Alumni Association Luncheon Celebrates St. John’s Law and Its Outstanding Graduates
Last week, over 300 alumni came together at the Manhattan Center in New York City for the annual Law School Alumni Association Luncheon. As they mixed and mingled with friends, faculty members, and...
Intersession Lawyering Course Prepares 1Ls for Real-World Dispute Resolution
Last spring, Hon. Janet DiFiore ’81, ‘17HON announced the next phase of her Excellence Initiative, an effort to reform New York’s expansive court system under her guidance as Chief Judge of the Court...
An Empirical Study of Admissions in SEC Settlements Wins 2020 Mangano Award
Verity Winship , a Professor of Law at the University of Illinois, and Jennifer K. Robbennolt , an Alice Curtis Campbell Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois...
Center for Law and Religion Student Fellows Earn Prestigious Judicial Clerkships
Each year, hundreds of law students vie for post-graduate clerkships in federal, state, and local courts across the country. The coveted one- or two-year positions offer an unrivaled opportunity for...
St. John’s University Hosts Inauguration of Honorable Melinda Katz ’90L, first female District Attorney of Queens County
What began with a post-Election Day campus space inquiry in a cell phone call to Joseph Sciame ’71Ed, St. John’s University’s Vice President for Community Relations , concluded just weeks later on...
Hon. Mary Kay Vyskocil ’83 is Confirmed as a U.S. District Judge
Hon. Mar Kay Vyskocil, who currently presides as a federal bankruptcy judge in New York, has been confirmed to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). After...
Remembering Professor David L. Gregory
Dean Michael A. Simons and the faculty, staff, and alumni of St. John’s Law mourn the loss of their beloved colleague, teacher, and friend David L. Gregory, who served as the Law School’s Dorothy Day...
Lost for 50 Years a St. John's Class Ring Finds Its Owner
Kevin Houlihan ‘63CBA can’t pinpoint when he lost his St. John’s University class ring on a North Carolina beach, but he figures it was in the latter part of 1965 or early in 1966. At the time, the...
Law School Mourns the Loss of Professor Vincent DiLorenzo
The St. John’s Law community mourns the loss of Professor Vincent DiLorenzo, a beloved colleague and teacher, who passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019. For almost 34 years, Professor DiLorenzo...
Law School’s Award-Winning Pipeline Program Launches Weekend LSAT Boot Camp
The Ronald H. Brown Law School Prep Program for College Students, an award-winning summer pipeline initiative of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights at St. John’s Law, has received a $125,000...