas.edu/law/ |
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The University of St. Thomas School of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) and is one of three law schools in the Twin Cities. It currently enrolls 390 students. St. Thomas School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association. It is also a member of The Association of American Law Schools. The University of St. Thomas School of Law is the second highest ranked law school in Minnesota, behind the University of Minnesota Law School.
St. Thomas School of Law was founded in 1923, but closed in 1933 in the wake of the Great Depression and World War I. The School of Law re-opened in 1999 with a class of 120 students in the fall of 2001. David T. Link, then dean of Notre Dame Law School, was named founding dean of St. Thomas School of Law in July 2001. The School of Law was accredited by the American Bar Association in 2006 and became a member of the American Association of Law Schools in 2012.
St. Thomas School of Law is located in downtown Minneapolis. The 158,000 square foot building opened in 2003, and sits at the corner of 11th Street and LaSalle Avenue. The $34.8 million building includes a four-story atrium, a 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) law library, a two-story chapel, and a classically designed moot court room. The law school is connected by skyway to the downtown Minneapolis legal and business communities.
Students at St. Thomas School of Law participate in a mentor externship program where students are partnered with Minnesota lawyers and judges to experience the law in practice. With more than 700 placements for a student body of 390, the School of Law is one of just two law schools in the country that offer more externships than full-time enrollment. In 2005, the Mentor Externship Program was awarded the prestigious E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Award by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Professionalism. It was ranked the #1 law school in the nation for having the most externship placements per full-time student in 2010, 2011 and 2013. (The Mentor Externship Program matches each J.D. student with a mentor during all three years of law school.)
For the first time, St. Thomas School of Law ranked in the U.S. News and World Report "Best Law Clinics" for 2016 at #27. Among the school's 10 clinics are:
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