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40: 176: 163:. The College of Law was founded in 1984. According to its 2022 ABA-required disclosures, 68.2% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, bar-passage-required employment after graduation. The college was renamed after civil rights attorney 261:
under-employment score is 22.1%, indicating the percentage of the Class of 2022 underemployed, pursuing an additional degree, or working in a non-professional, short-term, or part-time job nine months after graduation.
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ranks St. Thomas # 3 for the Best Environment for Minority Students (2009 edition). The diverse faculty is ranked # 9 in the country according to the Princeton Review. Current Dean is Interim Dean John Makdisi (2023).
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programs: the J.D./M.S. in Sports Administration, the J.D./M.B.A. in Sports Administration, the J.D./M.S. in Marriage and Family Counseling, J.D./M.B.A. in International Business, and the J.D./M.B.A. in
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Magazine (December 2006 Issue) and it was ranked as number one for Hispanic students by Hispanic Outlook magazine once again in its December 2015 edition. The former dean, Alfredo Garcia, was the first
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The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $ 233,742. Yearly tuiton and fees for J.D. students is $ 44,830 (2021-2022).
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in 2023. The law school includes the Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice, which focuses on implicit bias training and offers scholarships to students.
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reports that the law school is the sixth most ethically and racially diverse ABA-accredited law school. St. Thomas is also first in the nation in conferring
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65.6% of the Class of 2022 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners. St. Thomas'
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St. Thomas University officially renamed its law school the Benjamin L. Crump College of Law on February 8, 2023 with Mr. Crump and actor
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https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/788827/file/09-20-2021-FBBE-Full-Press-Release.pdf
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St. Thomas University School of Law, Official Alumni website
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Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law
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72% (Florida bar exam, February 2024 first-time takers)
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Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law (Campbell Univ.)
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Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (Univ. of Memphis)
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St. Thomas University School of Law

Private university
Dean
Miami Gardens
Florida
US
USNWR
Bar
St. Thomas homepage
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, Florida
Benjamin Crump

Will Smith
Video of Renaming Ceremony
J.D.
Hispanic
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
Cuban
Princeton Review
graduate school
joint degree
Accounting
Law School Transparency
Jose Baez
Casey Anthony
Gaston Cantens
Florida House of Representatives
Ana Navarro

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