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CELEBRATING 20 YEARS
The School of Law is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. St. Thomas Law originally launched in 1923, but shuttered after a decade due to the devastating effects of the Great Depression. St. Thomas reestablished the School of Law in 1999 and reopened it in 2001 with a mission focused on "integrating faith and reason in the search for truth through a focus on morality and social justice." The school has been recognized for faculty scholarship, practical training and its high quality of student life. “The law school’s mission, vision and values have shaped the culture of our law school community and the type of law school education we have
consistently provided over the years,” President Julie Sullivan said. “I am very proud of how our law school, consistent with our university educational mission, focuses on the development of the whole person. Our law school faculty and staff work closely with our students in the formation of their professional identities and in ensuring their spiritual, mental and physical well-being. I also am
very proud of the focus on community and our responsibility to accompany others that is reinforced in the law school. We work to equip our students to build relationships across difference and to interact in community in accordance with the principles of Christian love.”
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VACCINES MITIGATE RISKS
Between the Center for Well-Being and a partnership with Hy-Vee Pharmacy, approximately 3,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered to St. Thomas students, staff and faculty in the spring. Considering Minnesota’s vaccine distribution and the university’s success in mitigating COVID-19 on campus, St. Thomas is set to resume in-person, normal campus operations this fall while continuing practices that will minimize risk to the university community.
St. Thomas is encouraging and incentivizing all community members (who are medically able) to get vaccinated.
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