St. Thomas Lawyer Summer 2026

SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS

CLASS OF 2025 ACHIEVES 91.3% GOLD-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT St. Thomas Law’s Class of 2025 achieved a “gold standard” employment rate of 91.3%. Over the past four years, on average, St. Thomas has seen more than 90% of graduates employed in gold-standard jobs within 10 months of graduation. These are full-time jobs for which bar passage is required or where having a J.D. is a significant advantage. The Class of 2025 employment rate places St. Thomas Law among the top law schools in the country for career outcomes. • Harvard - 96% • Boston College - 95.8% • University of Minnesota - 95% • Notre Dame - 93.3% • St. Thomas Law - 91.3% • Loyola Chicago - 91.2% • Nebraska - 90.9% • Fordham - 90% • Drake - 88.6% • DePaul - 86.5%

#2 FOR PRACTICAL TRAINING St. Thomas Law has been ranked among the top three law schools in this category since 2014.

The National Jurist , 2026

SCHOOL OF LAW CONVENES DISCUSSIONS ABOUT AI AND LEGAL EDUCATION

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping nearly every profession, including law. As part of the law school's ongoing commitment to innovation and to explore AI's impact, this academic year faculty members hosted panel discussions that featured local judges, attorneys and technologists who discussed AI's effect on the development of new lawyers just out of law school and how legal education must evolve. View a recording of the April event "Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers: Legal Knowledge, Technical Skills and Professional Identity in the AI Era" at link.stthomas.edu/LawYouTube. Panelists included (L to R): Megan Bowman '15 J.D., Fredrikson & Byron; Wesley Oliver, Kline School of Law of Duquesne University; Morgan Gray, University of St. Thomas School of Law; Erika Pont, George Washington University Law School; and April Dawson, North Carolina Central University School of Law

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