SCHOOL OF LAW NEWS
THANK YOU, INTERIM DEAN JOEL NICHOLS Join us in thanking Joel Nichols for his leadership as interim dean of St. Thomas Law from June 2022 to May 2024. He joined the law school faculty in 2007 and served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2013 to 2022. Nichols has accepted a position as vice dean and professor of law at the University of Alabama Law School in Tuscaloosa. He completed his term as interim dean at St. Thomas Law at the end of May and will begin his new position later this summer.
2023 LAW GRADUATES SET NEW RECORD FOR EMPLOYMENT
St. Thomas Law’s Class of 2023 set a new school record for the number of graduates employed in “gold standard” positions within 10 months of commencement. The law school recently reported that 92.5% of last year’s graduating class is working in full-time, long-term jobs that either require a law license or for which having a J.D. provides a significant advantage to performing or obtaining the role. The Class of 2023 employment rate places St. Thomas Law among the top law schools in the country for career outcomes. It ranks No. 51 nationally among the nearly 200 accredited U.S. law schools. • University of Minnesota Law School: 96.6% • Harvard Law School: 95.1% • Notre Dame Law School: 94.5% • St. Thomas School of Law: 92.5%
• Villanova School of Law: 91.7% • Pepperdine School of Law: 89.3% • Denver College of Law: 86.6% “These statistics confirm what we hear from employers consistently,” interim School of Law Dean Joel Nichols said. “Our graduates’ legal knowledge and training, relationship skills and work ethic make them highly sought after in the workplace. We celebrate them now and look forward to watching them continue to thrive.”
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