Student-Led Program Puts Wrongful Convictions in the Spotlight
By a recent accounting, the National Registry of Exonerations lists 3,200 individuals nationwide who were convicted of a crime and later exonerated because they were innocent. That list includes...
Why St. John’s Law Will No Longer Report ABA Data Separately To U.S. News
Recently, Dean Michael A. Simons sent a message to prospective St. John's Law students, announcing that the Law School will no longer report ABA data separately to U.S. News and sharing the reasons...
Remembering Samuel S. Lionel ’40, ‘10HON
Dean Michael A. Simons and the entire St. John's Law community mourn the passing of alumnus Samuel S. Lionel, whose eight decades of law practice took the Brooklyn native from east to west and up to...
With Lived Experience as a Guide Samantha Velez ’24 Pursues Transformative Justice
As Samantha Velez sees it, everyone has a story, a reason for their actions. Everyone deserves an advocate. We’re all more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. Shaped by her lived experience, those...
Remembering Dean and Professor Harold F. McNiece '44CBA, '45L
A decade after his untimely death in 1972, through the generosity of alumni and friends, St. John’s Law established the Harold F. McNiece Professorship in honor of the longtime professor who served as...
Center for Law and Religion Hosts Fall Reading Society Featuring Author Tara Isabella Burton
On November 1, 2022, the Center for Law and Religion reconvened its Reading Society, welcoming author Tara Isabella Burton to St. John’s Law for a conversation about the rise of the religiously...
Carey Center and FINRA Host Unrivaled Dispute Resolution Competition
Last weekend, St. John’s Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution and FINRA co-hosted the virtual 2022 Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon. Now in its 13th year, the Triathlon gives students...
Liam Bradley ’23 Finds Inspiration in Service to Country and Community
Service to country and community is in Liam Bradley’s DNA. So is St. John’s. The two strands intertwine as he organizes programs and oversees initiatives for one of the Law School’s newest student...
Frederick Chu ‘24 Realizes His Potential at St. John’s Law
In the early days of the pandemic, nightly at 7 p.m., clangs, whistles, claps, and cheers rang out from windows and balconies overlooking deserted city streets. It was a quintessentially New York way...
Love of Community and Family Inspires Stephanie Ulan ’24 to Work for the Greater Good
Ask Stephanie Ulan why she wants to be a lawyer and she answers without skipping a beat: it’s all about her family and the diverse New York City community she calls home. “I’m ridiculously proud to...