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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...
Pioneering Lawyer Shirley Cherin Sigler ‘40C, 42L Fulfills a Calling
Sipping a cup of tea at home in New York City’s Peter Cooper Village, Shirley Cherin Sigler says, “I was a pioneer!” It’s an apt observation as the spritely 102-year-old reflects on her education at...
St. John’s Law Welcomes the Talented J.D. Class of 2025
They traveled many different paths to St. John’s Law. But when they walked into the Law School on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 and took their seats for 1L Convocation, 240 incoming students from across...